This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Boody, Tracy, Blount, Gifford, Siegel Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3FC.2ACI/2240 Message Board Post: Donald Boody, 87, died Sept. 19, 2002 Donald Boody, 87, a former Hudson resident who lived in Honolulu, Hawaii, died of cancer Sept. 19 while visiting his son in Nevada. He was the son of the late Reuben H. and Ida Mae (Tracy) Boody, who were prominent farmers in the town of Hudson. He attended and graduated from Hudson High School in the class of 1933 and served four years in the U.S. Navy. On March 1, 1941, in Las Vegas, Nev., he was married to Barbara Blount. For many years he was West Coast manager for Bendix Air in Burbank, Calif., but in 1960 he moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, where he had business interests and remained there until his death. Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, who died three years ago; and a sister, Dorothy May (Harold J.) Gifford. Surviving are his son, James Boody of Sparks, Nev.; a daughter, Carol of New Jersey; and a sister, Gretchen (Edward) Siegel of Sarasota, Fla. © 2003 Hudson Star-Observer - Reposted by permission http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=6573&SectionID=33&SubSectionID=103&S=1