Notes for: Clement ("Clem") Eli Bodine
Clement died of "blunt trama to the head." He is not buried with his wife in Shelbina, MO. Rather, he is buried in a potter's field in St. Joseph, MO. There are no gravestones or markings for those buried there.
Robert Rightmire provided the following:
1910 Kansas, Sedgwick Co., Waco, District 99, Image 15-16
Name, Age, Relation, Marital, Occupation, Birthplace, Father Born, Mother Born
- Eli A. Bodine; 72; Head; Married; 45 Yrs; Farmer; Kentucky; Kentucky; Kentucky
- Mary E. (Rightmire) Bodine; 68; Wife; Married 45; Yrs; None; Illinois; Kentucky; Kentucky
- Charles C. Bodine; 38; Son; Single; Farmer; Illinois; Kentucky; Illinois
- John Bodine; 34; Son; Single; Farmer; Illinois; Kentucky; Illinois
- Eli E. Bodine; 28; Son; Single; Farmer; Illinois; Kentucky; Illinois
- Clem Bodine; 23; Son; Married; -; 1Yr; Farmer; Illinois; Kentucky; Illinois
- Ethel Bodine; 19; Daugh-in-Law; Married; -; 1Yr; None; Illinois; Illinois; Illinois.
From Ronny Bodine (Sept. 12, 2020):
In 1910, Clem and Ethel Bodine lived with Clem's parents in Waco Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas.
From Sedgwick County, Kansas Marriage Records:
Clem Bodine, 23, AND Ethel Parsons, 19, both of Wichita, Kansas, were married 4 May 1910 at Wichita by Julius M. Momnier, Roman Catholic Preacher of the Gospel.
On 5 June 1917, Clem Bodine registered for the World War 1 draft in Noble County, Oklahoma. He reported he was born 4 Feb 1887 in Paris, Illinois, worked as a farmer, was married and had 5 children.
1920 Sac Fox Iowa Indian Reservation, Brown Co., KS: Clem BODINE 32 IL farmer, Ethel 28 IL wife, George 9 KS son, Mark 8 KS son, Cecil 7 KS son, Mary 5 KS dau, Maxine 3 KS dau.
1930 Jackson Twp., Monroe Co., MO: Clem BODINE 43 IL farmer, Ethel 39 IL wife, George 19 KS son, Mark 18 KS son, Cecil 16 KS son, Mary 15 KS dau, Maxine 13 KS dau, Robert 11 KS son, Helen 8 3/4 NE dau, James 7 NE son, Henry 5 4/12 NE son, Lawrence 3 4/12 MO son, Frederick 2 MO son.
1940 Jackson Twp., Monroe Co., MO: Ethel BODINE 49 IL, Mark 27 KS son, Helen 18 NE dau, Jim 17 NE son, Henery 15 KS son, Bill 14 MO son, Fred 12 MO son, Margaret 9 MO dau, Betty 8 MO dau.
On 27 April 1942, Clement Bodine of St. Joseph, Missouri registered for the World War II Draft. He reported he was born 4 Feb 1887 in Paris, Illinois, was self-employed, and named Ethel Bodine as his next of kin. [Note: In place of a middle name he wrote “None.”]
From the Missouri Death Certificate of Clem Bodine, husband of Ethel Bodine, born 4 Feb 1888 in Paris, Illinois, son of Eli & Mary (Rigmirgit) Bodine; died 28 Oct 1945 in St. Joseph, Buchanan County; buried in IOOF Cemetery. George Bodine of Paris, informant. [Note: His grave is unmarked.]
Obituary, St. Joseph (MO) News-Press of Monday, 29 Oct 1945.
Clem Bodine, 59 years old, died yesterday at a local hospital. He was born in Paris, Ill. and had lived in St. Joseph about 14 years. He made his home on a farm on rural route No. 2. Mr. Bodine was a member of the Catholic Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ethel Bodine, Vandalia, Mo.; eight sons and four daughters and a brother, Eli Bodine of St. Joseph. The body is at Rupp's mortuary.
Mrs. Ethel Bodine of Vandalia is mentioned on several occasions in the Mexico (MO) Ledger, the latest on 11 Aug 1976. [Note: On-line issues end in 1977, therefore a likely obituary is presently unavailable.]
From Social Security Records:
Ethel Bodine was born 5 March 1891 and died in January 1978. Her last residence was Vandalia, Audrain Co., Missouri.
Burials in St. Mary's Cemetery, Shelbina, Shelby County, Missouri.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 108779382)
Mother ETHEL BODINE 1891---1978