Eva Gloria Cerda Miner Bradford
1925 - 2019

❦ Early Life: Eva was born September 10, 1925, to Alberto de Gonzales Cerda Jr. and Eleanor Zerega Cerda in Pasadena, California, where she also grew up. In her youth, Eva rode motorcycles and joined a riding club, eventually becoming president.
❦ Life's Work | Service | Interests: In 1954, she married Dr. Mark Day Miner and raised a family in Long Beach, California. Following Mark's passing in 1992, Eva served as an ordinance worker in the Los Angeles Temple, hoping to meet a worthy companion. Her dream came to fruition in 1994, when she married Dr. Stewart Minot Bradford.
❦ Eva held leadership roles in many civic organizations. Some of these include: mayor of La Palma, California, president of the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce, president of the American Dental Assistants Association, president of the Dental Auxiliary, president of the California Arts Council, president of the Board of Los Altos Hospital, president of the Lady Lions Club, president of the L.A. Philharmonic Guild, president of the Long Beach Civic Light Opera and PTA President of several schools. In recognition of all her accomplishments, Eva received the award Outstanding Business and Professional Woman of California. She also volunteered as a hostess for Miss Universe contestants and regularly participated in the Southern California Headdress Ball, earning first place almost every time. Eva directed the Long Beach International Festival and helped to organize and run the Long Beach Regatta. Later on, Eva worked as a certified dental assistant, office manager, and taught post-graduate courses in dental practice management.
❦ As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Eva served as Primary president, working with Southeast Asian refugee children. She excelled in her calling as California regional public relations director for the Church. A full-time mission took Eva and Stewart to Tempe, Arizona. Shortly after that, they worked in the Provo Utah Mission, helping Spanish speakers learn English. Eva loved her special stake calling, ministering to seniors in an assisted living center. Eva Gloria Cerda Miner Bradford, loving mother and grandmother, passed away Sunday, March 31, 2019. She was 93 years old.
❦ Survived By: Her husband, Stewart; her children: Dyane Burns (Keith), of Salt Lake City, UT; Melody Dickson (Mark), of McLean, VA; Michele Downey (Steve), of Orem, UT; Michael Miner, of Nantucket, MA; 21 grandchildren; 50 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
❦ Arranged By & Obituary: © Walker Sanderson Funeral Home
❦ Service: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
❦ Chapel Location: Orem Stake Center
❦ Interment: Orem City Cemetery
Bio Compiled By: Annie Duckett Hundley