AMHERST, MA.

D. Joseph (Joe) Bodin died peacefully and without pain at the age of 89, on June 28, 2023, from injuries suffered in a fall that morning.

Joe was born in Hampden, Connecticut on August 7, 1933, to Gustaf Henry Bodin and Jesse Martha (Butler) Bodin. He grew up in Hampden and graduated from Suffolk Academy. He received a Bachelor of Arts in from Springfield College. He served as an officer in the United States Navy and was discharged with the rank of Ensign.

Joe was married to Jane Adeline Hudson on July 13, 1957; they were married 62 years.

He enjoyed summers at the Connecticut shore as a child, and at Prudence Island, R.I. after his marriage. He traveled all over the world before and after retirement. He and Jane visited more than 20 different countries together. They also vacationed in Barbados for 30 years. Joe loved gardening, building and flying radio-controlled model airplanes, and sailing. He served as a Deacon at South Church in Amherst for many years. He was a wonderful, loving father and his children miss him very much.

Joe worked in sales and marketing for the former Norton Company, as human resources manager at Fontaine Modular Homes, and in marketing for Standard (later Gretag) Manufacturing Company.

Joe is survived by his daughter Kristi, son David and his wife Jaqueline, son Richard and his husband Gregory Feller, and grandson David Joseph III, (who shared his home and helped care for him over the last several years), his brother Gustaf Richard and sister-in-law Virginia, several nieces and nephews, other family and many friends.

Joe was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Jane.

The family of Joe Bodin wishes to thank Elite Home Care Agency for their thoughtful and loving caregivers, and the members of the Town of Amherst Fire/EMS for their compassion and professional service.

Burial services were private. 

A Memorial Service will be held on August 12, 2023, 1pm, at the South Congregational Church, 1066 S. East Street, South Amherst, Ma. 01002.

In lieu of flowers, and to honor Joe’s love for children, memorial donations may be given to Shriners Hospitals for Children — Development Office Springfield, 516 Carew St., Springfield, MA 01104 https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/locations/new-england/about-us/ways-to-give or,

St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 1-800-822-6344, 501 St Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, Source Code: IIQ190788777 (https://www.stjude.org )