Family/Spouse: BERNASCONI, Fausto J. Fausto was born about 1909 in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland; died on 16 Jun 1963 in Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BERNASCONI, Judith Ann
2. BERNASCONI

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 11/28/1945

NT Man, 52, Shot
To Death in'Room,
Police Say 'Suicide'
In what police believe to be a
suicide case, the gun-shot punctured
body of Michael Bodie, 52,
was found last night in his room
at 60 Webster street, North Tonawanda,
by a roomer, James Eroes,
who investigated after he had not
seen Bodie since Monday.
Police state that Bodie probably
committed suicide late Monday
evening. Another roomer stated
be remembers hearing what could
have been a muffled shot about
8 p. m. Monday, but which at the
time he thought was the backfire
Df an auto exhaust.
According to Patrolman Roy
Rickaxd, who was ditpatched to
the scene of the crime, Bodie shot
and killed himself by "lying on
the floor of his room, holding the
barrel of a 16-gauge shotgun to
his chest and tripping the trigger
with a yard-long forked stick."
Coroner Henry C Lapp returned
a verdict of suicide upon investigation
at the scene of the
death.
North Tonawanda police, who
knew nothing more than the meagre
facts concerning the case this
morning, had not conducted the
usual preliminary investigation
which is routine in a case where
a life is taken. Though no police
had been assigned to investigate
this morning, (they reported themselves
satisfied with the original
report), they had not determined
any possible motive for the suicide.
The NEWS learned this morning
that Bodie had complained recently
of "being ill.' Buffalo Bolt
company reports that the victim
had been employed there as a
laborer for two years and had
"quit without notice two months
ago."
Bodie is survived by his father,
Ma the w; his wife, Veronica, 71
Douglas street, Tonawanda; two
sons, Sidney, 15, and Sgt. Joseph
Bodie with the Army in Japan;
and three daughters, Mrs. Guy
Bernasconi, Mrs. George Goff
and Ruth Bodi, 14. Born in Hungary,
August 31, 1893, Bodie re
sided in Tonawanda for 20 years.
Last evening Simu A. Muresan,
who operates a tavern at 60
Webster street and owns the building
where Bodi had been living
for the past year, asked another
roomer, Eroes, if he had "seen
Mike today." Eroes had not and
west to Bodies room to visit
his friend.
Eroes found Bodie dead, laying
on his back, with his hand over
his blood-stained shirt The shotgun
was laying beneath the victim's
left leg. ,
Funeral rites will be conducted
at the Hilliard Funeral Home, 147
Delaware street, Friday afternoon
at 3:30 o'clock, with Rev. Andrew
Babinski officiating.

Michael + Veronica. Veronica was born about 1896 in Hungary; died on 28 May 1975 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 5/28/1975

BODIE - Veronica Bodie,
79, of Tonawanda, N.Y.,
Wednesday (May 28, 1975) at
DeGraff Memorial Hospital.
Wife of the late Michael
Bodie; mother of Sidney Bodie
of Tampa, Fla., Joseph Bodie
of North Tonawanda, Mrs.
Margaret M. Bernasconi of
Niagara Falls, Mrs. George
(Veronica R.) Goff of
Inglewood, Calif., and Mrs.
Henry (Ruth) Sickeri of
Tonawanda, also survived by 13
grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren.
Friends may call from 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p.m., at the Hilliard
Funeral Home, Inc. 147
Delaware St., Tonawanda
where services will be
conducted Friday at 10:30
a.m., the Rev. Richard H.
Trump officiating. Interment
Elmlawn Cemetery

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 8/26/1960

BODIE - Matthew Bodie, 92, of
71 Douglas St., Tonawanda, died
Thursday (Aug. 25, 1960) after a
long illness. Beloved father-in law
of Mrs. Michael Bodie of
Tonawanda. Grandfather of Mrs.
Henry Sickeri and Sidney Bodie,
both of Tonawanda, Joseph Bodie
of North Tonawanda, Mrs. Fausto
Bernasconi of Niagara Falls and
Mrs. George Goss of California.
Great-grandfather of 14 greatgrandchildren.
Friends received
at the Brunner Funeral Home,
156 Robinson St., North Tonawanda,
where services will be at 1:30
p.m. Saturday, the' Rev. Paul
Smithson officiating. Burial in
Elmlawn Cemetery.