Marion Francis Bodell 1904

BODELL

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 7/2/2012 at 20:10:26

Marion Francis, the little four month old babe of Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Bodell was found dead in bed at five o’clock Thursday [December 5, 1904] morning. The little child slept in a small bed in the same room with her parents. At eleven o’clock Wednesday night when the family retired the little one from all appearance was asleep but at five o’clock in the morning when Mr. Bodell arose she was dead. Dr. Bachman was called in and he pronounced her death due to heart failure. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the house and the remains interred in the Oak Hill Cemetery. The sympathy of this community is extended the bereaved parents in their hours of sorrow. (Estherville Democrat, Estherville, IA, December 7, 1904)