DALE ARLYN BRADFORD

Dale Arlyn Bradford, age 61, of Mt. Vernon, Missouri, passed away on Monday, March 9, 2015, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born September 20, 1953, in Larned, Kansas, the son of Arlyn "Buzz" and Dorothy (Law) Bradford.

Dale was a 1972 graduate of Holyrood High School in Holyrood, Kansas, and received his degree in welding from Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas. He was a US Navy Veteran serving during the Vietnam War on the USS Proteus (AS-19). He was member of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and taught welding at Hutchinson Correctional Facility in Hutchinson, Kansas, and was of the Methodist faith.

He will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by his mother, Dorothy Bradford, of Mt. Vernon; two sons, Ryan Bradford and his wife, Angela, of Mt. Vernon and Lonnie Bradford and his wife, Traci, of San Diego, California; three grandchildren, Payton Bradford and Gabriel and Ezekial Hicks; one sister, Gayle Berry, of Mt. Vernon; one nephew, Jacob Berry, of Mt. Vernon; one niece, Aubrey Off and her husband, Kevin, and their daughter, Brielle, of Kansas City, Missouri; maternal grandmother, Mildred Law of Jetmore, Kansas.

His father, Arlyn "Buzz" Bradford, son, Craig Bradford, brother, Lonnie Bradford, maternal grandfather, George Law, and paternal grandparents, Israel and Edith Bradford preceded him in death.

A visitation will be held from 6:00–8:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 12, 2015, at the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon. Funeral services under the direction of the Beckwith Funeral Home in Jetmore, Kansas, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 14, 2015, at the United Methodist Church in Jetmore. Burial will follow at the Fairmount Cemetery in Jetmore.