Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

SBT 2/4/1985

Willa D. Bradburn Bailey

September 16, 1925 – February 3, 1985

Willa Dean Bradburn Bailey, 59, of 139 W Warren St., Roseland, died at 9:45am Sunday in her home, of natural causes.  She was a former employee of F.W. Means & Nyloncraft.

Born September 16, 1925, in Ethel MO, she lived in the South Bend area most of her life.  IN 1942, in Peoria IL, she married Orval Bradburn, who died in 1974.  In 1976, in South Bend, she married Bert Bailey, who survives.  Also surviving are two sons, Orval Bradburn Jr of Elkhart and Larry D. Bradburn of Mishawaka; eight grandchildren; a brother, Albert DeMoss of Peoria; and her mother and stepfather, Jessie & Joe Holmes of Baroda MI.

Services will be at 11am Wednesday in Orvis-Palmer Funeral Home, 336 N. Main St., and burial will follow in Riverview Mausoleum.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8pm Tuesday in the funeral home.  Memorial services will be conducted at 7pm Tuesday in the funeral home by Moose Lodge 413, Niles, of which she was a member and past star recorder.