From Friday June 21, 1991 Saginaw News:
James E. Brodrie passed away Thursday, June 20, 1991 at St. Luke's Hospital after a brief illness. Age 93 years. Mr. Bodrie was born September 3, 1897 in Pinconning. He married Gertrude Schultz in 1922. She predeceased him in 1964. He then married Helen Denton in 1966. She survives him. Mr. Bodrie was a member of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. He served in the U.S. Marine corps during World War I. He was a general foreman at Grey Iron Foundry for 37 years, retiring in 1960.

Surviving besides his wife Helen are three daughters, Mrs. James (Valeta) Allen, Mrs. Edward (Betty) Quinnan and Mrs. Dawn Deisler, all of Saginaw; 17 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; five sisters, Nelda Laginess, Southgate; Mabel Smith, Bellevue, Michigan; Alice Donathan and Madonna Donathan, both of Fife Lake, Mrs. Marcella Atler, Mancelona. Mr. Bodrie was predeceased by eight brothers and sisters......interment will follow in Mt. Olivet Cemetery....




Son of Fred Bodrie and Adeline Deshaw

Brother of Lucy Mary Bodrie Hooker (1897-1949), Hiram Isaac Bodrie (1898-1972), George Thomas Bodrie (1900-1944), Edward William Bodrie (1902-1991), Frank Phillip Bodrie (1904-1927), Samuel Herbert Bodrie (1906-1974), Mabel Bodrie Smith (1908-), Floyd Bodrie (1910-), Alice Agnes Bodrie Donathan (1911-2007), Nelda Agatha Bodrie Laginess (1913-2008), Wallace M. Bodrie (1915-1979), Marie L. Bodrie Dupuie (1917-1984), Madonna A. Bodrie Donathan (1919-1999), Marcella Bodrie Atler Hatley Floro (1923-2010)



Married Gertrude Schultz December 9, 1922 Pinconning Bay Co MI


Married Helen Denton nee McGennis May 14, 1966 Saginaw Saginaw Co MI


Father of Frank James Bodrie (1924-1926), Valeta Bodrie Allen (1924-1998), BettyJane Bodrie Quinnan (1927-1997), Dawn Bodrie Deisler,


SOURCES: Saginaw Public Library Obit Index
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