Elsa E. Bode, 70, of Johnson City, died Saturday

morning, December 16, 2000, at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, after a brief

illness. She was predeceased by her parents, Rudolf and Elsie Bode, and her

sister, Mary Bode. She is survived by her brothers and sister-in-law, Rudolf

Bode, Jr., Binghamton, Robert and Judy Bode, Windsor; a sister and

brother-in-law, Louise and David Thomas, Endicott; her special friend and

adopted sister, Florine Soltis; her nieces and nephews, Loraine Bode, Debbie

and Brian Galazyn, Karl Bode, David and Nancy Thomas, Dawn and Brian Batson,

Timothy Thomas; several cousins in the U.S. and Germany; her feline friends,

"Mimi and Fritz". Elsa was a member of St. Patrick's Church,

Binghamton where she was a lector and Eucharistic Minister and was involved

with the Better World Prayer Group. Elsa graduated from Deposit High School,

and Oneonta State Teachers College. She taught second and fourth grades in Long

Island for 13 years and then worked in various capacities. Elsa was devoted to

her family and friends. She enjoyed attending all the varieties of theatre

available in this area, especially the Tri-Cities Opera and Cider Mill

Playhouse. She was an avid reader of mysteries and was never happier than when

cooking for her family, friends, and co-workers at Broome County Social

Services. Elsa was devoted to her faith and her church. Funeral services will be held at the

J.A. McCormack Sons Funeral Home, 141 Main Street, Binghamton, Wednesday, at 9

a.m. and at 9:30 a.m. at St. Patrick's Church, where a Funeral Mass will be

offered. Burial will be in Knox Cemetery, Ouaquaga. The family will receive

friends at the McCormack Funeral Home, Tuesday, from 4 to 7 p.m. Expressions of

sympathy in memory of Elsa, may be made to St. Patrick's Church Restoration

Fund, 9 Leroy Street, Binghamton, N.Y. 13905.