Dr. Bradley returned to Maple Grove Cemetery near Bonfield, Illinois to reside forever next to Marylyn in the family plot on ___________

Born March 15, 1941 on a farm near Kankakee, Illinois he was fifth of six children born to Howard and Esther Bradley. Kids actually did walk a mile and half to and from one-room country schools. Eight Bradley's lived in an old two story house with one indoor toilet and bath.

Five year-old John kept a Caterpillar tractor running in a straight line. By eight he had his own tractor pulling wagons of feed and water to cattle and hogs, tilling land, harvesting crops of corn, oats and beans, mowing hay and taking care of chickens.

In the Herscher High School Class of 59 Yearbook it is written he had "A vocabulary far suppressing his elders". Scholarship in hand he enrolled at The University of Illinois to "flunk out" in 62.

Out of options he joined the Navy, learned how to make dentures, to keep someone from bleeding out and to drive an ambulance. John was at Charlie Med Field Hospital in a rice paddy near Da Nang, Vietnam from June to December 65. Honorably discharged in 67 he used the GI Bill to return to The University of Illinois where he met pretty red-haired Marylyn Patton Bradley. Married in 1969 they were lifelong soulmates. Being students was fun and John and Marylyn eventually earned three degrees each. John often said "I wouldn't have accomplished anything without Marylyn. She was the wind beneath my wings".

John spent his life "Making Dreams Come True". Scoutmaster, Confirmation Teacher. "Grownup in Charge" on multiple field trips, lock-ins, week-long Boy Scout and Church camps he was there where everyone played hard and slept in tents, cabins and on random floors. After 75 he helped maintain the St. Peter's Episcopal Church and Montessori School grounds.

Born at the beginning of World War II John watched the nation transition from quasi military leadership to an urban society where excellence in technical and interpersonal relationship skills prevail. He was there as allied health and nursing education transitioned from being primarily personal care based apprenticeships to being highly educated professions that combined advanced scientific knowledge and skills with use of advanced medical technology.

He cofounded the Maricopa Community Colleges Organizational Management Program that helps men and women start and own their own businesses and ascend into leadership and entrepreneurial positions. His final 22 years were as faculty at Estrella Mountain Community College where he used the Organizational Management Program to help thousands of men and women master modern interpersonal and technical management skills as they climbed their individual career ladders. He was Arizona Vocational Educator of the Year.

John was privileged to live decades with smarter than him Marylyn, son Eirean, daughter Katherine, Son-in-Law Lee, granddaughter Lydia and grandsons Canaan and Deven.

Mother Esther passed away in 1981, Father Howard in 1985, Brother Jim in 2006 and Sister Alice (Lambert) in 2021. John and Marylyn will reside with them in Maple Grove Cemetery near Bonfield, Illinois. Sisters Susan (Schreifer), Carolyn (Brinkman) and Ruth (Johnson) are still among us.

Family will gather at Maple Grove Cemetery for interment at his gravesite when weather permits.