Richard Bradshaw

Richard Bradshaw, 70, passed away peacefully on Oct. 6, 2016 after a long battle of cancer.

Dick was born Aug. 16, 1946 in Williston, N.D., to Orville and Myrtle Bradshaw. They later moved to Troy, where he resided with 12 brothers and sisters.

Dick attended Troy High School. He then joined the Navy when he was 17 from which he was honorably discharged after four years of service.

Dick traveled the country for a few years after the Navy, and then he went back to Montana and was a logger. He later moved to Spokane where he worked as a cement finisher and a contractor for many years.

 He is survived by his three children, Jennifer (Brandon) Underwood; Timothy (Ashley) Bradshaw; and Thomas Bradshaw, all of Spokane; his grandchildren, Alexis and Jakob Underwood of Spokane, and his lifelong friend, Sandra Bradshaw of Spokane; Ronald (Mary) Bradshaw of Libby; Barbara Blackburn of Fort Myers, Fla.; Terry (Debbie) Bradshaw of Spokane; Betty (Dennis) of Troy; Tom Bradshaw of Anchorage, Alaska; Donna (Rob) Passmore of Spokane, and numerous nieces and nephews.

 Dick loved to fish, golf, play cards, read books and loved to sit around and tell old stories.

Dick will be missed by his family and friends.

A sincere “thank you” to Horizon Hospice of Spokane.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Oct. 22, at 2 p.m. at the Troy Church of God, 212 Kalispell Ave., Troy, with Gene Bushnell presiding. A reception will be held immediately following at Bill Winslow’s. Thank you so much Bill!

Arrangements are by Schnackenberg & Nelson Funeral Home in Libby. Online condolences and memories may be shared at www.schnackenbergfh.com.

Our Dad:

“God looked around his garden and saw an empty space.

He then looked down from heaven and saw his tired face.

He put his arms around him and put him in his care to make up for all he suffered.

He wanted him up there.

It broke our hearts to see him go, but he didn’t go alone, for part of us went with him, the day God called him Home.”

We love you Daddy!