Notes for: Clara M. Bodine

From Ronny Bodine:

From Camden County, New Jersey Marriage Records:
Clarence W. Mitten AND Clara M. Bodine were married 13 Oct 1899 in Berlin.

From New Jersey Birth Records: Wilmer Mitten, born 2 Feb 1899 in Glassboro, Gloucester County, to Clarence Mitten, 21 and Clara M. Bodine, 18.

Clarence and Clara Mitten lived 1900 in Glassboro, Gloucester County, New Jersey and 1910-1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1900, Clarence worked as a box maker, in 1910 as a clerk in a produce store and in 1920 as a store manager. He registered for the World War 1 draft on 12 Sept 1918 in Philadelphia and reported he was born 10 Oct 1880 and that Clara M. Mitten was his next of kin. In 1942, he registered for the World War II draft in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey and reported his birth as 10 Oct 1880 in Hartford, New Jersey.

Obituary, Trenton Evening Times (Trenton, N.J.) of 17 Aug 1950.
Clarence W. Mitten, formerly of 632 Brunswick Avenue, died yesterday after an illness of six months at the home of a sister in Garden Lake, Camden County. Survivors include his widow, Clara, two sons, Wilmer and Bennett of Philadelphia, a brother, Ezra of Philadelphia and a sister, Mrs. Herbert Griffins, at whose home he was staying. Mitten was the manager of a Trenton fruit and produce market. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Danks Home for Funerals on the White Horse Pike, Route 30, at Laurel Springs. Interment will be in Berlin Cemetery. Friends may call tomorrow evening at the Danks Home.

The Oct 1958 obituary of her brother Harry Bodine names her Mrs. Clara Mitten of Philadelphia. There is no death record in New Jersey for Clara Mitten in 1970.

Obituary, The Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer of 21 May 1970.
MITTEN. May 19, 1970, of 7759 Hasbrook ave., Clara M., widow of Clarence W. Services Sat., 10 A.M., Montanye Funeral Home, Huntingdon pike and Park ave., Rockledge. Int. Berlin Cem. Friends may call Fri. eve.

Burials in Berlin Cemetery, Berlin, Camden County, New Jersey.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 141194994 & 141103957)
Husband Clarence W. Mitten Oct. 10, 1880---Aug. 16, 1950 Wife Clara M. Mitten Aug. 21, 1881---May 19, 1970

Children: Wilmer Westcott (2 Feb 1899-April 1984), Bennett Oliver (18 March 1903-Feb 1984).