Helen W. (Windy) Bradfield, beloved wife, mother and business woman died in Longmont, Colorado, Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at the age of 68.
The daughter of Bernice Groft Murr and Alfred Washington (Fred) Murr, Windy (Helen Winifred Murr) was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado on September 20, 1939. She was the first child of the second marriage for each of her parents. The family lived on a dairy farm near Peyton, Colorado.
Windy was an excellent student, graduating from Ellicott (Colorado) High School as class valedictorian. She attended Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado on scholarships, beginning at the age of 16. While at Western State, she met her husband Dick (Richard C.) Bradfield. Windy and Dick were married February 1, 1958 in Cortez, Colorado. In her married life, she moved her family a number of times, from Colorado to Florida, Texas, California (twice), South Carolina and once again to Colorado. Windy had many careers over her life: military wife, mother, florist, vocational instructor, consultant, executive recruiter, and business owner. Military wives serve with their husbands; Windy served with Dick in the U.S. Marine Corps.
She kept the home fires burning, caring for sons Rich and Dan, while Dick served year-long tours on two separate occasions in Japan and Viet Nam as a Marine pilot. As her family matured, Windy reentered the workforce and became a successful florist and later taught floral design and business management at the Cliff Mann Floral School in Denver. She then built a successful independent consulting business from scratch for the floral industry.
Never one to rest on her laurels, Windy began an Executive Recruiting career in 1986 with Management Recruiters of Boulder. There she was highly successful, earning accolades as a top recruiter with the world's largest recruiting organization, MRI Network.
At the time of her death, Windy was one of the owners of Management Recruiters of Boulder. Perhaps most importantly, Windy loved to have fun. She was the consummate hostess, serving incredible meals and hosting family, friends and neighbors at holiday get-togethers, family parties and neighborhood parties. She also kept Christmas. She would carefully and thoroughly decorate her house in a new theme and color just about every year.
She was very generous and any overnight guest would have a Windy-created stocking and a thoughtful gift. Christmas morning would be complete with a large gourmet brunch, champagne and a living room floor completely covered with gifts and discarded wrapping paper. She also loved to play as a golfer (she even shot a hole-in-one!), water skier, snow skier, softball player, bridge player, and teller of shaggy dog stories and other jokes.
Windy is survived by her husband, Dick Bradfield, sons Rich Bradfield of Louisville, CO and Dan Bradfield of Broomfield, CO, their respective wives, Jennifer and Kathleen, six grandchildren, one great grandchild, sisters Edna Mae Hunter (Lafayette, CO), June Heimsoth (Colorado Springs, CO), and brothers Jim Murr (Spokane, WA) and Fred Murr (Peyton, CO) and numerous nephews and nieces.
Windy was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Marjorie Bradley. Memorial services will be held 2:00 p.m. Friday June 20, 2008 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS), 701 West South Boulder Road in Louisville, CO. A Celebration of Life will follow at the family residence.
A private interment will follow at Fort Logan National Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are being handled by M.P.Murphy & Associates, Funeral Directors of Boulder. Flowers are welcome, as are contributions in Windy's name to the American Lung Association. 5600 Greenwood Plaza Blvd. Ste. 100 Greenwood Village, CO 80111.
The daughter of Bernice Groft Murr and Alfred Washington (Fred) Murr, Windy (Helen Winifred Murr) was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado on September 20, 1939. She was the first child of the second marriage for each of her parents. The family lived on a dairy farm near Peyton, Colorado.
Windy was an excellent student, graduating from Ellicott (Colorado) High School as class valedictorian. She attended Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado on scholarships, beginning at the age of 16. While at Western State, she met her husband Dick (Richard C.) Bradfield. Windy and Dick were married February 1, 1958 in Cortez, Colorado. In her married life, she moved her family a number of times, from Colorado to Florida, Texas, California (twice), South Carolina and once again to Colorado. Windy had many careers over her life: military wife, mother, florist, vocational instructor, consultant, executive recruiter, and business owner. Military wives serve with their husbands; Windy served with Dick in the U.S. Marine Corps.
