son of Christopher James Bodamer and Mary A Crotty; husband of Claribel Currens; US Army veteran, World War I Co F 317th Inf Pvt entered 4 Apr 1918, discharged 12 Apr 1919
"Man Found Dead in His Apartment - Leo S Bodamer, 65, a resident of the Wakefield Apartments at 137 1/2 Diamond St, was found dead in his third-floor apartment shortly before 6 pm yesterday. Deputy Crawford County Sheriff Dr C M Sonne of Titusville placed the time of death at 3 am yesterday. Dr Sonne said Mr Bodamer died of natural causes. Persons in the apartment house told him they thought they heard the man fall out of bed about 2 am, but nobody went to check then. The deceased's brother, Walter Bodamer, discovered the body. The man was sitting in a chair at the time. Leo Sylvester Bodamer was born Sept 23, 1893, in Titusville, the son of Chris and Mary Crotty Bodamer. He attended schools in Titusville and also attended Welch's Business College in Oil City. Mr Bodamer enlisted in the Army during World War I at Titusville on April 4, 1918. He was a private in Co F of the 317th infantry and served with the AEF in France, leaving the US June 25, 1918, and returning to this country March 28, 1919. He was discharged on April 12, 1919, at Camp Dix, NJ. In 1920 (sic) [1919], he married Clara Belle Currens in Titusville. She preceded him in death in 1933. Mr Bodamer also had one daughter, Mrs Louisa Mae Zerres, who died in October of 1955 (sic) [1954]. For many years, Mr Bodamer was employed at the Titusville Forge Works. Surviving are two grandchildren, Barbara and Linda Zerres, both of Titusville; three brothers, Walter Bodamer and LeRoy Bodamer, both of Titusville, and Harry Bodamer of Reading, Calif, and one sister, Mrs Stella Lesko of Titusville. Friends may call at the Tracy Home of Funerals...The funeral service will be held at 9 am Saturday. Interment will be in St Catharine's Cemetery. A military service also will be conducted by members of the Bruce Shorts Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars."
(Titusville Herald, July 17, 1959, p.5)
"Man Found Dead in His Apartment - Leo S Bodamer, 65, a resident of the Wakefield Apartments at 137 1/2 Diamond St, was found dead in his third-floor apartment shortly before 6 pm yesterday. Deputy Crawford County Sheriff Dr C M Sonne of Titusville placed the time of death at 3 am yesterday. Dr Sonne said Mr Bodamer died of natural causes. Persons in the apartment house told him they thought they heard the man fall out of bed about 2 am, but nobody went to check then. The deceased's brother, Walter Bodamer, discovered the body. The man was sitting in a chair at the time. Leo Sylvester Bodamer was born Sept 23, 1893, in Titusville, the son of Chris and Mary Crotty Bodamer. He attended schools in Titusville and also attended Welch's Business College in Oil City. Mr Bodamer enlisted in the Army during World War I at Titusville on April 4, 1918. He was a private in Co F of the 317th infantry and served with the AEF in France, leaving the US June 25, 1918, and returning to this country March 28, 1919. He was discharged on April 12, 1919, at Camp Dix, NJ. In 1920 (sic) [1919], he married Clara Belle Currens in Titusville. She preceded him in death in 1933. Mr Bodamer also had one daughter, Mrs Louisa Mae Zerres, who died in October of 1955 (sic) [1954]. For many years, Mr Bodamer was employed at the Titusville Forge Works. Surviving are two grandchildren, Barbara and Linda Zerres, both of Titusville; three brothers, Walter Bodamer and LeRoy Bodamer, both of Titusville, and Harry Bodamer of Reading, Calif, and one sister, Mrs Stella Lesko of Titusville. Friends may call at the Tracy Home of Funerals...The funeral service will be held at 9 am Saturday. Interment will be in St Catharine's Cemetery. A military service also will be conducted by members of the Bruce Shorts Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars."
