| Visitation:
							Friday, November 8, 2019, from 10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 
							at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Atlanta Service:
							1 p.m. Friday at the church 
							Funeral home: 
							Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln       
							Obituary 
							James "Jim" F. Bode, 85, of Lincoln, 
							passed away on Sunday, November 3, 2019, at the 
							Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
 A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, 
							November 8, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. at St. Mary's 
							Catholic Church in Atlanta with Rev. Thomas Taylor 
							officiating.
 
 Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 
							p.m. on Friday at the church.
 
 Burial will be at a later date at Holy Cross 
							Catholic Cemetery in Lincoln.
 
 James Francis Bode was born on December 8, 1933, at 
							St. Clara's Hospital in Lincoln, the son of Charles 
							and Ellen Welch Bode. He was united in marriage to 
							Anna B. Schmitz on October 18, 1958. She survives.
 
							Also surviving are one daughter: 
							Margaret Ann Rubenacker; two grandsons: Cory (Stacey 
							Miller) Rubenacker and Eric (Haley Maus) Rubenacker; 
							five great-grandchildren: Jaelynn, Jaxon, Kyleigh, 
							Brennan, and Tinley; two sisters: Teresa (Alvin) 
							Klockenga and Betty (Ron) Patterson; one 
							sister-in-law, Abby Bode; and many nieces and 
							nephews. | 
                
                 
							He was preceded in death by one son, 
							James Patrick Bode; one brother, Charles Bode; and 
							two sisters: Carolyn (Steven) Gavrus and Margaret 
							(Howard) Payne.
 Jim graduated from the Lincoln Community High School 
							in 1951. He then served in the United States Army. 
							He was employed at Myers Industries for many years 
							and later retired from Eaton Corporation after ten 
							years of service.
 
 Jim was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church and 
							Knights of Columbus Council #1250 where he was a 3rd 
							and 4th degree Knight.
 
 In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. 
							Jude's Children's Research Hospital.
 
 Final arrangements are entrusted with Peasley 
							Funeral Home of Lincoln.
 
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