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Flora M <I>Wingart</I> Bodtke

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Flora M Wingart Bodtke

Birth
Denver, City and County of Denver, Colorado, USA
Death
16 Sep 1935 (aged 36)
Hebron, Thayer County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Gilead, Thayer County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
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Mrs. Leo Bodtke, nee Flora Wenigard, was born Jul 19, 1898, at Denver, Colo. ***See note

She was baptized in infancy. In 1913, she was united in marriage to Leo Bodtke, this union was blessed with seven children. Two children preceded their mother in death, one daughter died in Montana and an infant daughter passed away at the Hebron hospital on Sept. 12.

Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Bodtke moved to Canada, two years later they moved to Montana. In 1922, the came to Gilead and moved onto a farm south of town where they have since made their home.

Mrs. Bodtke passed away at the Hebron hospital September 15, at the age of 37 years, 1 months and 28 days.

She leaves to mourn her passing, her husband; 5 children, Pearl, Vivian, Clifford, Delores and Norma, all at home; 3 brothers, all of New York; and other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held on Sept. 17, from the home and the Lutheran church. Burial was in the Union Cemetery southeast of town.

***According to the obituary, Flora was born on Jul 19, 1898, but by the calculations of 37 years, 1 month and 28 days, Flora died on Sept 16,1935, not the 15th. If the calculations are figured by the birth year on her headstone, then her death date would have been in 1936.
Mrs. Leo Bodtke, nee Flora Wenigard, was born Jul 19, 1898, at Denver, Colo. ***See note

She was baptized in infancy. In 1913, she was united in marriage to Leo Bodtke, this union was blessed with seven children. Two children preceded their mother in death, one daughter died in Montana and an infant daughter passed away at the Hebron hospital on Sept. 12.

Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Bodtke moved to Canada, two years later they moved to Montana. In 1922, the came to Gilead and moved onto a farm south of town where they have since made their home.

Mrs. Bodtke passed away at the Hebron hospital September 15, at the age of 37 years, 1 months and 28 days.

She leaves to mourn her passing, her husband; 5 children, Pearl, Vivian, Clifford, Delores and Norma, all at home; 3 brothers, all of New York; and other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held on Sept. 17, from the home and the Lutheran church. Burial was in the Union Cemetery southeast of town.

***According to the obituary, Flora was born on Jul 19, 1898, but by the calculations of 37 years, 1 month and 28 days, Flora died on Sept 16,1935, not the 15th. If the calculations are figured by the birth year on her headstone, then her death date would have been in 1936.


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