This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bradshaw, Dunn, Thompson, Helm, Wilson, McGuire, Lawrence, Walton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hlT.2ACEB/4007 Message Board Post: (not related - for baord info only) Bradshaw, Edna Edna Bradshaw of Ontario, California passed away on Thursday, May 18, 2006. She was born in Plumb Township, KS on August 11, 1923 to John and Lydia Leona Dunn. She married Arnold E. Thompson in Peoria , IL on October 18, 1945 and moved to California shortly after the wedding. They had three daughters: Marie Helm, of Juneau, AK, Linda Wilson of Moreno Valley, CA, and Sue McGuire of Palomino Valley, NV. She was widowed in 1963. On October 9, 1976, she married G. W. Bradshaw in Pomona, CA. She was widowed again in 1988. Edna will be remembered by her family and friends, for her generous spirit, her energetic enthusiasm for life, her devotion to her church and her passion for artwork, music and gardening. She opened her home to many foreign exchange students and was an active member of the Inland Empire Master Gardener association. She regularly served as a docent at the Maloof Gardens in Alta Loma and at the Chino Water District. She was also an accomplished self-taught artist.! A few of her paintings will be displayed at an exhibit at the Maloof Gardens later this summer. Edna is survived by her sister, Velma Lawrence of Chandler, AZ; her daughters; her sons-in-law Bob Helm of Juneau, AK and Kenneth McGuire of Palomino Valley, NV; her step-children Mary Alice Walton (Tom) of Montclair, CA, and W. J. Bradshaw (Donna) of Phelan, CA; seven grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, numerous step grandchildren, and other extended family. A celebration of her life will be held at the Maloof Gardens on 5131 Carnelian, Alta Loma on Sunday, May 28th at 1:30 pm. All of her friends are welcome to join the family. Todd Memorial Chapel, Pomona is in charge of arrangements. Published in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin on 5/25/2006.