Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Brady, Francis J. 2009
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 9 Oct 2009

Francis J. Brady, of Ionia, age 98, went to be with his Lord on Thursday, Oct.
8, 2009.

He was born in Jordan River, Mich. on June 10, 1911 to John and Sadie (Bartlett)
Brady. He was the second oldest of 13 children.  Francis attended Grayling
Elementary and Grayling High School where he graduated in 1929.  His family was
the largest family to graduate from Grayling.  While attending school he was the
star athlete playing football, basketball and baseball.  Francis developed a
lifelong love for sports, and it followed him through his life.  After high
school he played baseball and basketball with city teams in Grayling and Lansing
and played on teams that traveled where he developed many friendships.  Among
these teams was the Lumberjack Basketball team from Grayling in 1931-1934 where
they were one of the top teams in the North playing teams from Wisconsin,
Detroit and Minnesota.  The Lumberjacks did much to put Grayling on the map
during those years, not only for winter sports, but for the fine sportsmanship
they displayed during those years.  He also played and coached the city league
baseball teams in the Lansing league during the heydays of those leagues.  He
followed all of the Detroit sports teams and often traveled to see them play in
Detroit.  He was a lifelong fan of these teams and the University of Michigan. 
After high school he attended the University of Detroit for a short time and
then began a career of over 39 years for General Motors in Lansing, that took
him from 1934-1973.  He was a Millwright for the skilled trades at the Main
Plant of Oldsmobile and for many years at Plant 3 until retirement.  He meet the
love of his life Vera Louise Dixon; they were married June 1939 and were
lifelong mates for 57 years until her death in 1996.  After retirement, he and
Louise spent many years at their summer residence at Lake Margrethe in Grayling
and wintered in Zephyrhills, Fla. but always returned to their home in Ionia. 
Francis was a lifelong member of the Catholic Church and of SS. Peter and Paul
Catholic Church in Ionia since 1946.  He was also a member of the Knights of
Columbus in Ionia for 7 decades and was its oldest living member.  He loved his
God, his beloved Louise, his family, and was not impressed by worldly goods.

He is survived by his children Veronica Ward of Ionia, Patricia Brady of
Belding, Michael (Dora) Brady of Ionia, Mary (Chuck) Booth of Ionia and Timothy
(Cheryl) Brady of Haslett; 13 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; 6
great-grandchildren; brother Robert (Marilyn) Brady of Canton and Jerome Brady
of Livonia; sister Sally Tobin of Livonia; brothers-in-law Hubert and Harry
Dixon and F.J. McClain; sister-in-law Carole Dixon and many nieces and nephews,
cousins and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents John and Sadie Brady; his beloved wife
Louise in 1996; father and mother-in-law, Earl and Vera Dixon; brothers John,
Joseph, Michael and Richard Brady; sisters Ann Eldred, Monica Weideman, Helen
Witham, Jean McClain and Patricia Brady; 2 granddaughters Debra Crater and
Lauren Brady; 1 great-grandson Casey Huddleston; son-in-law Harry Ward;
brothers-in-law Don Dixon, Chuck Dixon, Lee Witham, Jack Tobin, Bartlind Eldred,
Lawrence Rumisek and Art Weideman; sisters-in-law Jenny (Nolan) Dixon, Jerry
Brady, Ruth Dixon, Mary Ellen Dixon, Eloise Dixon and Sherry Dixon as well as
several nieces and nephews.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 12, 2009
with Rev. Melvin Fox presiding.  Rite of Committal will follow at Mt. Olivet
Catholic Cemetery.  The family will receive friends 2-4 and 6-8 p.m., Sunday at
Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Homes, 220 Rich St., Ionia.  A Scripture Service will
be at 8 p.m.  Memorial contributions may be made to SS. Peter and Paul Catholic
Church.


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