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The Life of GERTRUDE MARIE BRADFORD

Gertrude M. Bradford died at age 91 on August 4, 2016 at 1:30 a.m.

She was born in Elkhart, Iowa on February 10, 1926.  Trudy married Everett (Brad) Bradford on December 27, 1945.  In December 1952 Brad and Trudy adopted their son, Rick when he was 9 months old.

Trudy worked at AT&T, in the drafting department, and then for National Handicraft where she then retired after 20 years of service.  After Brad''s retirement, they became winter Texans to get out of the Iowa winters.

Trudy enjoyed playing the slots at the casino and when Brad wasn''t looking, she also played the ponies.  On Wednesday night she enjoyed playing bingo at the local senior center.

Trudy tutored at the local elementary school, teaching English to the young children of Mexican decent.

In 1995, Rick, his wife, Sandy and daughter Natalie took Trudy on a life-long dream vacation to Hawaii.

She resided in Cambridge, Iowa from 2005 until August 2013, when she was moved to Tennessee to reside with her son and his family.  She remained there until her death in August 2016.  She was brought back to Iowa to be reunited with her husband at the Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery in Des Moines.

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