BARBARA BODE

Barbara Bode, 71, of Mound City, died Monday evening at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 19, 1928 in Jonesboro, IL the daughter of E.H. and Helen Smith. She was the co-owner, with her husband Carl F. Bode Jr. of Bodes Drug Store in Mound City until her retirement. She was a member of the Pilgrim Congregational Church in Mound City, Mound City Public Library Board, VFW Ladies Aux. in Mounds, Pulaski County Historical Society, Beta Sigma Phi Sorority in Mounds, Pulaski Co. Republican Central Committee, Pulaski Co. Republican Womens Organization, and served as a prescient Committeewoman for the Republican Party in Pulaski County. She was a faithful 50 year member of the Mound City Womens Club where she served as Past President, Secretary, Treasurer and Parlementarian. She currently was serving as the Secretary-Treasurer of the Beech Grove Cemetery Assoc. in Mounds and Chairwoman of the Mound City Womens Club Beautification Project. She was a former member of the Board of Directors of the Southern Foundation, serving Alexander, Pulaski, Ballard & Mississippi Counties.

Mrs. Bode married her husband, Carl in 1948, before joining him in the family owned pharmacy she was a teacher at Lowell Elementary School in Mound City. Her husband preceded her in death in 1983 as did her two brothers. Mrs. Bode was a dedicated & tireless worker for her Church, family and community.

She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Carl & Dana Bode, her grandchildren, Allison Bode and Will Bode all of Mound City; her mother, Helen Smith of Jonesboro, IL & other relatives. Visitation is at the Barkett Funeral Home in Mound City where friends may call from 4 pm until 8 pm Wednesday. Funeral services will be conducted at the funeral home at 10:30 am Thursday with Nell Bierman officiating. Interment will follow in Beechwood Cemetery in Mounds.

The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the Mound City Womens Club Beautification Project, or the Mound City Public Library Book Fund or the Mound City Fire Dept. in memory of Mrs. Bode. Memorials may be mailed to P.O. Box 110, Mound City, IL 62963. The Barkett Funeral Home in Mound City is in charge of arrangements.