Notes for: William Harold Bodine, Jr.

From Ronny Bodine:

1st marriage--1948--MARY BETH WOWK.
From New Jersey Marriage Records:
William H. Bodine AND Mary (Wowk) Galen were married 1948. [Exact date & location not specified.]

From The Pittsburgh Press of 19 Aug 1949:
The obituary of William Wowk names among his survivors his wife Julia and a daughter, Mrs. Wm. Bodine.

From The Pittsburgh Press of 24 Dec 1969:
The obituary of John Wowk names among his survivors a sister, Mary Bodine of New York.

From Social Security Records:
Mary Wowk applied for a SSN in Dec 1936 and reported she was born 2 May 1917 in Penowa, PA, dau. of William & Julia (Kovalchik) Wowk. In June 1964 she reported her name as Mary Bodine and in Nov 1976 as Mary Brumbaugh. She also bore the name Mary Wowk Galen. She died 15 Nov 1989 as Mary Brumbaugh. [Note: On 20 May 1939 in Pittsburgh, PA, Mary Wowk, dau. of William and Julia (Kowalchite) Wowk married Louis Galan.]

Obituary, The Pittsburgh (PA) Press of 17 Nov 1989.
Graveside services for Mary Brumbaugh, 72, a native of Avella, Washington County, who retired in 1976 as a florist in Ridgefield, Conn., will be at noon tomorrow at Uniondale Cemetery, North Side. A resident of Altoona, she died of anemia yesterday in Mercy Hospital there. Surviving are her husband, Vance; a daughter, Mary Beth Stagg of Alexandria, Va.; two sons, Russell Bodine of Garrett Park, Md., and William Bodine of Fort Washington, Md.; two sisters, Stella Kushik and Helen Downing, both of Pittsburgh, and six grandchildren. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Leukemia Society of America, 2 Gateway Center, 13th Floor, Pittsburgh 15222.

2nd marriage--JACQUELINE D'ANTUONO.

Obituary, The Newark Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.) of 30 May 2007.
William H. Bodine, 89, of Toms River passed away Monday, May 28, 2007, in Bey Lea Village, Toms River. Visiting will be Thursday from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the Silverton Memorial Funeral Home, 2482 Church Rd., Toms River. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 11 a.m. at the Church of the Visitation in Brick. Cremation is at Ocean County Memorial Park. Born in Teaneck, Mr. Bodine lived in Morristown before moving to Toms River in March 2007. He was the president of the Savings Association League of New York State for 10 years, retiring in 1973. A Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean War, he was a former member of the VFW Post 15031 and American Legion Post 351 of Seaside Heights. Mr. Bodine was predeceased by his sister, Audrey Mangione. Surviving are his wife, Jacqueline "Jackie" Bodine (nee D'Antuono); his children, William H. III, Rusty, Billy, Lisa Maria Duffy-Stutski and her husband, Jay Stutski, and Mary Beth; his brother, Jim Stretton, and granddaughter, Carina Leigh Duffy. In lieu of flowers, donations to the American Legion Post 351, 400 Bay Blvd., Seaside Heights, N.J. 08751 in Bill Bodine's memory would be appreciated.

Daughter Lisa Marie was the natural daughter of Peter F. Latori and Jacqueline D'Antuono. New Jersey marriage records record the marriage of Peter F. Latori and Raimonda J. Dantouno in October 1963 in South Orange, Essex County. The Asbury Park Press of 3 Feb 1988 reported that "Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bodine, 1830 Grand Central Ave., have announced the engagement of their daughter Lisa Marie Latori Bodine, here, to George J. Duffy, Point Pleasant. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Duffy, Hamilton Township. Miss Bodine is also the daughter of Peter F. Latori, Caldwell." From New Jersey Marriage Records: George J. Duffy Jr. AND Lisa M. Latori were married 29 Oct 1988 in Lakewood Township, Ocean County. And her second marriage: John Stutski Jr. AND Lisa Marie Latori were married 21 Oct 2000 in Point Pleasant Beach, Ocean County. The 2008 obituary of Peter F. Latori in the Newark Star-Ledger names his daughter Lisa Stutski and her husband John and granddaughter Carina Duffy.