Joy Dee Allgood Bradbury

Joy Dee Allgood Bradbury has joyfully returned to a kitchen to cook!

Our beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt and friend was reunited with her daughter, son, husband and grandson on January 5, 2022. She was 94 years old.

Joy was born November 12, 1927, in the home of her parents, George Harry Allgood and Ilah Dee Wilson in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was one of 11 children and loved life from an early age. She grew up in the Fairgrounds neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah, graduating from West High School.

Joy was sealed to Franklin Idaho Bradbury on June 13, 1947, in the Salt Lake City Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They spent over 60 years together before his passing in 2010.

In 1959, Joy, Frank and their children moved from Salt Lake to Bountiful. They were members of the Bountiful 39^th Ward. Through their activities in church, the community, and their work, they had many, many friends and loved ones. They raised six children together: Frank, Rob, Doug, Jean, Jody, and Scott.

Joy owned Brad’s Café for over 25 years. She loved to cook for small groups and large gatherings. She is most remembered for hot hamburger sandwiches, prime rib dinners and her chocolate chip cookies. Her food had a way of bringing people together.

Joy dedicated much of her adult life to creating memorable experiences for her family. She was committed to creating strong bonds among her children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews and in-laws. Joy’s love for family traditions was instilled in her from her mother-in-law, who made Joy promise that she would keep the Bradbury family together. The most memorable family traditions included an annual Easter egg hunt (with over 35 dozen real-colored eggs), an annual week long campout at the Grey’s River, Wyoming, and making keigles at Christmas time. Her traditions regularly brought the extended family together and ensured that strong bonds formed across the generations.

Joy and Frank took the opportunity to travel seeing all 50 states, Asia, Australia, Europe, Canada, and New Zealand.  While in Germany they took a hammer and chipped away at the Berlin Wall, bringing home a piece of the wall for each child. They loved road trips! They would wake up, turn to each other, and say “Let’s go to Canada!” Off they would go to visit the Canadian Bradbury’s enjoying the sights, sounds and mints from Canada.

After selling the restaurant, Joy and Frank served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Serving from April 1983-October 1984 in the Micronesia Guam Mission where they served the entire time on Majuro, a small atoll, 7 feet above sea level. Sister Bradbury became known as the “cookie lady” where she made chocolate chip cookies for the neighbor kids, Branch members and the 6 Elders serving with them. From her journal she wrote “My choicest thoughts are of the Elders (we had no Sisters) who after working all day would come to our home. We would sit on the beach where they would tell of their spiritual experiences. This was special to us as we were their second parents being thousands of miles from the Mission Home.”

After their mission, they became “snow birders” settling in Quartzsite, Arizona. What started out as a month in their trailer soon extended to 5-6 months when they bought a Park Model and no longer needed to tow their trailer.  Joy enjoyed cooking weekly breakfasts for the trailer park and helping with Branch dinners for about 800 retired folks for many years.

Joy was an artist and had a talent of making things with her hands. She shared her knitting, needlepoint, crochet work, and other handicrafts with loved ones. She taught herself how to oil paint (with a little help from Bob Ross) and passed along her creations to those she loved.

In her later years, Joy was cared for lovingly and compassionately by many helpers. The family has particular gratitude for Dallas and Jessica Bradbury, and Frank and Jane Bradbury for welcoming Joy into their home, and for the staff of Rocky Mountain Hospice for the tender care they gave our beloved mom and grandma.

Throughout her well-lived life, Joy experienced some challenges and hardships, including the deaths of her daughter Jean, her son Doug, her husband Frank, and her grandson Laramie Scott Bradbury. She is also predeceased by her parents and seven of her 10 siblings. Even amidst those losses, she still maintained a positive outlook on life, and has waited patiently to see those she loves once more. Joy is survived by her four living children: Frank (Jane), Robert (Marsha), Gerrie (widow to Doug), Jody (Kurt Stromberg), and Scott (Julie) Bradbury. She is remembered by three of her siblings, Mack Allgood, Charlotte Carper-Shoup, and Mike Hughes. Joy also leaves behind 14 living grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild on the way.

A celebration of life will be held at Russon Brothers Mortuary, 295 North Main St. in Bountiful on Saturday, January 15, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. with a viewing from 8:30-9:30 prior to the celebration. The internment will follow in the Logan City Cemetery.

The celebration of life will be streamed live on the Russon Brothers Mortuary Facebook page and on this obituary page.  Streaming will begin about 15 minutes prior to services.

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Link to obituary on Deseret News website:  https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/deseretnews/name/joy-bradbury-obituary?id=32146079