(Titusville Herald, July 17, 1959, p.5)
son of Christopher James Bodamer and Mary A Crotty; husband of Claribel Currens; US Army veteran, World War I Co F 317th Inf Pvt entered 4 Apr 1918, discharged 12 Apr 1919
"Man Found Dead in His Apartment - Leo S Bodamer, 65, a resident of the Wakefield Apartments at 137 1/2 Diamond St, was found dead in his third-floor apartment shortly before 6 pm yesterday. Deputy Crawford County Sheriff Dr C M Sonne of Titusville placed the time of death at 3 am yesterday. Dr Sonne said Mr Bodamer died of natural causes. Persons in the apartment house told him they thought they heard the man fall out of bed about 2 am, but nobody went to check then. The deceased's brother, Walter Bodamer, discovered the body. The man was sitting in a chair at the time. Leo Sylvester Bodamer was born Sept 23, 1893, in Titusville, the son of Chris and Mary Crotty Bodamer. He attended schools in Titusville and also attended Welch's Business College in Oil City. Mr Bodamer enlisted in the Army during World War I at Titusville on April 4, 1918. He was a private in Co F of the 317th infantry and served with the AEF in France, leaving the US June 25, 1918, and returning to this country March 28, 1919. He was discharged on April 12, 1919, at Camp Dix, NJ. In 1920 (sic) [1919], he married Clara Belle Currens in Titusville. She preceded him in death in 1933. Mr Bodamer also had one daughter, Mrs Louisa Mae Zerres, who died in October of 1955 (sic) [1954]. For many years, Mr Bodamer was employed at the Titusville Forge Works. Surviving are two grandchildren, Barbara and Linda Zerres, both of Titusville; three brothers, Walter Bodamer and LeRoy Bodamer, both of Titusville, and Harry Bodamer of Reading, Calif, and one sister, Mrs Stella Lesko of Titusville. Friends may call at the Tracy Home of Funerals...The funeral service will be held at 9 am Saturday. Interment will be in St Catharine's Cemetery. A military service also will be conducted by members of the Bruce Shorts Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars."
(Titusville Herald, July 17, 1959, p.5)
"Man Found Dead in His Apartment - Leo S Bodamer, 65, a resident of the Wakefield Apartments at 137 1/2 Diamond St, was found dead in his third-floor apartment shortly before 6 pm yesterday. Deputy Crawford County Sheriff Dr C M Sonne of Titusville placed the time of death at 3 am yesterday. Dr Sonne said Mr Bodamer died of natural causes. Persons in the apartment house told him they thought they heard the man fall out of bed about 2 am, but nobody went to check then. The deceased's brother, Walter Bodamer, discovered the body. The man was sitting in a chair at the time. Leo Sylvester Bodamer was born Sept 23, 1893, in Titusville, the son of Chris and Mary Crotty Bodamer. He attended schools in Titusville and also attended Welch's Business College in Oil City. Mr Bodamer enlisted in the Army during World War I at Titusville on April 4, 1918. He was a private in Co F of the 317th infantry and served with the AEF in France, leaving the US June 25, 1918, and returning to this country March 28, 1919. He was discharged on April 12, 1919, at Camp Dix, NJ. In 1920 (sic) [1919], he married Clara Belle Currens in Titusville. She preceded him in death in 1933. Mr Bodamer also had one daughter, Mrs Louisa Mae Zerres, who died in October of 1955 (sic) [1954]. For many years, Mr Bodamer was employed at the Titusville Forge Works. Surviving are two grandchildren, Barbara and Linda Zerres, both of Titusville; three brothers, Walter Bodamer and LeRoy Bodamer, both of Titusville, and Harry Bodamer of Reading, Calif, and one sister, Mrs Stella Lesko of Titusville. Friends may call at the Tracy Home of Funerals...The funeral service will be held at 9 am Saturday. Interment will be in St Catharine's Cemetery. A military service also will be conducted by members of the Bruce Shorts Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars."
(Titusville Herald, July 17, 1959, p.5)
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