Dr. John Leonard Bradley transitioned from this life to the spiritual world on ___________ . He will soon return to Maple Grove Cemetery near Bonfield, Illinois to reside forever next to his wife Marylyn.

Born March 15, 1941 on a farm near Kankakee, Illinois John was fifth of six children born to Howard and Esther Bradley. Kds 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 toilet, an old-fashioned bathtub and hot water a few minutes after a fire was started in the cob-fired water heater. Electric lights were a luxury they had because dad used electric fence insulators to bring electricity inside. John remembered when fresh water was first piped in from the well a little ways outside the backdoor.

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, and mowing hay. About 1952 he and sister Carolyyn raised chickens and earned $102 sellings eggs to buy the family's first television.

In the Herscher High School Class of 59 Yearbook it is written John had "A vocabulary far suppressing his elders" which wasn't a compliment. Scholarship in hand he enrolled at The University of Illinois in 1959 to "flunk out" in 62.

Out of options John joined the Navy, learned how to make dentures, to keep someone from bleeding out, drive an ambulance and shoot an M14 rifle. Stationed at Charlie Med Field Hospital in a rice paddy near Da Nang, Vietnam from June to December 65 he was honorably discharged in time to make Spring Semester 1967 at The University of Illinois where he used the GI Bill to return to college.

Final's Week 1967, John Bradley, who was theoretically in charge of Hubbard House, found a pretty nineteen-year-old girl with beautiful red hair asleep on the floor of his room. Her friend Suzi was dating a Hubbard House man. After celebrating Finals week at Treno's they walked by to see him, he was not there, they needed to rest, John's door was unlocked, there they were.

Two years later Marylyn made John drive 340 miles to Quincy to propose to her father who gave her his blessing. His only advice was "Beware of the man with too little, or too much, religion". On the way home ecstatic John passed Chatsworth, Illinois on U.S. Route 24 as Neal Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon. While everyone else was thinking about men on the moon John was dreaming about heaven on earth.

Married in 1969 being married students was fun and John and Marylyn eventually earned three degrees each for a total of six. John often said "I wouldn't have accomplished anything without Marylyn. She was the wind beneath my wings". They were soulmates for 55 years.

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 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 nursing education transitioned from being primarily personal care based apprenticeships to being highly educated allied health and nursing professions that combine advanced scientific knowledge with highly skilled use of advanced medical technology.

John cofounded the Maricopa Community Colleges Organizational Management Program. 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 and climb their individual career ladders. Receiving many awards John was especially proud of being named 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.