She kept the home fires burning, caring for sons Rich and Dan, while Dick served year-long tours on two separate occasions in Japan and Viet Nam as a Marine pilot. As her family matured, Windy reentered the workforce and became a successful florist and later taught floral design and business management at the Cliff Mann Floral School in Denver. She then built a successful independent consulting business from scratch for the floral industry.
Never one to rest on her laurels, Windy began an Executive Recruiting career in 1986 with Management Recruiters of Boulder. There she was highly successful, earning accolades as a top recruiter with the world's largest recruiting organization, MRI Network.
At the time of her death, Windy was one of the owners of Management Recruiters of Boulder. Perhaps most importantly, Windy loved to have fun. She was the consummate hostess, serving incredible meals and hosting family, friends and neighbors at holiday get-togethers, family parties and neighborhood parties. She also kept Christmas. She would carefully and thoroughly decorate her house in a new theme and color just about every year.
She was very generous and any overnight guest would have a Windy-created stocking and a thoughtful gift. Christmas morning would be complete with a large gourmet brunch, champagne and a living room floor completely covered with gifts and discarded wrapping paper. She also loved to play as a golfer (she even shot a hole-in-one!), water skier, snow skier, softball player, bridge player, and teller of shaggy dog stories and other jokes.
Windy is survived by her husband, Dick Bradfield, sons Rich Bradfield of Louisville, CO and Dan Bradfield of Broomfield, CO, their respective wives, Jennifer and Kathleen, six grandchildren, one great grandchild, sisters Edna Mae Hunter (Lafayette, CO), June Heimsoth (Colorado Springs, CO), and brothers Jim Murr (Spokane, WA) and Fred Murr (Peyton, CO) and numerous nephews and nieces.
Windy was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Marjorie Bradley. Memorial services will be held 2:00 p.m. Friday June 20, 2008 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS), 701 West South Boulder Road in Louisville, CO. A Celebration of Life will follow at the family residence.
A private interment will follow at Fort Logan National Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are being handled by M.P.Murphy & Associates, Funeral Directors of Boulder. Flowers are welcome, as are contributions in Windy's name to the American Lung Association. 5600 Greenwood Plaza Blvd. Ste. 100 Greenwood Village, CO 80111.
Helen W. (Windy) Bradfield, beloved wife, mother and business woman died in Longmont, Colorado, Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at the age of 68.
The daughter of Bernice Groft Murr and Alfred Washington (Fred) Murr, Windy (Helen Winifred Murr) was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado on September 20, 1939. She was the first child of the second marriage for each of her parents. The family lived on a dairy farm near Peyton, Colorado.
Windy was an excellent student, graduating from Ellicott (Colorado) High School as class valedictorian. She attended Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado on scholarships, beginning at the age of 16. While at Western State, she met her husband Dick (Richard C.) Bradfield. Windy and Dick were married February 1, 1958 in Cortez, Colorado. In her married life, she moved her family a number of times, from Colorado to Florida, Texas, California (twice), South Carolina and once again to Colorado. Windy had many careers over her life: military wife, mother, florist, vocational instructor, consultant, executive recruiter, and business owner. Military wives serve with their husbands; Windy served with Dick in the U.S. Marine Corps.
She kept the home fires burning, caring for sons Rich and Dan, while Dick served year-long tours on two separate occasions in Japan and Viet Nam as a Marine pilot. As her family matured, Windy reentered the workforce and became a successful florist and later taught floral design and business management at the Cliff Mann Floral School in Denver. She then built a successful independent consulting business from scratch for the floral industry.
Never one to rest on her laurels, Windy began an Executive Recruiting career in 1986 with Management Recruiters of Boulder. There she was highly successful, earning accolades as a top recruiter with the world's largest recruiting organization, MRI Network.
At the time of her death, Windy was one of the owners of Management Recruiters of Boulder. Perhaps most importantly, Windy loved to have fun. She was the consummate hostess, serving incredible meals and hosting family, friends and neighbors at holiday get-togethers, family parties and neighborhood parties. She also kept Christmas. She would carefully and thoroughly decorate her house in a new theme and color just about every year.
She was very generous and any overnight guest would have a Windy-created stocking and a thoughtful gift. Christmas morning would be complete with a large gourmet brunch, champagne and a living room floor completely covered with gifts and discarded wrapping paper. She also loved to play as a golfer (she even shot a hole-in-one!), water skier, snow skier, softball player, bridge player, and teller of shaggy dog stories and other jokes.
