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Mike Brady April 09, 1947 - May 24, 2010 Searsboro, Iowa Memorial Service: 10:30
a.m., Friday, May 28, 2010 at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell
Visitation: 1 p.m. until 8 p.m., with the family present to greet friends from 5
p.m. until 7 p.m., Thursday, May 27, 2010 at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell Memorials:
Michael L. Brady Memorial Fund, PO BOX 368, Grinnell, IA 50112.
Mike was born the
son of Robert and Norma Munn Brady on April 9, 1947 in Des Moines, Iowa. He was
raised in Carlisle, Iowa, Knoxville, Iowa and Akeley, Minnesota. He graduated from
Akeley High School with the class of 1965. Following his education, Mike moved back
to Iowa and lived in Knoxville and Chariton respectively.
He worked as a mold setter
for Maytag in Newton, Iowa for 33 years until his retirement in 1999. During a labor
strike while employed at Maytag he worked for a construction company that was building
the mile-long bridge near Knoxville. Mike was a member of the local United Auto
Workers Union #957 of Newton for many years.
Mike was an outdoorsman who loved boating,
fishing, mushroom hunting, traveling, bird watching, and taking pictures of nature.
He was also a very good cook and enjoyed preparing the holiday meals for his family.
He dearly loved his family and his dog Pedro.
Mike is survived by his wife Phyllis
Brady of Searsboro; his step-children, Bob Roach, Leslie Christianson and Brian
Roach, all of Chariton, Iowa, Jessica Clementi of Grinnell and Kris Clementi of
Des Moines, Iowa; 12 grandchildren; his brother, David Brady of Des Moines; and
his sister, Debbie Simmons of Mountain Home, Arkansas.
Mike was preceded in death
by his parents; and his son, Shawn Brady in 1991
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