COLUMBIA CITY - Mildred "Millie" Earlene Bradbury, 55, of Columbia City, passed away at 2 p.m. Aug. 23, 2010, in her residence.
She was born June 16, 1955, in Columbia City, to Earl Jay and Barbara Lou Herron Graves. On Dec. 12, 1986, at Etna Green United Methodist Church, she married John Wayne Bradbury, who survives.
A lifetime resident of Columbia City, she graduated from Columbia City Joint High School in 1973. She worked at Group Dekko Inc., North Webster, for 36 years as a server/operator. Her hobbies were crocheting, camping and horseback riding.
Also surviving are her mother, Barbara Lou Herron Sanderson, Fort Wayne; a son, Mike (and spouse Tiffany) Jones, Whitley County; a daughter, Melinda Jones, Fort Wayne; brothers and sisters: Diane (and spouse Bernard) Squires, Columbia City; Byron "Buck" (and spouse Flo) Graves, Avilla; Faith Ann (and spouse Tim) Metz, Cromwell; Ramon (and spouse Denise) Sanderson, Briceton, Ohio; and Steve (and spouse Sandy) Sanderson, Bower, Ill.; grandchildren: Abby Jones and TJ Jones, both of Whitley County; Hayden Meyer, Columbia City; and Olivia West, Fort Wayne; and her mother-in-law, Sandra D. May, Goshen. She was preceded in death by her father, Earl Jay Graves; his stepfather, Ramon Sanderson; a sister, Evelyn Jewell; a brother, Theodore Sanderson; and grandparents, Dewey and Mildred Herron.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at DeMoney-Grimes Countryside Park Funeral Home, 600 Countryside Drive, Columbia City, officiated by the Rev. Wade Sturdivat of New Freedom Baptist Church. Burial will be in St. Matthew's Cemetery.
Calling is from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
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Memorials may be made to the Pancreatic Cancer Research Foundation.
