Obit of Bradley, Anna Louise - Pawnee County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 10 Apr 2011 Return to Pawnee County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/pawnee/pawnee.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::NOT LISTED Bradley, Anna Louise Prosser, Wash. Prosser Funeral Home Anna Louise Bradley was born on November 26, 1920, in Cleveland, Oklahoma, to Vernon and Grace (Pontius) Houser, the fifth of seven children six girls and one boy. She died June 24th, 2007, in Prosser in the home of her son, Stephen. There always was a piano at the Housers', and Anna would boast every one of the children could open the hymnal to any song and play it. After graduating from high school at the age of sixteen, she attended Tulsa University for two years, then transferred to Oklahoma Baptist University where she met and fell in love with Guy Bradley who was on his way to becoming a Southern Baptist minister; neither one of them ever looked back. Anna often remarked that the year 1941 was the high point of her life: she had a 'one-woman' art show, graduated Cum Laude with a bachelor of science degree in business education, obtained a pilot's license, and married Guy. She worked as a secretary and flight director at the Reagan Flying School in Shawnee, Oklahoma, then followed Guy to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX, and took intensive classes related to being a minister's wife, and where he obtained a bachelor's in divinity. Together they served many churches, in both Oklahoma and California, where they moved in 1948 Anna supporting her husband by playing organ and piano, teaching Sunday School, working in the office, and keeping their home polished and ever ready to receive visitors all the while, raising her three children. When Guy retired in 1980, they built a home in Groveland, CA, on the edge of Yosemite Park and lived joyously in the glory of God's creation until Guy died of pancreatic cancer in February of 1987. Anna continued there for the next 13 years, and inspired by the scenes of nature around her, became a prolific painter of both oils and water colors. In November of 2000, she moved to Wine Country Villa in Prosser where she continued painting, joined a wateraerobics class, and endeared herself to her new neighbors and friends until she succumbed to ovarian cancer. But these dry facts don't deliver the essence of Anna! What about her love for travel, (besides roaming the continental U.S. and visiting Japan, Hong Kong/China, and the U.K. with Guy, she later traveled extensively in the Mediterranean countries), and how she insisted on having both knees replaced at the same time, so she could still do it? Her family reminisces about her attention to detail, her meticulous record-keeping, her love of a good joke, her infectious laugh, her love of music, her zeal for perfection, her love of fried okra, and of pork, sauerkraut and dumplings, the family gatherings around the piano as they sang while she played. We hear her voice with a trace of Oklahoma declaring that her tombstone should be inscribed with the words: 'But she looked sa-good!' Dear Anna, we love and miss you, and can't wait to be reunited with you in glory! Anna is survived by her three children: Joe Bradley (Diana) of Elkgrove, CA, Stephen Bradley (Eileen) of Prosser, WA, and Karen Bradley of San Ancelmo, CA; five grandchildren Thom Bradley (Molly), Stacy Weber (Michael), Heather Hildahl (Erik), Sean Bradley (Gina), and Zoe Laska; and eight great-grandchildren, Bradley, Jake, Drasen, Jaden, Abigail, Madeline, Samantha, and Judah; her brother, Victor Houser of Weatherford, TX, and two sisters: Wanda Green of Houston, TX, and Sue Ahlke of Laguna Beach, CA. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and her three older sisters: Helen, Enid, and Iris. On Tuesday, July 24th, at 1 p.m., a memorial service for Anna will be held at Prosser First Baptist Church, 956 Kinney Way, cookies and coffee following. Memorial contributions may be made to Lower Valley Hospice c/o Prosser Funeral Home and Crematory. Published in the Tri-City Herald on 7/20/2007. ---------------------------------------------------------------------