Ilion High School - Class of 1931

Utica Observer - June 4, 19311

Teacher Dies at His Duties At Ilion High

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Teacher Dies at His Duties At Ilion High

Francis D. Bradley, Manual Training Instructor,
Victim of Heart Disease While Teaching

Ilion - Francis D. Bradley 53, manual training Instructor of the Ilion High School died while at his duties yesterday afternoon, death being caused by heart disease.

Mr. Bradley has been manual training Instructor at the Ilion school since 1915, at which time his department was in the former Morgan Street Schhol. It was later transferred to the high school. Mr. Bradley was the only instructor in this department that the Ilion schools ever had.

He was born Nov. 3, 1873 and came her from Mexico. He onlyy lacked one year of being eligible for retirement on a pension. He graduated from the training class of the Mexico school. In 1892 and after teaching for some time entered and graduated from the Oswego Normal School.

He is survived by his widow.

The funeral will be from his home, 76 Prospect Avenue, Saturday afternoon.