Martha Marie “Totsie” Bodin Theobald passed away the evening of August 27, 2006 at Dubuis Hospital in Beaumont. Martha, a lifelong resident of Beaumont, was born June 30, 1928, to her parents, Rosa Anna Bodin and Ulysess George Bodin, Sr.
Martha graduated from St. Anthony’s High School May 1945. She went to work for Magnolia Refinery after graduation. Martha married Fred C. Theobald, Jr. on July 3, 1946. In 1947, they moved to Waco where she worked for the Telephone Company while Fred went to Baylor University. In May 1949, Martha and her family moved back to Beaumont.
Martha was a loving wife and mother who devoted her life to her husband, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She enjoyed cooking and baking for her family, especially at holidays and family gatherings. In her earlier years, Martha loved to sew and embroider clothing for her children and grandchildren. She celebrated her 78th birthday and 60th anniversary while in Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth’s Intensive Care Unit.
Martha will be remembered and missed by her husband of sixty years, Fred C. Theobald, Jr.; daughters, Cynthia T. Johansen, and Renee T. Cole and husband Charles C. Cole, Jr. all of Beaumont; sons, Charles Lee Theobald of Brock, Fred Mark Theobald and wife Julie Theobald of Beaumont, Alan Theobald and wife Linda Theobald of Milam; grandchildren, Ole Johansen, Jr., Ann Marie Johansen, Rebecca Theobald Hebert and husband Troy Hebert, Jessica and Ashley Theobald, Sarah and Abby Theobald, Amanda Rice, Donnie Weaver, and Martha Jackson; great grandchildren, William Theobald and David Hebert, Alexis, Haley, and Lacy Rice, Rudy and Rebecca Weaver, David Lee and Farah Jackson; and sister, Catherine McFarland.
She was preceded in death by her sister, Dorothy Mae Marsh of Tallahassee, Florida; brother, Ulysess George Bodin, Jr. of Beaumont; and grandson, Ole Johansen, Jr. of Beaumont.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10:00 a.m. Thursday, August 31, 2006 at St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica with burial to follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park under the direction of Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin, Beaumont. A Christian vigil will be 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at the Mortuary. Her four nephews, Michael and Danny McFarland, Robert “Bob” Bodin and David Theobald, Jr., her son-in-law, Charles C. Cole, Jr., and longtime family friend, R. J. Demahy will be serving as pallbearers. After the committal in the cemetery, her family and friends will gather for lunch in the parish hall.
Memorial contributions may be made to American Heart Association, P. O. Box 7015, Beaumont, Texas 77726; American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 1132, Fairfax, Virginia 22038; or St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica Restoration, P. O. Box 3309, Beaumont, Texas 77704.
Martha and Fred wish to express their appreciation to all her doctors and medial staff that cared for her while in the Intensive Care Unit at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth and Dubuis Hospital for the last sixty-one days.
