By HDN Staff
CHINOOK Bessie D. Brady, 85, Chinook, died Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, at a Havre care center of natural causes.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday in Edwards Funeral Home Chapel, with burial following in Kuper Memorial Cemetery.
Brady was born July 13, 1916, in Hazel, Idaho, to David and Laura (Allen) Perkins. She at-tended
school at Moab, Utah.
On Sept. 20, 1935, she married Earl Brady in Moab, Utah. They farmed east of Havre until their retirement in 1972. They moved
to Bigfork and returned to Chinook in 1983.
Brady was a member of the Mormon Ladies Relief Society and Lohman Loyal Lites.
She enjoyed taking her grandchildren fishing, playing pinochle, sewing, quilting, gardening and preparing meals for family and friends.
Brady was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Brady, in 1996; an infant son; five brothers, and three sisters.
Survivors include her daughter, Linda Peterson of East Helena; sons, David Brady of Bonduel, Wis., Raymond Brady of Havre, John Brady of Big Piney, Wyo.; sister, Joy Borcherdt of Moab, Utah; brothers, Allen, Clyde and Tom Perkins, all of Toole, Utah; 12 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to the Shriners' Children's Hospital or to one's choice.
Arrangements are by Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook.
