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Bradley Gene Compton

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Bradley Gene Compton

Birth
Witt, Montgomery County, Illinois, USA
Death
10 Oct 2014 (aged 83)
Creve Coeur, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section U, Site 767
Memorial ID
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Interment October 1, 2019.
Per Nationwide Gravesite Locator:
COMPTON, BRADLEY GENE
PFC US ARMY
KOREA
DATE OF BIRTH: 12/18/1930
DATE OF DEATH: 10/10/2014
BURIED AT: SECTION U SITE 767
CAMP BUTLER NATIONAL CEMETERYBradley was the son of Lester Earl and Mercy (Hadley) Compton. He married Norma Lee Tester on March 12, 1952 in Peoria. She survives.

Also surviving are two daughters, Carolyn L. (Charles) Pierce and Diane K. (Wes) Stanley, eight grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren and two sisters, Ellen Snyder and Genevieve (Edmond) Hill. He also leaves a daughter-in-law, Kimberly A. Compton.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one son, William L. Compton on February 18, 2012 in Washington, four brothers and one sister.

He was a United States Army veteran of the Korean War.

Brad worked for Caterpillar, Inc. for 30 years, retiring on December 20, 1984. He worked as an expeditor in Building LL and later in Building SS, both in East Peoria.
Interment October 1, 2019.
Per Nationwide Gravesite Locator:
COMPTON, BRADLEY GENE
PFC US ARMY
KOREA
DATE OF BIRTH: 12/18/1930
DATE OF DEATH: 10/10/2014
BURIED AT: SECTION U SITE 767
CAMP BUTLER NATIONAL CEMETERYBradley was the son of Lester Earl and Mercy (Hadley) Compton. He married Norma Lee Tester on March 12, 1952 in Peoria. She survives.

Also surviving are two daughters, Carolyn L. (Charles) Pierce and Diane K. (Wes) Stanley, eight grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren and two sisters, Ellen Snyder and Genevieve (Edmond) Hill. He also leaves a daughter-in-law, Kimberly A. Compton.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one son, William L. Compton on February 18, 2012 in Washington, four brothers and one sister.

He was a United States Army veteran of the Korean War.

Brad worked for Caterpillar, Inc. for 30 years, retiring on December 20, 1984. He worked as an expeditor in Building LL and later in Building SS, both in East Peoria.


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