My uncle, Bradford Richmond Bosley, passed away on September 12th. This is the obituary my cousin, Dorinda, wrote.
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My father, Bradford R. Bosley was 79 years old. He served in the Korean War. He retired from American Airlines at age 55. After he retired, he had a few rental properties he maintained and he spent a good amount of his time serving the god he believed in. He later moved south and ended up living in Andalusia, Alabama with my youngest brother, Mark. He was an avid Jehovah’s Witness and part of my family remains in that religion. I had recently been reacquainted with my father through my brother, Mark. My last visit with him was last February after he had recovered from his most recent stroke. He was speaking slowly and sometimes the words he wanted to speak would not come out the way he wanted them to, and he was walking slowly but surely. He had been in the hospital in Buffalo again after that in May of 2010 and had seemed to recover okay. He and my step mother maintained a home in Buffalo, so he would travel back and forth to a home in Andalusia.
He died in his sleep Monday morning, September 12 and we believe that he may have had another stroke in his sleep or perhaps a heart attack. He is survived by mom, Mary (Mike) Holmes; my step mom, Evelyn Bosley; my step siblings Uland (Janice) Gladden, J. Daniel (Donnis) Gladden their daughter Leandra, and Yolanda (Terence); my other siblings Barn (Marlene) Black and their daughter Amanda (Jeff) Buchholz their children: Nolan, Eliana, and Easton; Laureen Black (her children were deceased Darrell at 16 and Davina as an infant); Karen Soccio her son, James Soccio his son Rocco; my brother Dan (Laura) Bosley and their daughters McKenna and Natalie; my youngest brother Mark (Toneishia) their daughter Alasia; my sister Jodie Judd and her son Joshua; and finally me (and Bill).
His parents, my grandparents died in their mid 60’s. He had a sister Anne, who passed a couple of years ago, younger brother Frederick ("Teddy") who died quite some time ago; and my Uncle Tony is still living.
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The memorial service will be held on Sunday @ 7pm at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 185 Kensington Avenue, Buffalo, New York.
A eulogy, written by my brother, Michael, for those of us 'on the outside' is here.
A eulogy, written by my brother, Michael, for those of us 'on the outside' is here.
