Notes for: Elizabeth ("Libbie") Bodine
From Ronny Bodine (Feb. 6, 2021):
Elizabeth Bodine appears as a resident in the city directory of Beacon (Dutchess Co.), NY of 1957 living with her sister Lulu. The 1958 Beacon City Directory lists "Bodine Elizabeth died May 8 1958 age 67."
Obituary, Poughkeepsie (NY) Journal of 9 May 1958.
Miss Elizabeth Bodine, 67, of 6 Cliff street, Beacon, died yesterday in the Highland hospital, Beacon. She had been ill at her home the last seven weeks and entered the hospital for treatment on Monday. Born in Fishkill Landing, May 7, 1891, Miss Bodine was the daughter of the late Warren and Sarah Jane Balantine Bodine. She was educated in the schools in the Beacon area and always resided there. She had been employed as an operator in the Carrol Hat shop in Beacon. Miss Bodine was a member of Trinity Methodist church, Beacon. Surviving are a sister, Miss Lulu Bodine, with whom she resided; an aunt, Miss Bertha Balantine, Peekskill; and two cousins, Miss Edna Van Benschoten, Peekskill, and Earl Van Benschoten in New Jersey. Funeral services will be conducted at the home at 2 o'clock tomorrow. The Rev. Herman L. Kuster, minister of Trinity Methodist church, Beacon, will officiate. Burial will be in Hillside cemetery, Peekskill, under the direction of the Hignell Funeral home. Friends may call at the residence, tonight.