NameJack Carlton BRADLEY 
Birth29 May 1918, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming6714
Death21 Nov 2010, Newcastle, Weston County, Wyoming
BurialMt. Olivet Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyoming
OccupationOil Industry; manager refinery
Education1 yr college
Census notes for Jack Carlton BRADLEY
1920 Wyoming, Laramie county, Cheyenne
2420 Van Lennen St.
dwelling 210, family 236
Bradley, Walter J., head, owns, male, white, age 41, married, born Colorado, father born England , mother born England
———-, Mabel, wife, female white, age 33, married, born Wyoming, father born Scotland, mother Denmark
———-, Robert, son, male, white age 15, single, born Wyoming, father born Colorado, mother born Wyoming
———-, Walter Jr., son, male, white, age 13, single, born Wyoming, father born Colorado, mother born Wyoming
———-, Thomas, son, male white, age 12, single, born Wyoming, father born Colorado, mother born Wyoming
———-, Jack, son, male, white, age 1 3/12, single, born Wyoming, father born Colorado, mother born Wyoming
1930 Wyoming, Laramie County, Cheyenne,
1118 street
dwelling 280, family 371,
Bradley, Walter, J., head, owns house, $9000, radio, male, white, age 50, married at age 24, born Colorado, parents England, proprietor hotel
———-, Mabel, wife, female, white, age 42, married at age 17, born Wyoming, father Scotland, mother Denmark
———-, John, son, male, white, age 11, single, born Wyoming, father born Colorado, mother born Wyoming
———-, Gertrude, daughter-in-law, female, white, age 21, married at age 19, born South Dakota, father born Virginia, mother South Dakota
———-, Patricia, granddaughter, female, white, age 1, single, born Wyoming, father Colorado, mother South Dakota
1940 Wyoming, Weston County, Osage, election dist. 14, E.D. 23-14, sheet 6A, stamped page 63 (taken 26 Apr 1940)
household 152, rents $5
Bradley, Jack, head, male, white, age 21, married, 1 yr college, born Wyoming, lived in Cheyenne in 1935, refinery manager, petroleum
———-, Lola, wife, female, white, age 18, married, 4 yrs high school, born Texas, lived in San Antonio, Texas in 1935
———-, Linda, daughter, female, white, age 4/12, single, born Wyoming
Obituary notes for Jack Carlton BRADLEY
Star-Tribune (Casper, WY) - Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Jack Carlton Bradley, Sr.
Jack was born May 29, 1918 in Cheyenne, WY. After graduation from Cheyenne High School class of 1937, he attended the University of Wyoming. At 18 he worked for the CCC at Encampment Wyoming building the U. of WY Summer Camp.
He married Lola Belle Davis in 1937, (class of 1938). They have three children, Linda Allen (Jerry) Rapid City, S. D., Jack C. Bradley of Casper, and Lolly Martin (Bob) of Newcastle. They have five grandchildren, Sheila Bradley Lindstrom (Thomas) of Rapid City, Lisa Allen and Tina Sanders of Liberty Hill, Texas, Warren Martin (Amanda) of Charleston S. C., Ty Martin of Casper and two great grandchildren, Gavin Warren Martin of Charleston and Terry Shawna Poulosky of Sioux City, Neb. He was preceded in death by three grandchildren, Sean Bradley, Mitch Allen and Verne Allen Jr.; his parents, Walter J. and Mable Heaney Bradley of Cheyenne and three brothers of Cheyenne, Buzz, Bob and Tom.
In 1938 they moved to Osage, WY where they operated the Manewal-Bradley Refinery for nine and a half years. Jack was the owner-operator of Manewal-Bradley Oil Company Inc. started in 1921 and Capitol Oil and Gas Corporation established in 1946. In 1954 Jack and Lola moved to Newcastle, Wyoming and built a home.
Jack and Lola donated land in Newcastle for the Weston County Children's Center and for Centennial Park on Stampede Street.
A private internment will be at the Olivet Cemetery in Cheyenne. A wake for Jack will be held in the spring for family and many friends. Jack always loved being surrounded by his family and friends.
He had a passion for reading, history, fishing and old cars and airplanes. As a young man he had a deHaviland Moth and he loved to fly. He and Lola belonged to the Rapid City 39 Dance Club and attended the Rapid City Symphony regularly. They have danced together for 73 years and loved big band music.
In November 2010 Jack and Lola celebrated their 73rd anniversary.
In his 92 years he had many adventures. The family is asking for stories and anecdotes to be sent to Box 67, Newcastle, WY, which will be collected for a memorial book.
Memorials may be sent for Jack to the Weston County Children's Center, 104 Stampede Street, Newcastle, Wyoming 82701, for the benefit of the Eva Marie Bock Scholarship fund.