Robert V. Bodfish |
| Posted 2009-12-12 by Janet Bowie |
| Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ, April 20, 1951 DEATH OF ROBERT BODFISH SHOCKS COMMUNITY NASHVILLE BANKER HAD MADE CABALLEROS RIDE The Tragic death of Robert V. Bodfish in an automobile accident Friday evening saddened and shocked his famuly, friends and the many men with whom he had ridden on the Desert Caballeros trek last week. The 31-year-old resident of Nashville, Tenn., was crushed to death when the station wagon in which he was riding alone left the Prescott Highway about two miles north of town and plunged into a 70-foot-deep canyon on the west side of the road. The accident happened at 6:50 p. m., and only a few minutes after he had left the winter home of his brother, Morton Bodfish, widely known Chicago financier and Wickenburg resident, at the Diamond G Ranch. LOST CONTROL Highway Patrolman John Lubicich, who reached the scene of the accident shortly after it was reported, said that apparently Mr Bodfish lost control of his southbound vehicle which had swerved over to the left shoulder, then crossed the highway and plunged into the canyon. He was thrown from the station wagon and pinned between the right front wheel and a palo verde tree. His death, said Dr Floyd B. Bralliar, was due to a broken neck. AN HONOR STUDENT A native of Columbus, Ohio, where he was born November 12, 1919, Robert Bodfish attended University High in Chicago before enrolling at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn. He was graduated with highest scholastic honors. During World War II he served for three and one-half years in the Marine Corps. At the time of his death he was Vice-President of the First Federal Savings Association and had about finished his studies for a degree in law. THE SURVIVORS Surviving are the widow and two children, a daughter Jayne Cleveland, age 5, and a son, John Morton, age 2, of Nashville; his father, John H. Bodfish of Columbus, O.; a sister, Frances Ohl of Detroit and his brother, Morton Bodfish. The body was taken to Phoenix Sunday afternoon and by plane to Chicago, thence by train to Nashville where funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon. Morton Bodfish, accompanied by Dr. Bralliar, a close friend, flew to Nashville Monday evening. See Also: Arizona Genealogy Birth and Death Certificates |
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