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Vivian Bodishbaugh Obituary

BODISHBAUGH, Vivian Frances Kayser, 86, passed May 19, 2011 at Clear-water, Fla.

Daughter of Lou Vera (Dreher) and Louis C. Kayser Sr., Vivian was born February 2, 1925, in Pulaski County, Ark. She attended Pulaski County schools and graduated 1943 valedictorian of North Little Rock High School. She married Fay Erion Bodishbaugh. Widowed with three boys under age six, Vivian returned to school and work. She was legal secretary to Arkansas law firms and secretary to the chairman of Arkansas' State Commission on Workmen's Compensation. She founded and ran ABC, Arkansas' Best Court Reporting, the largest court reporting business in the south. She was president of Greater Little Rock's Chapter, National Legal Secretaries' Association; member and past president of Pulaski County Legal Secretaries; Arkansas and National Democratic Women's Club; served on the Womens' Guild and as president of St. Paul's Church Council. A member of First United Methodist Church, Little Rock, she was a charter member of the American Rosie the Riveters' Association, volunteered for AARP, Arkansas Arts Council and UAMS' Reynolds' Center.

She sold her court reporting business and for 10 years was secretary to the Legal Department's head counsel at the International Shrine Tampa headquarters. She is survived by her sons, Charles (Sue) Bodishbaugh, Patrick (Robin) Bodishbaugh and Timothy (Christina) Bodishbaugh; sisters, Edith K Jester and Miriam K. (John) Coulehan; nine grandchildren, Dorothy (Dale Meek) Krumbholz, Saxby Chaplin III, Todd (Michele) Chaplin, David (Melissa) Ridgeway, Ashley (Bruce) Rushford, Kristen (Adam) Parkhurst, Brian (Genie) Bearden, Erin Bodishbaugh, Nichole (Jesse) Evans, Michael (Lisa) Stiers and Ashley (Brian) McKinnon; 32 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; four nieces; two nephews; and many cousins. She was predeceased by her husband; parents; step-mother, Cora Smith Kayser; brother, Louis C. Kayser Jr.; half sister, Gradene Hamm; grandson, Jonathan Conlee Bodishbaugh; nephew, Jeffrey Kayser; brothers-in-law, Donavan Bodishbaugh, Doug Jester and Fay Hamm; and sisters-in-law, Jewel Bodishbaugh, Edna Ruth Bodishbaugh and Joan Kayser. Services are through National Cremation Society, Clearwater and North Little Rock Funeral Home. Burial will take place at Oakland Cemetery, Little Rock. A celebration of life will take place in Little Rock. The family extends heartfelt thanks to Dr. Virginia Akins, UAMS-Arkansas, Advanced Rehabilitation of Clearwater and Suncoast Hospice. Donations in her name can be made to International Shrine Headquarters, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, FL 33607-1460.

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Published by TBO.com on May 29, 2011.

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Edith Kayser- Jester

June 23, 2011

Vivian... your new home is grand...you are free from pain; you will be singing God's praises for an eternity. We miss you but know you are where you belong with all our families and friends who have gone on before you. I miss you and love you forever, my sister.

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