Notes for: Bertha 'Mae' Bodine
From Ronny Bodine (June 28, 2021):
From Kenton County, Kentucky Marriage Records:
Forrest A. Williams AND Minnie Bodine were married 3 March 1910 in Covington.
Forrest Williams registered for the World War 1 draft on 5 June 1917 in Los Angeles, California. In 1920-1930, Forrest and Bertha Williams lived in Los Angeles, California where Forrest worked in 1920 as an oil company truck driver and 1930 as a knitter for a hosiery manufacturer.
1940 (3 April) Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA: Forest A. WILLIAMS. 50 OH Salesman-Cheese Co., Bertha M. 48 OH wife Demonstrator-Cheese Co.; Indiana B. BODINE 70 OH mother-in-law.
On 25 April 1942, Forrest Allen Williams, of Los Angeles, CA, registered for the World War II Draft. He reported he was born 26 April 1889 in Piqua, Ohio, worked for Aviation Tool & Die, and named Mrs. F. A. Williams as his next of kin.
From California Death Records.
Forrest Allen Williams, born 26 April 1889 in Ohio, died 16 Feb 1956 in Los Angeles County.
Bertha M. Williams, born 6 Feb 1893 in Ohio, died 18 Dec 1966 in Los Angeles County.
Obituary, The Journal Herald (Dayton, OH) of Wed., 22 Feb 1956.
PIQUA---Friends here have been notified of the death of a former Piqua resident, Forrest A. Williams, 68, on Feb. 16, at his home, 2512 Workman street, Los Angeles. Mr. Williams and his wife, the former Mae Bodine of Troy, left here to make their home in California in 1910. He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Dorothy, and a grandson. Elwood Henning of Piqua is a cousin. Funeral services were held at Los Angeles yesterday.
Death Notice, The Journal Herald (Dayton, OH) of Tue., 20 Dec 1966.
TROY---Mae Williams, 74, formerly of Troy, Sunday, in Duarte, Calif.