BRADDOCK, Raymond Mervin

Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa Wednesday, January 26, 2005 Raymond Braddock, Boone Raymond Mervin Braddock, 81, of Boone died Jan. 12, 2005, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Funeral services were held Monday Jan. 17, at Kale Funeral Home in Osceola with Father John Ludwig officiating. Burial was at Ebenezer Cemetery, Walnut Township, Madison County. Raymond Braddock was born May 2, 1923 to Harley and Irene (Gertien) Braddock of Lotts Creek. He attended country school in Kossuth County. On Dec. 28, 1943, in Algona, he married Ruth Josephine Heinen. In 1957, they moved near Truro where they farmed. Ruth preceded him in death in 1974. On April 15, 1978, he married Gladys Marie (Morgan) Overland in Osceola. For 20 years they spent their winters in Yuma, Ariz. In 2000, they moved to Boone. Raymond was a charter member of the Truro Lions Club. He also was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Osceola prior to moving. He had been a resident of Regency Care Center in Norwalk for the past two years. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ruth; an infant daughter, Rita; two sisters, Ethel Braddock and Ruth Hack; three brothers, Wayne, Rueben and Clarence Braddock; one grandson Ryan Phillips; and one stepgranddaughter, Debra Herrera. He is survived by his wife, Gladys of Boone; five daughters, Barbara Duncan of St. Peters, Mo., Carol Bottenfield of Des Moines, Donna Phillips of Osceola, Diane Wolfe of Earlham and Carla Culver of Dodgeville, Wis.; three sons, Joseph M. Braddock of St. Charles, Jerry Braddock of Willow Springs, Mo., and Gene Braddock of Osceola; one stepdaughter, Dorris Lundy of Osceola; one stepson, Jim Overland of Ankeny; a brother, Cecil Braddock of Lacey, Wash.; a sister, Francis Anderson of Armstrong; and 25 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be directed to the Iowa Lions Foundation.