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Sophie Margie Bradley
Longtime North Pole resident Sophie Margie Bradley died
Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002, surrounded by loved ones at her son Leslie's home in
Kenai.
She was 90.
A celebration of life is being planned for the
evening of Thursday, May 30, at the North Pole Grange.
Mrs. Bradley was born on May 30, 1911, in
Brooklyn, New York. She arrived in Alaska in 1949 with her husband, James. The
couple homesteaded on the Old Richardson Highway, north of the city of North
Pole. Over the years, they built Bradley Sky Ranch, a family business that
provided airport services for many in the interior of Alaska.
After her husband's death in 1971, she ran the
business with her three sons.
Mrs. Bradley loved to cook, garden and shovel
snow. She also enjoyed taking care of all that the airport business brought to
her door.
Her family said, "Sophie was a strong,
independent pioneer woman. She took in many a wayward pilot who called the Sky
Ranch home. Folks will always remember her generous, trusting nature."
Mrs. Bradley is survived by her sons and
daughters-in-law Leslie and Susan Hurley Bradley of Kenai, Robert Bradley and
Deborah Maldanado of Fairbanks, and James and Cheryl Bradley of North Pole;
grandchildren Janice, Bret, and James; and great-grandchildren, Harley, David
Jr., and Nikkitta.
Arrangements were made by Peninsula Memorial
Chapel.
Source: Peninsula Clarion, February 17, 2002
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