Elizabeth Helen Bodine
Elizabeth Helen (Cline) Bodine went to be with Jesus on Wednesday, September 23, 2015. Known as Helen, she was born on September 28, 1922, in Emory, Texas, to Mildred (Whitman) and Arthur Cline. When she was two, the family moved to Seattle. Helen attended Lowell Elementary and graduated from Broadway High School and beauty school simultaneously in 1940. She met her handsome husband-to-be, Max Bodine, at the Spanish Castle and they were married in Auburn on June 20, 1941.
After the war, Helen and Max made their home in Auburn and had two children, Sharon and Gary. Helen worked at The Boeing Company during WWII and for many years as a beautician in Auburn. The family moved to Bonney Lake in 1956. After retirement, Helen began taking classes in oil painting. She became well-known as a gifted artist, painting seascapes and mountain scenes which showed her love for God’s beautiful creation in the natural world. Her paintings have been purchased by people from all over the world. She was a member of the Mountain Valley Art Club, Sumner Art Club, and Auburn First United Methodist Church.
Helen loved to be outdoors and her special interests included gardening, camping, hunting, fishing, boating, crabbing and shrimping, especially with her husband and her son, Gary. Helen enjoyed spending time with her family. She loved travelling to Europe with family and friends. She had a quick wit and a vivacious, adventurous spirit.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Max, in 1996, and by her four siblings. She is survived by her son, Gary Bodine, of Buckley, and Sharon (Bodine) Johnson of Shelton. She has seven grandchildren (Glenn Wolf, Nicole Johnson, Amy Johnson, Jeff Johnson, Christa Duncan, Sarah Wagner, and Kimber Bodine). She was so proud of her family which includes 13 great-grandchildren. She lived for the last year at Cedar Ridge Assisted Living where she made many new friends. She will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her.
Please join us at a Memorial Service to be held on Sunday, October 18, at 1:30, at the Auburn First United Methodist Church, 100 “N” St. SE, Auburn. Memorial gifts may be made to the Auburn First United Methodist Church or to the American Cancer Society.