Windy is survived by her husband, Dick Bradfield, sons Rich Bradfield of Louisville, CO and Dan Bradfield of Broomfield, CO, their respective wives, Jennifer and Kathleen, six grandchildren, one great grandchild, sisters Edna Mae Hunter (Lafayette, CO), June Heimsoth (Colorado Springs, CO), and brothers Jim Murr (Spokane, WA) and Fred Murr (Peyton, CO) and numerous nephews and nieces.
Windy was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Marjorie Bradley. Memorial services will be held 2:00 p.m. Friday June 20, 2008 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS), 701 West South Boulder Road in Louisville, CO. A Celebration of Life will follow at the family residence.
A private interment will follow at Fort Logan National Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are being handled by M.P.Murphy & Associates, Funeral Directors of Boulder. Flowers are welcome, as are contributions in Windy's name to the American Lung Association. 5600 Greenwood Plaza Blvd. Ste. 100 Greenwood Village, CO 80111.
The daughter of Bernice Groft Murr and Alfred Washington (Fred) Murr, Windy (Helen Winifred Murr) was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado on September 20, 1939. She was the first child of the second marriage for each of her parents. The family lived on a dairy farm near Peyton, Colorado.
Windy was an excellent student, graduating from Ellicott (Colorado) High School as class valedictorian. She attended Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado on scholarships, beginning at the age of 16. While at Western State, she met her husband Dick (Richard C.) Bradfield. Windy and Dick were married February 1, 1958 in Cortez, Colorado. In her married life, she moved her family a number of times, from Colorado to Florida, Texas, California (twice), South Carolina and once again to Colorado. Windy had many careers over her life: military wife, mother, florist, vocational instructor, consultant, executive recruiter, and business owner. Military wives serve with their husbands; Windy served with Dick in the U.S. Marine Corps.
She kept the home fires burning, caring for sons Rich and Dan, while Dick served year-long tours on two separate occasions in Japan and Viet Nam as a Marine pilot. As her family matured, Windy reentered the workforce and became a successful florist and later taught floral design and business management at the Cliff Mann Floral School in Denver. She then built a successful independent consulting business from scratch for the floral industry.
Never one to rest on her laurels, Windy began an Executive Recruiting career in 1986 with Management Recruiters of Boulder. There she was highly successful, earning accolades as a top recruiter with the world's largest recruiting organization, MRI Network.
At the time of her death, Windy was one of the owners of Management Recruiters of Boulder. Perhaps most importantly, Windy loved to have fun. She was the consummate hostess, serving incredible meals and hosting family, friends and neighbors at holiday get-togethers, family parties and neighborhood parties. She also kept Christmas. She would carefully and thoroughly decorate her house in a new theme and color just about every year.
She was very generous and any overnight guest would have a Windy-created stocking and a thoughtful gift. Christmas morning would be complete with a large gourmet brunch, champagne and a living room floor completely covered with gifts and discarded wrapping paper. She also loved to play as a golfer (she even shot a hole-in-one!), water skier, snow skier, softball player, bridge player, and teller of shaggy dog stories and other jokes.
Windy is survived by her husband, Dick Bradfield, sons Rich Bradfield of Louisville, CO and Dan Bradfield of Broomfield, CO, their respective wives, Jennifer and Kathleen, six grandchildren, one great grandchild, sisters Edna Mae Hunter (Lafayette, CO), June Heimsoth (Colorado Springs, CO), and brothers Jim Murr (Spokane, WA) and Fred Murr (Peyton, CO) and numerous nephews and nieces.
Windy was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Marjorie Bradley. Memorial services will be held 2:00 p.m. Friday June 20, 2008 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS), 701 West South Boulder Road in Louisville, CO. A Celebration of Life will follow at the family residence.
A private interment will follow at Fort Logan National Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are being handled by M.P.Murphy & Associates, Funeral Directors of Boulder. Flowers are welcome, as are contributions in Windy's name to the American Lung Association. 5600 Greenwood Plaza Blvd. Ste. 100 Greenwood Village, CO 80111.
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