Alan Bradley

Obituary of Alan Bradley Alan Bradley of The Villages, Florida, died Sunday, June 17, 2012 in The Villages Hospital after a long fight with emphysema. He was 87. Alan was born Aloysius Bohunicky in Binghamton, N.Y. on April 11, 1925 to Paul and Katerina Bohunicky, one of ten siblings. Alan joined the Marines at the outset of WW II, and drove an amphibious tank in the 3rd Amphibious Corps, 7th regiment. He survived many Pacific battles including those of Iwo Jima, Saipan and Okinawa, and was awarded a Purple Heart. At the end of the war he was sent to Tientsin, China to help stabilize the region. After meeting her at a dance, Alan married Loretta Kirch of Binghamton on May 8th, 1946; they remained happily married until Loretta's passing in 2009. They are survived by their three children, David Bradley of Portland, Karen Bradley of Chicago, and Susan B. Dryer of Freeport, two grandchildren Christie and Austin Dryer, and nephews and nieces. Alan graduated from Harper College in Endicott, N.Y. thanks to the G.I. bill, attended nearly two years of Law school at Sienna College, and enjoyed the study of both Law and English literature. He worked as an insurance adjustor for Allstate in Latham, N.Y.. After moving to Maine in 1970 Alan worked as an insurance adjustor in Portland, then as a real estate agent, but then for many fulfilling years, from 1980 until 2002, Alan and Loretta owned and ran the Captain Josiah Mitchell House Bed and Breakfast in Freeport, where they lovingly tended the historic home and its large gardens. Alan served as a Deacon for St. Jude's Catholic Church in Freeport. In 2000 he semi-retired to Daytona Beach Florida, and thereafter to The Villages, Florida. He and Loretta were members of St. Timothy Catholic Church, Lady Lake. In his final years, Alan rediscovered his love of literature, instilled by a college professor, and turned to studying and writing poetry including haiku, which was enjoyed by residents and staff of his nursing home, Lady Lake Specialty Care. Many of his poems were reflections on his wife Loretta, with whom we pray he is now reunited.