Mrs. Bradford was born May 15, 1920 in Quincy, Ill., the daughter of Lawrence and Bessie Emma Griffin Blatter. She moved to Aurora in 1988 and attended the United Methodist Church in Aurora. She was a graduate of Seneca High School and was a caregiver.
Survivors include: one daughter, Marilyn Carey, of Aurora; three grandchildren, six great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband and three sisters, Florence, Lottie and Esther, and three brothers, William, Leroy and Lawrence.
Services were 3 p.m. today, March 9 at Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora. Burial was in Maple Park Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the church.
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