Notes for: John ("Jack") Delbert Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
1st marriage--1948--EVA MARIE RENTSCHLER.
From Marion County, Indiana Marriage Records:
John Bodine AND Eva Rentschler were married 1 Feb 1948.
The 1955 Muncie (Ind.) City Directory lists John D. and Marie Bodine as residents. In 1959, Mrs. Marie Bodine lived alone in Muncie, employed as an office secretary.
From Indiana Death Certificate of Eva Marie Bodine, divorced, born 29 Dec 1929 in Indiana, dau. of Victor Fred & Bertha Marie (Shrode) Rentschler, died by suicide (exhaust from auto in closed garage) 20 Oct 1970 in Muncie, Delaware County, cremated. Informant was William Bodine, son, of Chicago, Illinois.
Burials in Elm Ridge Memorial Park, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave memorial No. 154510322)
Eva Marie Bodine 1929---1970
2nd marriage--abt 1964--KATIE JANE MUNSHOWER.
On 8 June 1974 at Fort Wayne, Katie Jane Clauser [sic], 33, married Clifford E. Clauser. She reported no prior marriage.
On 22 Jan 1988 at Fort Wayne, Katie Jane Clauser, 46, married James Richard Griffith. She reported she had been married previously 2 times and her last marriage ended in divorce in 1980.
On 12 Nov 2005 at Fort Wayne, Katie Jane Griffith, 64, married Ralph Robert Refeld Jr. She stated she was married 3 times previously.
Obituary, Bluffton News-Banner (Bluffton, Ind.) of 23 Dec 2010.
Katie Jane Refeld, 69, of Bluffton, died at 5:13 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Refeld was born in Toledo, Ohio, on March 22, 1941, to William and Helen (Brandal) Munshower. She married Ralph R. Refeld Jr. in Bluffton on Nov. 12, 2005; he survives. Katie worked at Fannie Mae Candy Company, Whirlpool in Clyde, Ohio, General Electric Company, Wayne Home Equipment and Meijer Store in Fort Wayne. She attended Sonlight Wesleyan Church and was a life-long Cubs fan. She was surrounded by loved ones when she passed away. Surviving relatives include three daughters, Jackie Woodruff and Victoria Edmonson, both of Clyde, Ohio, and Laura (Daniel) Nelson of Bluffton; two sons, Michael (Rene') Bodine of Fort Wayne and Steve Bodine of Clyde, Ohio; her step-mother, Adella Munshower of Bellevue, Ohio; one half-brother, Billy Munshower of Bellevue; and 10 grandchildren. Calling hours will be from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 26, and from 1 to 3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 27, at the Thoma/Rich, Chaney and Lemler Funeral Home, 308 W. Washington St., Bluffton. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Monday at the funeral home with Pastor Lyle Breeding officiating. Burial is at Fairview Cemetery in Bluffton. Preferred memorials are to the American Cancer Society of Northeast Indiana. Online condolences: www.thomarich.com
3rd marriage--1966--MARY ANN BASSE.
From Delaware County, Indiana Marriage Records:
John D. Bodine, 37, born in Indianapolis, Indiana AND Mary Ann Burns, 25, born in Garrett, Indiana, 2nd marriage for both, were married 19 May 1966 in Muncie, Delaware County, by Norman McFone, J.P. [Note: Indiana Birth Records name her as Mary Ann Basse, born 27 Dec 1940 in Garrett, dau. of Kenneth Carol & Annabelle June (Treesh) Basse.]
4th marriage--JACQUELINE L. BURNS.
From Delaware County, Indiana Marriage Records:
John Bodine, 45 born in IN, 3rd marriage AND Jacqueline Lindus, 42, born in Indiana, 3rd marriage, both of Muncie, were married 2 Nov 1974 in Muncie.
From The Evening Press (Muncie, Ind.) of 30 Sept 1978:
Dissolutions Granted: Jacqueline L. and John D. Bodine.
From Facebook of Jackie Bodine: Lives in Las Vegas, NV; from Garrett, IN; names Donald Lindus as her son and James O. Burns as her brother.
The Aug 1983 obituary of William C. Bodine names among his survivors "his father and stepmother, John D. and Jacqueline Burns Bodine, Muncie."
Obituary, Palladium Item (Richmond, Ind.) of 29 Aug 2004.
ALEXANDRIA - John D. Bodine, Alexandria, IN. passed away at Community Hospital in Anderson, after a brief illness on August 22, 2004. He was born in Indianapolis on January 6, 1929, and was a Truck driver for Holland Trucking.
Obituary, Herald Bulletin (Anderson, Ind.) of 1 Sept 2004.
ALEXANDRIA --John D. Bodine, 75, Alexandria, died Aug. 22, 2004, at Community Hospital in Anderson after a brief illness. He was a truck driver for Holland Trucking. He is survived by his companion of 18 years, Rosemary Janney; children, Joan Nucara, Judy (husband, Harold) New, Mark (wife, Susan) Janney, Kim (husband, Bob) Hardacre, Michelle (husband, Don) House, and Paul A. Janney. There will be no services as cremation took place. Burial will be at Elm Ridge Memorial Park, Muncie, at a later date. Arrangements were entrusted to Elm Ridge Funeral Home, Muncie.
From Social Security Applications and Claims:
John Delbert Bodine applied for a SSN in April 1942 and reported he was born 6 Jan 1929 in Indianapolis, son of Harry D. & Agness B. (Brumblay) Bodine. He died 22 Aug 2004.