BODE, Pearl Hazel (nee Morgan) 1924-2009

MORGAN, BODE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 9/3/2009 at 12:02:17

Pearl H. Bode, 85, of Charles City, Iowa, died Tuesday afternoon, September 1, 2009, at the Floyd County Medical Center in Charles City.

Pastor Jane Keel of the Messiah Lutheran Church will officiate at the funeral service to be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009 at Sunnyside Memory Gardens, Charles City.

Pearl Hazel Morgan was born May 29, 1924, at Lawton, Oklahoma, the daughter of Ira and Elizabeth (Burnette) Morgan. On January 1, 1948, she was united in marriage to Kenneth Bode in Texas. During World War II, Pearl worked at the aircraft factories to aid the war effort. Her interests included fishing and duck hunting with her husband, playing cards, taking walks in the mountains, picking wild flowers and Pinion` Nuts and spending time with her family.

Living family members include her four children, Helen (Rick) Winters of Oregon, Larry (Collen) Colorado, Roy Bode of Charles City and Gerald Bode of Colorado; seven grandchildren; four great grandchildren; two sisters, Juanita Cox of Big Bear, California, and Naomi Jetton of San Bernardino, California; a brother, Floyd Burnett of Lawton, Oklahoma; a brother-in-law, Paul (Dixie) Bode of Osage, Iowa; a sister-in-law, Thelma Griggs of Sheridan, Wyoming; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; sister, Nathalie Place; and a brother, Sylvester Burnett.

(Obituary from www.hauserfh.com, Sept. 3, 2009)