  Charles A. Bodkin 8 September 1894 - 29 September 1970   Harry N. Bodkin 1892 - 1959  Harry Bodkin Dies Suddenly At Store Harry N. Bodkin, Sr., 67, life-long resident of Denison, dropped dead from a heart attack Sunday at 11:15 a.m. at the grocery store he owned at 422 North Houston. The event was an odd conincidence in that Bodkin's brother, Charlie Bodkin, was called home to Denison from a Colorado vacation by a death in his family for the second time in less than two weeks. Bodkin was making a grocery sale to Mrs. Frank S. Martin, 500 North Houston, and turned to his cash register when he collapsed. He was pronounced dead at Madonna Hospital. Justice of the Peace Homer Gaddy conducted the inquest. Bodkin's mother, Mrs. Oscar Blummer, died July 3. It was then that the brother, Charlie, was summoned home from a Colorado vacation. He returned to Colorado to rejoin a Denison group and arrived home late yesterday after getting the second death message. Bodkin was connected with the Denison Cotton Mill for 18 yearsand was secretary-treasurer of the company at the time he withdrew to enter the grocery business. Born here, he recieved his schooling in Denison. One of his early jobs was at the old National bank. Later he was a brakeman for the KO&G Railroadand was employed in the office before going to the cotton mill. He and Miss Zulah Dustin of Gainesville were married in Denison Sept. 12, 1916. The home is at 704 East Main. Bodkin was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus. Surviving are his wife; two sons, Harry Bodkin, Jr., Sherman, and James Bodkin, Dallas; a daughter . . .  Zulah Bodkin 1896 - 1977  Chas. D. Bodkin 1922 - 1932 Prescott (AZ) Mourning Courier
March 30, 1905 pg 1 LATE NEWS Denison, Tex., has a boy hero. Harry Bodkin, aged 13 years, fell 50 feet into Red river and was saved from death by the heroism of his companion, Dan Brown, 12 years of age. The boy climbed a tree over the stream and a branch broke. He was rendered unconscious by the force of the fall, but his little companion dived into the water and brought the almost lifeless lad to the shore. Young Bodkin was unconscious for three hours. The Denison Press Friday, March 4, 1932 pg 4 BOY DROWNED IN OLD WELL HERE SUNDAY Charles Bodkin, 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bodkin was drowned in an old water well here Sunday. The well is located on the property of the Kelley Home recently destroyed by fire. The Bodkin lad with two of his playmates were playing around the old well, when in some manner the youth fell in. At the sight of their young companion floundering in the well, the other playmates fled in horror. When the information was brought to the father of the drowned lad, he hurried to the well and removed his son. All possible effort to revive the lad was made, but they were in vain. Firemen from the city force used pul-motors but that was of no avail. Te old well had been filled with dirt, it is reported, but had sunken back to some fourteen feet. It was reported to have been covered over Sunday morning, and how the covering was removed to allow the lad to be exposed to the death trap is not known. Funeral services were held at St. Patrick's Tuesday morning, Rev. B. J. Deeney officiating. Interment was in Calvary, Hort-Muray funeral directors in charge.   James P. Bodkin 1931 - 2010  Beth A. Bodkin 1933 - 2001  Helen F. Bodkin 1925 - 1974 Fairview Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson CountyTXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |
