Dale Bradburn, 79, of China Spring, was welcomed into the arms of our Heavenly Father in the early morning hours on Saturday, July 11, 2020.
Visitation: Noon to 4PM Sunday, July 19 at Lake Shore Funeral Home Chapel. The Bradburn family will actually be quarantined and not present for visitation. Please feel free to pay your respects, honor Dale, and share a memory with the family.
Family Funeral Service: 10AM Monday, July 20 at Lake Shore Funeral Home Chapel (mandated seating capacity is 60 people for family only). A private burial will follow at Wortham Bend Cemetery in China Spring.
Please join us for the service via Live Stream by Clicking HERE.
Delbert Dale Bradburn was born May 1, 1941 in Oklahoma City, OK. He married the love of his life, Thersa Barnett on September 2, 1961. The family moved to Joshua in 1979 where the boys were raised and graduated high school. Dale was heavily involved with various ministries at Crestmont Baptist Church in Burleson as deacon and faithful follower of Christ. Dale’s job eventually relocated the family to the Waco area in 1989, finally settling in China Spring in 2012. Dale was an active member of Oak Grove Baptist Church and due to the current status of the medical necessity; Dale spent the last few months enjoying the online worship services. Dale enjoyed spending time with family and friends. The highlight of his life was supporting his granddaughters in all of their activities. The girls unselfishly shared “their Poppy” with all of their friends! Dale was everybody’s Poppy! What made him special was his ability to make everyone feel like family. Poppy and Nana‘s house was the place to be on many holidays, especially the Fourth of July; there were so many memories made on those hot summer days at the lake. Poppy loved fishing, paddle boating, as well as building birdhouses, but most of all he LOVED unconditionally and forgave unconditionally. He was king of “dad jokes”, silly sayings and goofy faces. Some called him Dad, some called him Poppy or “Knuckle Dale” but everyone called him friend.
Dale was preceded in death by his parents, Delbert and Maddie Jo Bradburn; a sister, Joann Bradburn; a brother, Gene Stanley; and his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Bill and Virginia Barnett.
He leaves behind the love of his life of 58 years, Thersa Bradburn; sons and daughters-in-love, Curtis and Paula of Waco, Greg and Debbie of China Spring, and Jeff and Crystal of China Spring; brother-in-law, Rick Barnett of Waco; nephews and families, Shannan, April, Emily and Noah Barnett of Lorena, and Ryan, Tara and Camden Barnett of Joshua. His most treasured loves were his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Allyssa, Nate, Noah Bear and Cody Lee Russ of Salado, Allison and Mitchell Poppenhusen of Temple, Taylar and Avery Fulton of China Spring, Riley Bradburn of China Spring, and Jule Böhm and Julia Martin, both of Germany. He also leaves behind numerous other relatives and a host of friends who are like family!
Honorary Pallbearers are Shannan Barnett, Ryan Barnett, Nate Russ, Mitchell Poppenhusen, Avery Fulton, Jeremiah Holubec and Brady Farnum.
Our family wishes to thank our precious friends at Lake Shore Funeral Home, especially Brent & Carri Shehorn, for their compassion and love that goes beyond anything you could imagine. Also, to all of our church families at Oak Grove & Journey, Thank you for the outpouring of love expressed to our family during this time.
In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorial contributions specifically be made to Youth Ministries at either Journey Christian Fellowship or Oak Grove Baptist Church.
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Place of Service: Lake Shore Funeral Home Chapel , 5201 Steinbeck Bend; Waco, TX 76708
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To all Bradburn and many more families. We are so sorry for your loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with y’all!!
Love Rickie and Rhonda Jones
My heart is heavy with the passing of a great Christian man.
A great family man …..
Time marches on and we are experiencing the loss of friends and family….
My prayers and condolences are with Theresa and the family…
I met Dale when he came to Target as a store manager, he was a great manager. I caught up with him again when I visited my brother’s and mother’s church often. Keeping his family in my prayers.
We are so sorry for your family’s loss. Praying peace and comfort for all of you.
“The Lord will give strength to His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace.” – Psalm 29:11
To all of The Bradburn Family, We are so sorry for your loss. He was a great husband, Father, Grandfather and friend to many. We hope your many memories and good times you shared with him will give you comfort and strength in the coming days.. I am sorry we didn’t get the chance to get to know him better.
So sorry for your loss. Remembering well the time at Crestmont and the kind person he was. Be blessed in God’s amazing Grace during this time.
I’m sorry I never got to meet him, but feel like I kind of
Know some of the Bradburn family through Curtis’s post. Paula and Curtis got their darling little Baylor from my husband and I. We love Paula and Curtis. Our prayers go out to the whole family. I feel for the Bradburn children as I have been in the position you are in now as well as brothers and sisters. I feel especially for Mrs Bradburn as it has only been a few months since I lost my husband. Each and everyone of you are in my prayers for the duration.
To all the Bradburn family. We are so sorry for your loss and know your DAD had a huge impact on my families life.
My mom was Theresa’ best friend growing up and shared a lot of great memories with you all. I love you guys and will forever love your daddy in my heart. Even though it’s been many years you don’t forget the good times and the happy memories. Please know we are praying. Love Tammy Kaye🙏🏻😇
My heartfelt sympathy to your entire family at this time. I don’t remember meeting him, but I do remember hearing about him. Your family has such a strong bond with one another and that speaks volumes about how you were loved.
Praying for strength and comfort for the entire family.
To the Bradburn family, we want to leave our condolences, and say how very sorry we are in your time of grief. Please take comfort in knowing that we are with you in prayer and sympathy. Let us know if there is anything that we may do.
Bradburn Family~ We are so very sorry for your loss. Please know we are praying for your family & we love you!
Love,
Jason, Jami, Madylin & Jace Bihl
Knuckle Dale, there are no words to describe the love I have for you! I wasn’t blood, but you never made me feel like I wasn’t! I will be there to say goodbye for now.
Dwayne and I send you our sincerest condolences, we know where he is and he wouldn’t come back even if he could and we rejoice in that, but he will be sorely missed. He was full of joy and we will miss his presence in our lives. May the peace of Jesus be with all of you. We love you dearly
The Blakley’s, Dwayne and Gayla
So many memories we have with such a Godly man! Our prayers to all of you guys. We love Poppy so much and will miss him dearly. Greg Bradburn you will now need to take over the runny eggs at the deer lease. All our love !
The Kurtz Family
We are so sorry for your loss. You are in our thoughts.
Just Live Streamed the beautiful service for Dale. It really touched us. Dale has left a legacy of faith and love. His memory will live on in his family.