This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BODDY Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nZB.2ACE/343 Message Board Post: The Hood River County Sun, Hood River, OR., April 25, 1940, page 1 FORMER PASTOR RIVERSIDE CHURCH SUCCUMBS IN EAST Dr. William Boddy, pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian church of Minneapolis and ex-pastor of Riverside Community church of Hood River, died Saturday, April 28, in Minneapolis. Graveside services were held Thursday afternoon in Hood River at Idlewilde Cemetery under the direction of the Beechler and Bartmess Funeral Directors with Rev. Louis White officiating. Dr. Boddy visited in Portland and Hood River last summer on a leave of absence from his church. Dr. Boddy graduated from Reed College in 1915, serving as pastor of the Central Free Methodist Church during his under-graduate days. Later he took the pulpit at Parkdale and then became pastor of the Riverside Community Church of Hood River serving from 1918 to 1924. From there he went to Woodlawn Park Presbyterian church in Chicago, and thence in 1923 to Minneapolis to the Westminster Presbyterian church, considered the largest in the United States. Surviving are his wife, Elsa and one daughter, Helen, both of Minneapolis, Minn. This was posted for reference only. I am not related to, nor am I researching this family. If you have additional information about the person or event listed above, please post it as reply to this message.