|
| |
Geneva June Lamle Bradford © Enid News and Eagle 01-03-2017 Submitted by: Glenn
|
Geneva "Genny" June Lamle Bradford, 86, Pond Creek, has passed away and gone to be with her Lord on Dec. 29, 2016. She was a resident of the Commons Nursing Home of Enid, a caring and loving community, for the last six years of her life.
Geneva was born on the farm of her grandfather, Gotlieb Lamle, southeast of Okeene, on June 26, 1930, to Otto Lamle and Hulda Koch Lamle. Her earlier school years, she attended a rural school outside of Okeene. When she was 10, the Lamle family moved to Watonga. There, Geneva attended Roosevelt School in Watonga and later graduated from Watonga High School with the class of 1948. She enrolled in business at St. John's Lutheran Jr. College in Winfield, Kan., graduating and earning her degree in 1950. Geneva moved to Enid and worked for Gold Spot Dairy as an administrative assistant.
Geneva met the love of her life, William "Bill" Bradford, through a mutual friend, Roscoe Grimes. After a double date, a bond developed between Geneva and Bill over the course of the next two years. A marriage to her best friend was followed on Sept. 7, 1952, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Enid, with a honeymoon to Colorado Springs, Colo. Geneva and Bill were blessed with four children: William "Bill" Eugene Bradford Jr., Steven Kenneth Bradford, Cynthia Kay Bradford Nieman and Caroline Diane Bradford Howell. The next 64 years, Geneva would be the right hand to her husband on a farm that they lived on west of Pond Creek. During those years, Geneva and her family attended St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Enid where she belonged to the Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML).
Geneva was a member of the Rose Circle HCE Club of Pond Creek for 50 years. She was an active parent leader in the Pond Creek 4-H Club and Grant County Extension. Over the years, Geneva worked for Gold Spot Dairy, Bank Lumber company, the Methodist Home, Burgundy Retirement Home, all of Enid and Dr. Deoney's office in Pond Creek. Geneva owned her own ceramic shop, taught ceramic lessons and made many beautiful ceramic pieces. Geneva was especially proud to have built and enjoyed her own business for 20 years as a Mary Kay Consultant. Through all of them, her top priority was being a wife and mother.
Geneva will always be remembered to all of us as being a loving, witty and artistically talent individual. She loved to sew, crochet, knit and make her ceramics. She could create patterns from scratch out of newspaper, sew an entire ensemble of Easter outfits for all four children and crochet or knit an entire sweater in one evening while watching TV. She was very intelligent and quick with numbers, a fantastic cook, and the family members can all guarantee she was the best at making raisin cream pie, the family's favorite and most often asked for dessert.
Geneva is preceded in death by her parents, Hulda Koch Lamle and Otto Lamle; brothers, Nathan, Harold and Walter Lamle; sister, Wilene Lamle Smith; and grandchildren Paige Nicole Bradford and William "Tre" Bradford III.
She is survived by her husband, Bill Bradford, of the home; children, Bill Bradford Jr. of Clayton, N.C.; Steven and wife Terry Bradford of Edmond; Cindy and husband Jeff Nieman of Tecumseh, and Caroline and husband Jeff Howell of Edmond; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren, and her sister Delores Lamle Critchlow, of Enid.
Visitation is 8-9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, at Wilson Funeral Home, Pond Creek. The funeral is 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, at the St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Enid. Pastor Kenneth Wade will officiate. Interment follows in Pond Creek Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Pond Creek Fire Department and EMS Association, or to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, with Wilson Funeral Home as custodian.
William Eugene Bradford © Enid News and Eagle 12-10-2019 Submitted by: Glenn
© Enid News and Eagle
August 21, 1927 - December 6, 2019
William "Bill" Eugene Bradford, 92, of Pond Creek has passed away and went to be with his Lord on December 6th, 2019.
Bill was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma on August 21st, 1927 to Walter Bruce Bradford, Sr. and Isal Lee Ora Kuykendall Bradford. When he was about three years old the family moved to his Grandpa Ora Lee Kuykendall's farm located seven miles west of Pond Creek and one-mile south. He attended school in Nash, Oklahoma and graduated in the class of 1945. Bill participated in Basketball, Football, and played the Cornet.
