Clyde Bradshaw

Clyde (Larry) Lawrence Bradshaw 11/07/1937-12/18/2017 Clyde was born November 7, 1937 in Crescent City, California to Ernest Jackson Bradshaw and Ruth (Persons) (Bunkelman) Krook. He moved to Stover, Missouri at a young age and was raised by his grandparents on a large farm without electricity or running water. When he was 13, he moved to Irondale, Washington and graduated from Chimacum High School in 1955. He joined the US Coast Guard in 1956 and served on the USCGC Matagorda, stationed in Hawaii, and was honorably discharged in 1959 and was active reserve until 1962. He met his future wife, Glenna Maxine Neet, in 1960, while roller skating at the local rink. They married two years later on September 29, 1962. Clyde soon became involved in the church and in 1969 felt the calling to become a minister. He quit his job as a millwright at Crown Zellerbach Paper Mill (now the Port Townsend Paper Corp) and with family in tow, he moved to Didsbury, Alberta, Canada to attend Mountain View Bible College where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theology. He became a full time pastor serving churches in Harmattan, Alberta, Canada; La Grande, OR; Phoenix, AZ; Port Townsend WA; Methow, WA; and Bridgeport, WA. In 1993, he decided to step down as a lead pastor and moved to Wenatchee, WA to become an assistant pastor at the Wenatchee Church of the Nazarene where he served as pulpit fill, Sunday school teacher, and Recovery Group leader until the day of his passing. Clyde supplemented his income as a pastor by working as a substitute schoolteacher, boat builder, school bus driver, carpenter, cabinet installer, and counter-top fabricator. With a love of the outdoors and of helping others, he was a Boy Scout and Christian Service Brigade leader. At the age of 14, he taught himself to play the saxophone, which lead to learning the trumpet, tuba, piano, and guitar. Among his other hobbies, were sailing, hiking, mountain climbing, scuba diving, photography, and woodcarving. He is survived by his sisters: Marilyn (Bunkelman) Lester and Ruth (Bunkelman) Caver; his wife of 55 years, Glenna (Neet) Bradshaw; children: Ernest Bradshaw, Lawrence (Natalie) Bradshaw and Iris Bradshaw; grandchildren: Lauren and Bryson Bradshaw; great-grandchild, Connor; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. He is preceded in death by his brother, Louis Bunkelman and sister, Sylvia Bunkelman. Clyde impacted the lives of everyone he met, the light that once burned in him, now burns in all of us who knew him.

Clyde Bradshaw

November 7, 1937 - December 18, 2017