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Alex Bernard Bode
1921 - 2017
Alex Bernard Bode
1921 - 2017
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BORN
1921
DIED
2017
Alex Bode Obituary
Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 29, 2017 at Debo Funeral Home in Fulton. Entombment will follow at 1:00 p.m. at Memorial Park Cemetery in Columbia, Missouri. The family will receive guests from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 28, 2017 at the funeral home.
Alex was born on February 18, 1921 in Taos, Missouri to Stephen and Johanna Koetting Bode who preceded him in death. His wife, Dorothy Belle Crump Bode preceded him in death in 2008.
He is survived by three children, Gary Bode of Springfield, Virginia, Linda Aungerer and Janice Bode both of New Bloomfield, Missouri; two older sisters, Mildred and Helen both of Jefferson City, Missouri; three grandchildren, Gavin Bode of Texas, Dustin Brown of Kansas and Lara Snyder of Missouri along with one great-granddaughter, Linda Lee of Texas.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a charity of your choice in care of Debo Funeral Home, 833 Court Street, Fulton, Missouri 65251.
online condolences may be made at www.debofuneralhome.com
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Mary Jo Owens
January 18, 2018
Gary,Linda, Janice and other family members our hearts and thoughts are with you now and always. We will keep you in our prays. Thinking of you all. May God's love enfold you in this time of great loss.
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My dad and I on the farm in Hatton, Mo. in 1951.
Gary Bode
December 22, 2017
Dad, thoughts on your passing from your son, Gary. Yesterday on the way to work, I was thinking about how to capture what my parents, and especially my father meant to me. I kicked the idea around on the internet to see if someone had captured in a single sentence what I was feeling. I found something relevant from Jim Valvano, who wrote, "My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me." I realized that it was that belief in self and strong encouragement from my family, especially my father, that allowed me to take the risk, to go off and join the Army, travel to places that were, in some cases, best left alone, and do some things that are written about in action thrillers, all of this was wrapped up in the mission to provide the accurate intelligence that the leaders of our country need to make the right decisions to keep all of us safe. Mom, Dad, thank you, your belief in me got me to where I am now!! You were the best!! Love, your son, Gary
December 21, 2017
God Bless
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