Bill enlisted in the Navy and completed his basic training and returned home at the end of World War 2. He then enrolled at Oklahoma City University in Oklahoma City, however was drafted into the Army and sent to Fort Benning, Georgia. Bill was an E6, Staff Sergeant in Company I, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. Bill was assigned to Weapons Platoon and Team Leader for 57 mm Recoilless Rifle team and served in West Germany during the Korean Conflict. After being discharged from the Army, Bill returned home to help his Mother farm.
Bill met the love of his life, Geneva June Lamle, through a mutual friend. After a double date, a bond developed between Bill and Geneva over the course of the next two years. A marriage to his best friend was followed on September 7th, 1952 at St Paul's Lutheran Church in Enid, Oklahoma with a honeymoon to Colorado Springs, Colorado. Bill and Geneva were blessed with four children: William "Bill" Eugene, Jr., Steven Kenneth, Cynthia Kay and Caroline Diane.
Beside farming, Bill enjoyed serving his community. He was a member of the Pond Creek- Hunter School Board, serving from 1970 to 1984 in various positions. He also served on the Alfalfa Electric Board and the Pond Creek Co-op Board. Bill retired from farming in 1990 and started the Bradford Insurance Agency. His agency first consisted of adjusting crops and then ultimately lead to selling crop insurance. He eventually sold his business in 2015.
We have been blessed to have Bill in our lives all these years. He was a kind hearted, patient, a good listener, generous, very humorous man. He loved his wife, Geneva, and would do anything for her. He was hands on with his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Never a dull moment when a child was in the house. He was always playing on the floor with them, reading the Sunday comics and using different voices for the characters in the strips, riding the four-wheeler around the farm, teaching them to fish and shoot and how to work the riding lawn mower.
Bill is preceded in death by his parents Walter Bruce Bradford Sr. and Isla Lee Ora Kuykendall Bradford; brother Walter Bruce Bradford, Jr., sisters Katherine Bradford Reynolds and Helen Lee Bradford Johnson; grandchildren Paige Nicole Bradford and William "Tre" Bradford III.
He is survived by children Bill Bradford, Jr. of Clayton, North Carolina, Steven Bradford (Terry) of Edmond, Oklahoma, Cynthia Nieman (Jeff) Tecumseh, Oklahoma and Caroline Howell (Jeff) of Edmond, Oklahoma. Grandchildren: Beth Taylor (Sam) Selma, North Carolina, Leslie Green (Brian) Clayton, North Carolina, Britton Bradford (Courtney) Hopkinton, Massachusetts, Jennifer Lewis (Garrett) Tecumseh, Oklahoma, Kayla Kirby (Ricky) Tecumseh, Oklahoma, Madison Howell, Zachary Howell and Alison Howell of Edmond, Oklahoma and 11 great grandchildren: Will and Bradley Green, Samuel Taylor, Evelyn, Annabelle and Charlotte Bradford, Kaydee and Caleigh Lewis and Reegan, Kinsley and Kambryn Kirby.
There will be a visitation from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Friday, December 13, 2019 at Wilson Funeral Home, Pond Creek. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Saturday, December 14, 2019 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Enid. Pastor Kenneth Wade and Pastor David Reber will officiate. Interment will follow in the Pond Creek Cemetery.
Memorials can be made to Bill's favorite charities the Pond Creek Fire Department and EMS Association or to the Wounded Warriors with the Wilson Funeral Home, Pond Creek as the custodian.
|Pond Creek Cemetery Page| |Grant County Cemetery Page| |Home|
This site may be freely linked, but not duplicated in any way without consent.
All rights reserved! Commercial use of material within this site is prohibited!
© 2000-2024 Oklahoma CemeteriesThe information on this site is provided free for the purpose of researching your genealogy. This material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for your own research, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The information contained in this site may not be copied to any other site without written "snail-mail" permission. If you wish to have a copy of a donor's material, you must have their permission. All information found on these pages is under copyright of Oklahoma Cemeteries. This is to protect any and all information donated. The original submitter or source of the information will retain their copyright. Unless otherwise stated, any donated material is given to Oklahoma Cemeteries to make it available online. This material will always be available at no cost, it will always remain free to the researcher.