Notes for: Ardetta Bodine

Looking at Arnold Ellerbrock's obituary and things online, it looks like he had a daughter, Dottie Ellerbrock, from another wife (Florence Knowles) before he married Ardetta. So the daughter mentioned below was not from Ardetta.

From Ronny Bodine:

From Social Security Applications and Claims:
Ardetta Bodine applied for a SSN in June 1939 and reported she was born 20 Sept 1920 in Sterling, Illinois, dau. of Harold W. & Lois A. (Cox) Bodine. In June 1952 she reported her name as Ardetta Ellerbrock. She died 28 Dec 1992. Her last address was Sterling, Whiteside County, Ill.

Obituary, Morning Star (Rockford, Ill.) of 11 Sept 1971.
Rock Falls--Services for Arnold S. Ellerbrock, 60, R.R. 1, who died Thursday night in Community General Hospital, Sterling, will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Allen Funeral Home, Sterling. Burial will be in Oak Knoll Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home. Survivors include his widow, Ardetta; a daughter, Mrs. Harold McCarty, Mackinaw, Ill.; two brothers, William and Eugene, both of Quincy, and four grandchildren.

Death Notice, Register Star (Rockford, Ill.) of 1 Jan 1993.
Sterling---Services for Ardetta Ellerbrock, 72, 107 6th Ave., who died Monday at CHG medical Center, will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Grace Episcopal Church. Burial will be in Oak Knoll Memorial Park, with arrangements by Allen Funeral Home.

Burials in Oak Knoll Memorial Park Cemetery, Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 108044720)
Arnold S. Ellerbrock Illinois PVT US Army World War II Oct 27 1910 Sept 9 1971
Ardetta Ellerbrock Sept. 30, 1920 Dec. 28, 1992