Donna M. (Putnam) Bradley

Donna M. Bradley, 90, Hays, died Sunday, October 23, 2016 at the Hays Good Samaritan Society.

She was born June 24, 1926 in Osborne, Kansas the daughter of Donald E. and Thelma L. (Smith) Putnam.  She attended Gaylord and Portis schools and graduated from Osborne High School in 1944.  She then received her teaching certificate from Fort Hays State University. On May 20, 1946 she married Frank D. Bradley in Osborne, Kansas.  Donna was employed as a rural school teacher at Portis, Kansas, was a secretary at the University of Kansas and also at Kansas State University, and was a church secretary in Estes Park, Colorado.  She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Hays, was a Sunday School Teacher, a church Deacon, and an Elder in the Lawrence and Oskaloosa churches.  She was very active in the Senior Companion Program.

Survivors include her husband Frank, of Hays, a son; Bruce Bradley and wife Yvonne of Aurora, NE, a brother; Arden Putnam of Downs, Kansas, and five grandchildren; Jennifer Kysar, Wade Albers, Sean Bradley, Rodney Bradley, and Christian Bradley, and a son-in-law Robert Albers of Albuquerque, NM.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter; Lynne Albers, a sister; Eugenia Perkins, and a brother; Galen Putnam.

A celebration of Donna’s life will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, October 28, 2016 at the First Presbyterian Church in Hays with Pastor Celeste Lasich officiating.  Private family burial will be at a later date in the Fort Hays Memorial Gardens Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 10:00 am until service time on Friday at the church.  Memorials are suggested in Donna’s memory to the church, in care of the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine Street, Hays, Kansas  67601.  Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com