Joseph Day Bodman

Walla

Walla - Joseph

Day Bodman, 97, passed away Sep­tember 4, 2012, at his home at Wheatland Village, 1500 Catherine Street, Walla Walla, Washington. Joseph was born December 26, 1914, in Al­sask, Saskatchewan Canada to George Pratt and Luella Clara McCracken Bodman. He graduated from Washington State College in 1938, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering.

On October 9, 1939, he and his teenage sweetheart, Doro­thy Jane Grummett, married in Fairbanks, Alaska. He worked as a surveyor for a mining company in Fairbanks, then designed military bases while with the Corps of Engineers in Seattle. During World War II, he enrolled in the US Coast Guard Reserve Port Secu­rity in Seattle. After the war, he worked as a consulting en­gineer in Seattle and Anchor­age, Alaska. He also served as engineer and manager for the Bellevue Water District from 1948 to 1951, returning to the Seattle District of the Corps of Engineers in 1951 for design of military bases in Alaska, then transferred to the Corps of Engineers Mediterranean Construction Division in Mo­rocco and Italy. This involved extensive travel to projects in Morocco, Libya, Greece, Tur­key, Iran, Pakistan and Eritrea.

He returned to the US as Chief Engineer for construc­tion of the Titan Ballistic mis­sile program in Washington State. He served as Chief Engineer for Minuteman con­struction in Missouri, returning to Walla Walla as Chief Engi­neer for construction of Little Goose Dam on the Snake River. He retired as Value En­gineer from the Walla Walla District Corps of Engineers.

As a professional engineer, he was life member and fellow in the American Society of Civil Engineers, life member of B.P.O.E. Lodge #287 of Walla Walla, honorary mem­ber of the Walla Walla Country Club, and a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Walla Walla.

Joe is survived by his wife, Dorothy; daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Ward Glessner; son and daughter- in-law, George R. and Deb­bie Bodman; sister, Karolyn Curry; two grandchildren: Kiffen (Ken) Roberts and Dirk (Danielle) Glessner; five great-grandchildren: Annika and Katrina Roberts and Britt, Gabi, and Blake Glessner; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Judith Day; three sisters, Mary, Luel­la and Alice; and two brothers: John and Oramel Bodman.

The memorial service will be 10 A.M. Monday, Septem­ber 10, 2012, at the First Pres­byterian Church. Rev. Albert Gillin will officiate.

Memorial contributions may be made to Walla Walla Community Hospice through Mountain View-Colonial De­Witt, 1551 Dalles Military Road, Walla Walla, WA 99362.

Friends may write memo­ries and sign the online guest­book at www.mountainview- colonialdewitt.com

lt;http://www.mountain­view colonialdewitt.comgt; or write a personal note to Doro­thy at 1500 Catherine Street, Walla Walla, WA 99362.