OBIT: William H. BODES, 1998, Garrett, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Sally Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ BODES William H. Bodes, 73, of Garrett, died Oct. 29, 1998, at Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown. Born July 13, 1925, in Elk Lick Township, son of May (Zimmerman) Bodes of Akron, Ohio, and the late William H. Bodes Sr. Preceded in death by a brother, John Teeters. Survived by his wife of 52 years, the former Betty Baker, and these children: Judy, married to R. Timothy Fritz; Kerry, married to former Shirley Heckler, and Susan, married to Guy Imhoff, all of Garrett; grandchildren: Robert and Jennifer Fritz, Andrew and Kelsey Bodes, Miranda and Kyle Imhoff. Brother of Edna Spaugy of Mogadore, Ohio; and Doris Deist of Akron, Ohio. World War II Army veteran. Retired from Somerset State Hospital and U.S. Postal Service, where he was a rural mail carrier for Garrett and Rockwood. member of Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church, Garrett, Somerset American Legion and the National Rural Letter Carriers Association. Family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, at Deaner Funeral Home, Berlin, where service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Rev. Glenn P. Foster officiating. Interment, Highland Cemetery, Garrett. memorial contributions may be given to Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 175, Garrett, Pa., 15542, or the Leukemia Society, 2 Gateway Center-13 North, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15222. Daily American, October 31, 1998 [B1962]