Frances Bernice Walters Bradley, 96, of Monticello, formerly of Mt. Auburn, passed away at 2:10 p.m., on May 2, 2019, at the Piatt County Nursing Home.
Bernice was born January 17, 1923 in Mt. Auburn, IL the daughter of George Washington and Seretha (Montgomery) Walters. She married Geraldean “Brad” Bradley.
Her children include, “Mary” Eilers (deceased), “Jane” Lackie of Monticello, “Becky” Mayfield (deceased), “Mike” Bradley of Auburn, “Rose” Ann Bradley of Edinburg, and Maude “Dink” Bradley (deceased); numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; six siblings, Leonard, Harold, Myrtle, Pete, Tom, and Berthie, with brother Delmar and sister Shirley surviving.
Bernice’s first job was at the Sangamon Ordinance Plant near Illiopolis in WW II building bombs for the war in 1944. She survived it and never slowed down afterwards. She loved sewing, reading, gardening, painting, fishing, and most of all her John Wayne movies.
Herald & Review (Decatur, IL)
Bernice was born January 17, 1923 in Mt. Auburn, IL the daughter of George Washington and Seretha (Montgomery) Walters. She married Geraldean “Brad” Bradley.
Her children include, “Mary” Eilers (deceased), “Jane” Lackie of Monticello, “Becky” Mayfield (deceased), “Mike” Bradley of Auburn, “Rose” Ann Bradley of Edinburg, and Maude “Dink” Bradley (deceased); numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; six siblings, Leonard, Harold, Myrtle, Pete, Tom, and Berthie, with brother Delmar and sister Shirley surviving.
Bernice’s first job was at the Sangamon Ordinance Plant near Illiopolis in WW II building bombs for the war in 1944. She survived it and never slowed down afterwards. She loved sewing, reading, gardening, painting, fishing, and most of all her John Wayne movies.
Herald & Review (Decatur, IL)
Frances Bernice Walters Bradley, 96, of Monticello, formerly of Mt. Auburn, passed away at 2:10 p.m., on May 2, 2019, at the Piatt County Nursing Home.
Bernice was born January 17, 1923 in Mt. Auburn, IL the daughter of George Washington and Seretha (Montgomery) Walters. She married Geraldean “Brad” Bradley.
Her children include, “Mary” Eilers (deceased), “Jane” Lackie of Monticello, “Becky” Mayfield (deceased), “Mike” Bradley of Auburn, “Rose” Ann Bradley of Edinburg, and Maude “Dink” Bradley (deceased); numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; six siblings, Leonard, Harold, Myrtle, Pete, Tom, and Berthie, with brother Delmar and sister Shirley surviving.
Bernice’s first job was at the Sangamon Ordinance Plant near Illiopolis in WW II building bombs for the war in 1944. She survived it and never slowed down afterwards. She loved sewing, reading, gardening, painting, fishing, and most of all her John Wayne movies.
Herald & Review (Decatur, IL)
Bernice was born January 17, 1923 in Mt. Auburn, IL the daughter of George Washington and Seretha (Montgomery) Walters. She married Geraldean “Brad” Bradley.
Her children include, “Mary” Eilers (deceased), “Jane” Lackie of Monticello, “Becky” Mayfield (deceased), “Mike” Bradley of Auburn, “Rose” Ann Bradley of Edinburg, and Maude “Dink” Bradley (deceased); numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; six siblings, Leonard, Harold, Myrtle, Pete, Tom, and Berthie, with brother Delmar and sister Shirley surviving.
Bernice’s first job was at the Sangamon Ordinance Plant near Illiopolis in WW II building bombs for the war in 1944. She survived it and never slowed down afterwards. She loved sewing, reading, gardening, painting, fishing, and most of all her John Wayne movies.
Herald & Review (Decatur, IL)
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