Bradley Gendron was born February 21, 1952, at Altona, Manitoba to Dalton and Elaine (Beaudoin) Gendron. He grew up in Walhalla and graduated from Walhalla High School. Brad then served In the U.S. Navy for four years.
On January 18, 1975, he married Gayle Bennett at the Walhalla Lutheran Church. He then reenlisted in the Navy for another 17 years. After his discharge in 1992, he went to work at Motor Coach Industries for 26 years until his retirement.
Things Bradley enjoyed were collecting coins, building models, old radio talk shows, his 1960 Impala, and he was an avid reader.
He is survived by his wife, Gayle, sons: Damon (Lisa) Gendron, Anchorage, AK, and Jon Gendron, Alamogordo, NM, granddaughters: Genevieve and Elsie Gendron, sisters: Susan Gendron, Walhalla, ND and Ellen (George) Pickerign, Gulf Port, MS, and several nieces and nephews.
Preceding him in death were his parents and sister, Marlo Gendron.