Margaret "Peggy" Ann Bradford

Margaret "Peggy" Bradford, age 90 of Hastings, Michigan, and Palm Coast, Florida, entered into her Eternal Rest with her Saviour on Sunday, October 20, 2024, at home in Palm Coast, Florida.  While we are sorrowing, Christ is rejoicing, because another heir of heaven has entered upon her heritage.

She was born October 14, 1934, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the daughter of Edward and Edna Schliess. Peggy attended Hastings High School before graduating from St. Philip Catholic Central High School in Battle Creek.

Peg married William "Doug" Bradford in 1953. Together they had seven children. Peggy was a member of the St Rose of Lima Church. She served as President of the Professional Business Women of Michigan, and was on the Board of Directors for the Lakewood Village Homeowners Association in Florida. Her hobbies throughout her life included playing bridge and quilting.  Peg loved her pets and in her last years was usually seen with her cat, Ben, and more recently her dog, Blue.

Peggy had an active career as a homemaker, and a successful business woman as proven through positions with Vivian Woodard Makeup and Hastings Aerial Survey.

Peggy is preceded in death by her husband, William Douglas Bradford; her parents, Edward Schliess and Edna Jenks; two sisters, Jean Bradford and Sally Hammond; and brothers-in-law, Chuck Brooner, Bob Bradford and Dick Hammond.  She is survived by her sons, Steven (Tina) Bradford of Salisbury Maryland, and Tom Bradford of Dayton, Ohio; daughters, Marcia (Dave) Zaitchik of Palm Coast, Florida, Julia Freeman of Flemington, New Jersey, Susan aka Bodhi (Brian) Brogan of Delaware, Ohio, Barbara Bradford of Villas, New Jersey, Laura (Mark) Deknatel of Loudon, Tennessee; sisters Kay Brooner of Pismo Beach, California, and Vicky Clark of Bloomingdale,  Michigan; 17 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren; and numerous nephews and nieces.

Visitation with the family and the Rosary will be held Wednesday, December 4, 2024, from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm at the Hastings Elks Lodge # 1965, 102 E Woodlawn Ave, Hastings, MI 49058.  Family members and friends will then gather at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church for a Funeral Mass beginning at 2:00pm, with Fr. Jeff Hanley presiding.  Immediately after the Funeral Mass, family members and friends will proceed to Riverside Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made in Memory of Margaret Bradford to the Humane Society of Vero Beach & Indian River County, 6230 77th Street, Vero Beach, FL 32967; (772) 388-333.  Their website can be found at https://hsvb.org/.