Merrick Bradbury

02/16/2002

Merrick "Brad" Bradbury, 75, of 769 East St. died Saturday at the Manate Hospital in Brandon, Fla., where he and his wife, Mary, were spending the winter. Born in Great Barrington on Nov. 25, 1926, son of Henry and Estella Smith Bradbury, he moved to Dalton as a child and was a 1944 graduate of Dalton High School. He joined the Army on April 23, 1945, and served with the army of occupation in Japan until being discharged with the rank of technician fifth grade on Dec. 9, 1946. After his military service, he attended Berkshire Business College. Mr. Bradbury was employed by Berkshire Gravel in Pittsfield for a short time and, in 1953, went to work at the Mead Paper Co. in South Lee, retiring in 1991 as production development engin-eer at its Willow Mill. He was a member of the American Legion in Dalton, the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Lee and the Lee Kiwanis Club. He leaves his wife, the former Mary S. Stiles, whom he married June 14, 1947; two sons, Paul R. Bradbury of West Stockbridge and Thomas E. Bradbury of Lee; a daughter, Marianne B. Gamelli of Otis; a brother, Allan Bradbury of Williamstown, and 11 grandchildren. He was predeceased by a son, William H. Bradbury, who died July 10, 1998. Mr. Bradbury was also predeceased by a sister, Betty Cande, who died in 1991. The funeral will be held Thursday morning at 11 at the KELLY FUNERAL HOME, with the Rev. Bert W. Marshall, pastor of the First Congregational Church in Lee, officiating. Burial will follow in Fairmount Cemetery. Visiting hours at the funeral home will be Wednesday from 5 to 7. In lieu of flowers, friends wishing may make donations to HospiceCare in the Berkshires or to the American Cancer Society in care of the funeral home.

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