Notes for: John Leslie Bodine

From Ronny Bodine:

In April 1940, Jan Leslie BODINE, 23, born in WA, single, lived in Whittier, Los Angeles Co., Calif. and worked as a café cook. On 26 March 1941, as Jan L. Bodine, he enlisted in the U.S. Army in Salt Lake City, Utah. He reported at the time he was married.

From Orange County, California Marriage Records:
Jan L. Bodine, 24, of Montebello, Calif., native of Wash., son of Frank Bodine & Gladys Lyons AND Rosalie Belle Hatfield, 25, of Montebello, Calif., native of Kansas, daughter of Charles C. Hatfield & Mary Smith, were married 13 July 1941 in Santa Ana.

John and Rosalie Bodine divorced and on 28 May 1961 in Clark County, Nevada as Rosalie H. Bodine she married John William Witt (1903-1994).

Newspaper Obituary, The Columbus Telegram (Columbus, Neb.) of 7 Nov 2004.
Rosalie H. Witt, 88, Fairbury, died Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004, at Gardenside Nursing Home, Fairbury. She was born June 5, 1916, at Osborne, Kan. Survivors: sister, Charolette Conley of Whittier, Calif.; sister-in-law, Betty Hatfield of Norfolk; nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Mary (Smith) Hatfield; brother, Jim Hatfield; two stepdaughters. Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 8, Faith Lutheran Church, 1630 I St., Fairbury, Pastor Richard Larson officiating. Burial: Rose Creek Cemetery, Reynolds. Memorials to Faith Lutheran Church and Fairbury Public Library. Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home, Fairbury, in charge of arrangements.