Victor C. Bodine

Victor C. Bodine, 94, of Ewing, passed away on June 22, 2016 at Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton.
Born in Trenton, Victor was a lifelong Trenton area resident.
Following service in the Army Air Corps in World War II, Victor attended The Poor Richard Club's School of Advertising and Journalism in Philadelphia prior to joining The Hurley–Tobin Company as advertising manager. In 1957 he joined The Trentonian's advertising staff, and during the course of 30 year career with the newspaper he developed and managed its art department.
Victor was an avid tennis player and he continued to play several times a week throughout his lifetime. He loved the written word and has authored several screenplays, a novel, numerous essays, and articles published in local and regional newspapers and periodicals.
Son of the late Victor Chamberlain and Charlotte Tye Bodine, brother of the late Dorothy D'Arcy, and Marion Scott; he is survived by two sons and one daughter-in-law, Brian David Bodine (his caretaker) of Ewing, and Guy Craig and Miranda Bodine of White Bluff, Tennessee; his granddaughter, Lisa Marie Bodine and husband Ben of Langhorne, PA; his niece, Judith Rupert; his two nephews, Robert and William Scott.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mark United Methodist Church, 465 Paxson Avenue, Hamilton Square, NJ 08690.
Burial will follow at Emley's Hill Cemetery, Cream Ridge, NJ.
The family will receive visitors on Saturday morning at the church from 9:30 a.m. until time of services.
There will be no calling hours at the funeral home.
Arrangements are by the M. William Murphy Funeral Home, 935 Parkway Ave., in Ewing. For additional information visit www.murphyfh.com.
Donations may be made in Victor's memory to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.