Individual Details
Meta Margaretha "Mattie" Bödeker
(21 Feb 1867 - 10 Feb 1962)
Events
Birth | 21 Feb 1867 | Germany, Ostfriesland, Wiesedermeer | |||
Marriage | 24 Dec 1891 | Langworthy, Jones, Iowa, United States - Ira Martin Rodman | |||
Death | 10 Feb 1962 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States |
Families
Spouse | Ira Martin Rodman (1870 - 1952) |
Father | Harm Bödeker (1830 - 1905) |
Mother | Gretke Margaret Brunen (1836 - 1912) |
Sibling | Frauke "Frances" Bödeker (1855 - 1953) |
Sibling | Gesche Margaretha "Grace Maggie" Bödeker (1859 - 1936) |
Sibling | Maria Bödeker (1862 - ) |
Sibling | Greta Bödeker (1871 - 1933) |
Sibling | Johann Gerhard Bödeker (1874 - 1944) |
Sibling | Catharina Margaretha Bödeker (1878 - 1964) |
Notes
Marriage
3065 29 Bodeker Mattie MargaritRodman Ira Martin, 24 Dec 1891 Langworthy
A G Rodman, Lazena Barnhill Linn Co
Hiram Bodeker, Grace Brunnen Germany
Death
MONTICELLO EXPRESS…FEBRUARY 15, 1962…PAGE 8MATTIE RODMAN
MONTICELLO: Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon Feb, 13 for Mattie Rodman, who died at Johnson nursing home Feb. 10 after an illness of several months. The Goettsch funeral home had charge of arrangements. The Howard J. Eldrenkamp officiated at the services with burial at Oakwood.
Born Feb. 21, 1862 in Germany, she was a daughter of Harm Bodeker and Grace Brumen Bodeker. She came to the US. When 17 and settled in the Amber community. She was married to I. Mark Rodman of Monticello, Dec. 24, 1890, and they made their home in Monticello. After her husband's death on March 10, 1952, Mrs. Rodman continued to make her home at 434 North Sycamore St. in Monticello.
She was also preceded in death by a son Harry, a son and daughter in infancy, her parents, four sisters and one brother.
Survivors include a daughter, Berniece, Mrs. Walter Werner, Homewood, IL; a son, Alva C. Rodman, Springville; 8 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Kate Ireland of Wyoming.
Endnotes
1. Janssen, Ludwig, Erhard Schlte and Hans Rudolph Manger, compiler, Die Familien der Kirchengemeinde Reepsholt (Aurich: Ostfriesische Landschaft, 1982), p 229 #522.
2. Jones Co. Iowa marriage books, online.
BOOK D 1877-1884 :: BOOK E 1884-1891 :: BOOK F 1891-1898 (USGenWeb