Wilbur A. Bradford, 83, a former resident of Grant County, was pronounced dead on arrival in the Melbourne, Fla. hospital at noon Saturday after suffering an apparent heart attack after mowing his lawn.
Mr. Bradford was a former Grant County Highway Superintendent, a Van Buren Township farmer, and a John Deere Implement Dealer. He moved to Melbourne, Fla. 12 years ago. He was a member of the Church of God in Melbourne, the Marion F & AM and the Fort Wayne Scottish Rite. His father, William Penn Bradford, was one of the early settlers of Grant County.
Survivors include his wife, Ethel; two daughters, Mrs. Arthur (Wilburta) George, Melbourne, and Mrs. Lavon (Vivian) Coolman, Van Buren; three sisters, Mrs. Merle Richardson, Kokomo, Mrs. Minabel Reault, Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Nell Hicks, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., five grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Diggs Funeral Home, Marion, with the Rev. Phill Stephens officiating. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Marion.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Marion Chronicle-Tribune, Sunday, 19 May 1974, page 8
Mr. Bradford was a former Grant County Highway Superintendent, a Van Buren Township farmer, and a John Deere Implement Dealer. He moved to Melbourne, Fla. 12 years ago. He was a member of the Church of God in Melbourne, the Marion F & AM and the Fort Wayne Scottish Rite. His father, William Penn Bradford, was one of the early settlers of Grant County.
Survivors include his wife, Ethel; two daughters, Mrs. Arthur (Wilburta) George, Melbourne, and Mrs. Lavon (Vivian) Coolman, Van Buren; three sisters, Mrs. Merle Richardson, Kokomo, Mrs. Minabel Reault, Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Nell Hicks, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., five grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Diggs Funeral Home, Marion, with the Rev. Phill Stephens officiating. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Marion.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Marion Chronicle-Tribune, Sunday, 19 May 1974, page 8
Wilbur A. Bradford, 83, a former resident of Grant County, was pronounced dead on arrival in the Melbourne, Fla. hospital at noon Saturday after suffering an apparent heart attack after mowing his lawn.
Mr. Bradford was a former Grant County Highway Superintendent, a Van Buren Township farmer, and a John Deere Implement Dealer. He moved to Melbourne, Fla. 12 years ago. He was a member of the Church of God in Melbourne, the Marion F & AM and the Fort Wayne Scottish Rite. His father, William Penn Bradford, was one of the early settlers of Grant County.
Survivors include his wife, Ethel; two daughters, Mrs. Arthur (Wilburta) George, Melbourne, and Mrs. Lavon (Vivian) Coolman, Van Buren; three sisters, Mrs. Merle Richardson, Kokomo, Mrs. Minabel Reault, Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Nell Hicks, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., five grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Diggs Funeral Home, Marion, with the Rev. Phill Stephens officiating. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Marion.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Marion Chronicle-Tribune, Sunday, 19 May 1974, page 8
Mr. Bradford was a former Grant County Highway Superintendent, a Van Buren Township farmer, and a John Deere Implement Dealer. He moved to Melbourne, Fla. 12 years ago. He was a member of the Church of God in Melbourne, the Marion F & AM and the Fort Wayne Scottish Rite. His father, William Penn Bradford, was one of the early settlers of Grant County.
Survivors include his wife, Ethel; two daughters, Mrs. Arthur (Wilburta) George, Melbourne, and Mrs. Lavon (Vivian) Coolman, Van Buren; three sisters, Mrs. Merle Richardson, Kokomo, Mrs. Minabel Reault, Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Nell Hicks, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., five grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Diggs Funeral Home, Marion, with the Rev. Phill Stephens officiating. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Marion.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Marion Chronicle-Tribune, Sunday, 19 May 1974, page 8
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