Clockwise from left: Close-up and extended view of the portrait of Elizabeth Bodine hanging in the North Dakota Capitol (presented: July 27, 1979; painted by: Vern Skaug); Bodine family, taken at St. Cecilia’s Church, Velva, North Dakota, in June 1957: L to R: Top: Paul, Robert, Francis, Gerald, Mark, Dale, John; Middle: Charles, William, Luella, Jenette, Audrey, Ronald; Bottom: Delores, Loretta, Elizabeth (the mother), Francis (the father), Sister Bernadette (born Patricia), Monica and Viola.
Siblings from family of 20 share what it was like being raised by a ‘Mother of the Year.’