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Record Last Updated On:
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Name: SHIRLEY WYETH BRADLEY |
Death Date: NOV/6/2016 |
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NOV/19/2016 |
Birth Date: AUG/14/1919 |
Age at Death: 97 |
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Stuart, Florida |
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Nativity: AMERICAN |
Ethnicity: CAUCASIAN |
Occupation:PHILANTHROPIST |
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Child of: John Wyeth & Margaret Mitchell |
Spouse of: David Rall Bradley Sr |
Mother of: Margaret W Bradley, Natalie Bradley Campbell, Henry H Bradley, David Rall Bradley Jr |
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Brief Biography: Shirley Wyeth Bradley
1919-2016
Shirley Wyeth Bradley, 97, formerly of St. Joseph, Missouri, passed away in Stuart, Florida on November 6, 2016.
Mrs. Bradley was born in St. Joseph on August 14, 1919 and married David Rall Bradley, Senior, on December 27, 1941. They were married for 47 years before his death in 1988.
Mrs. Bradley attended Noyes Elementary School in St. Joseph, Miss Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, New York, and Stanford University where she earned a bachelor's degree in social science. She also received an honorary doctorate from Missouri Western State University.
Mrs. Bradley served as the first woman on the Missouri Western Board of Regents; board director on the Kansas City Art Institute; trustee of Missouri Western Foundation; volunteer for American Red Cross and USO.
She was a member of the Junior League of St. Joseph, First Presbyterian Church, the Benton Club, the Runcie Club, the Women's Press Club, Pi Beta Phi sorority (Stanford University).
Mrs. Bradley lived a long life of loyalty to her community and enjoyed opening her home to entertain newspaper business colleagues and national public figures. Unknown to most, she provided the means for many young people to attain higher education. She also helped underwrite Missouri Western’s Learning Resources Center and Walter Cronkite Memorial at Missouri Western.
She was the great granddaughter of William Maxwell Wyeth who founded Wyeth Saddlery and Hardware Co. in St. Joseph in 1857.
Mrs. Bradley loved to spend her summers for the last 57 years in Wisconsin at the Wismo Angling Club, Lac Courte des Oreilles, entertaining family and friends. She was an avid bridge and mahjongg player and skilled at needlepoint and painting.
She lived the last 12 years in Sandhill Cove, a retirement community in Palm City, Florida. She was a strong supporter of Martin County library system, especially the Book Mania event.
She was also preceded in death by her parents, John and Margaret (Mitchell) Wyeth; sister Margaret Dale Marshall; brothers, Huston Wyeth II, John Wyeth and William Maxwell Wyeth III.
Survivors include twin daughters, Margaret W. Bradley, Palm City, Florida, and Natalie Campbell, New York, New York.; sons, Henry H. Bradley (Vickie) and David R. Bradley Jr. (Suzanne), of St. Joseph; 11 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.
Farewell services 11:00 A.M. Saturday November 19, First Presbyterian Church, St. Joseph. Private Inurnment Mount Mora Cemetery.
Flowers are appreciated and for those wishing to make a contribution the family requests they be made to Missouri Western State University Foundation, Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art or charity of donors' choice. |
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Block Location: 26 |
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Funeral Home: MEIERHOFFER |
Funeral Home City/State: St Joseph, Missouri |
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