BARBARA BODE

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Wednesday, November 10, 1999

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.

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