Ralph G. BODE

BODE, AKIN, GRIGGS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 4/14/2010 at 10:54:03

OSAGE, IOWA--Ralph G. Bode, 80, of Osage, died Sunday, June 15, 1997, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City. Funeral services will be held June 18th, at the Champion Funeral Home, Osage, with the Rev. Clark Christian officiating. Burial will be in Sunnyside Memory Gardens, Charles City, with graveside military rites by the Orchard American Legion Post 641 and Osage VFW Post 7920.

Ralph G. Bode was born April 15, 1917, at Goodell. Survivors include one daughter, Jeanette Akin of Webster, Minn.; three sons, Edward Bode of Catawissa, Mo.; Robert Bode of Orchard, and David Bode of Orchard; his father, Cornelius Bode of Osage; one sister, Thelma Griggs of Sheridan, Wyo.; two brothers, Kenneth Bode of Charles City, and Paul Bode of Osage; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his wife, mother and one brother.

Mason City Globe Gazette - Iowa
June 18, 1997