Bruce Stephen Bradley's Obituary
A LIFE WELL LIVED
ON APRIL 2ND, 2022, BRUCE STEPHEN BRADLEY, LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER, AND GRANDFATHER, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY IN THE CITY OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. BRUCE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING AND DEDICATED WIFE LINDA BRADLEY OF TWELVE YEARS, HIS DAUGHTER ELIZABETH SALVIDOR AND HER HUSBAND MICHAEL, HIS SON LEWIS BRADLEY AND HIS WIFE BELINDA, AND GRANDSON PRESTON BRADLEY. ALSO SURVIVED BY LINDA’S THREE CHILDREN, MICHAEL TRONCONE AND HIS WIFE TAMMY, JOHNNY TRONCONE AND HIS WIFE EDIE, AND DAUGHTER SANDRA GREEN, AND THEIR CHILDREN.
BRUCE WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 19, 1935, TO LEWIS AND FRANCIS BRADLEY IN NEWARK, NEW YORK. BRUCE GRADUATED FROM DANSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1953. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, HE ENLISTED IN THE U.S ARMED FORCES, WHERE HE SERVED FOR MANY YEARS. AFTER SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES, HE LATER GAINED EMPLOYMENT WITH THE KODAC COMPANY IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1992. HE LATER MOVED TO MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, WHERE HE WAS A MEMBER OF EASTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH UNTIL HIS DEATH.
BRUCE WAS KNOWN AS A GENEROUS AND COMPASSIONATE SOUL. HE ENJOYED PLAYING GOLF AND WATCHING FOOTBALL. HE LOVED THE SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFE AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS BELOVED FAMILY.
HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY HIS LOVING FAMILY AND ALWAYS REMEMBERED IN THEIR HEARTS.
WE ARE SINCELY GRATEFUL TO THE MANY FRIENDS WHO HAVE GIVEN US SUPPORT AND COMFORT DURING THIS TIME OF LOSS.
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