Ruth Alley Bradshaw

Profile Updated: January 25, 2023
Residing In: West Jordan, UT USA
Spouse/Partner: Michael Duane Bradshaw, marriage 1973, living in 7338 South 2172 West, West Jordan, UT 84084
Occupation: Full-time Grandma! service Missionary at West Jordan Employment Resource Center
Children: Angela born 1974 has 5 children, 1 set of quads, only 2 made it), Darrin born 1975 has two boys, David More…born 1978 has 4 boys, Rebecca born 1981 has three boys, Brady born 1983 unmarried, Cindy born 1987,Twin boys and 3 girls, 21 Living Grand kids so far. Yeah, I got my twins, who according to doctors across the nation said they shouldn't be born. but they are doing great! I do graveyard shift with them. And mom is a little overcome by it all since it is her first. But you can see the hand of God in it all. To help out we moved to West Jordan, Utah to a two bedroom apartment, we rent from my niece. We plan on being here for two years before we head out on a LDS mission ourselves. We did get our mission call. First to San Paulo Brazil, working in the Perpetual Education Fund. But after Waiting for 9 months for Visas, they changed our call to Long Beach, CA. working in the mission office. My sister, Cathy is also here in the same mission, but working as unemployment specialist. That is why CA is rocking and rolling. Yes we have earthquakes daily. Love to hear from you!
LOVED, LOVED LOVED our mission to Long Beach Cali! Just added another grandchild making 18. And we have had a set of quads and a set of twins! Had 2 grand daughters, then went for 20 years of boy until 2016, when we got another grand daughter. So we will have lots of missionaries!! Added a few more grand kids making 21 living. Went on a service mission to West Jordan Employment Resource center for 18 Months. Now we are taking care of Mike's mom, who has Dementia. I guess that is our new mission. God is great, God is good. He blesses us daily. We teach the 4-5 Yr. olds in Primary now and love it.
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USU, LDS mission to Zurich,Switzerland 1969-1971, Marriage 1973, kids, Sunshine Cookie Distributor, Hallmark Cards, Librarian to Price, Utah Middle school, Helper City Library & Bruin Point Elementary Librarian in Sunnyside, Utah, Retired in 2010 to take care of ailing in-laws Aren't Grand kids and Missionaries great! New address: California Long Beach mission, 6500 E Atherton St. Long Beach , CA 90815 After returning from mission we are house sitting for a single sister who is now serving a mission in London England South Mission. new address is 124 Twin peaks Street, Midvale, UT 84047. Just moved again to home in West Jordan, 7338 South 2172 West , 84084 I love Facebook! We have contact with missionaries from all over the world, Mongolia, Micronesia, American Samoa, Tonga, Brazil, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile,and Guam plus all over the United States! My daughter Cindy, keeps me busy with temple work for Ancestors! 2015 we completed 92 names and hope this year is even better! If you can, check out my face book page with a Missionary from Mongolia. Her brother needs help in a Go-fund-me to help his cancer treatment in Korea--Please donate if you can! Was called to serve as an ordinance worker in the Jordan River Temple, but some changes in my mother -in-laws health, I feel my mission is now taking care of her. however I do love the Temple and family history work and usually can make it to the temple at least 2 times a week, because I only live ten minutes away! Can't wait to see what new happens are in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2019! I keep busy in Family History and Temple Work! I do sewing projects for our Quadriplegic Lady and Friend we lived with in CA. who now lives in Orem, or any others in the ward that need sewing help. Still keep busy with Grand kids and Temple work. Aren't grand kids the best!

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Ruth Alley Bradshaw
Ruth was born the 3rd daughter, 3rd child of Gerald Irwin and Evelyn Seamons Alley, in March of 1948, in Logan, Utah. The family, however lived on a Ranch in South Eden, Utah on the East side of Bear Lake, now called Rattlesnake Lane.. And yes I survived Rattlesnake Lane! If you live on a Ranch, you know it is milking cows at 5:00 a.m. in the morning and 5:00 p.m. at night, every single day! We were foot-loose and free to roam the hills around the farm. Free to eat the delicious, wild, berries, we could not wait to pop into our mouths, in the Spring and early Summer. We loved to sleep out under the stars at night, during the summer, or go swimming in the lake after chores. Living in Bear Lake also had it trials, encountering Rattlesnakes, Bobcats and Coyotes, that would come from the mountains after food and water, or being snowed- in, or frozen water pipes in the Winter time.
In the winter of 1960, while driving home from school, we, my older sisters Margaret and Nancy, and younger brother George, and I were in a head-on auto accident, that put my older sisters in the hospital.
The stress from the accident caused my mom to have a miscarriage. My parents decided that it would be better for my dad to change jobs, from a Ranch/mine, so they moved to Logan. There, my dad became a school teacher. The first year, we lived in Logan, then built a house in North Logan. In North Logan, we went to South Cache to school and rode the bus across the valley. The next year we went to Smithfield Jr. high. Ninth grade at South Cache again, then back to Sky View.
After graduating form Sky View, I went to USU, and worked at Tidwell’s Hambuger Stand on 4th north. And later, I worked at Arden’s dress shop. When I was 19, I was walking on the road, (no sidewalks) and was hit by a truck. I spend the next while stretching my leg, to match the other leg(1”) and learn how to walk. I started back to USU and worked at the Bluebird as a waitress. I went on a mission to Zurich, Switzerland for 2 years. Clair Merrill was even my District Leader once. Yea, he went there too, along with my brother Steve and Later, Brain Lundberg. When I came home, I came with my brother George, who had been on a mission in Sweden.
I went back to USU. And worked as a caterer at USU. I met my husband at the LDS Institute and the Logan temple, where I was in charge of filling assignments for the USU LDS Stakes. After we married, we moved to Roy, so my husband, Mike could intern at Roy High School as a Biology Teacher.
He then got a job on Carbon County (Price, Utah) Teaching Biology. We lived there for 37 years, had 6 children, 3girls and 3 boys. When my boys got old enough to go on Missions for the church, I started working for Sunshine cookies and Hallmark Cards as a merchandiser to pay for them. When our youngest daughter, 6th child started school, I worked as a Librarian for 18 years. My favorite place to work as a librarian, was in a small town, 20 miles east of price named Sunnyside, Utah. It was an elementary school, so they had recess. Many times we had to keep the kids in school because of a Bobcat, Deer, Antelope, and even a Big Horn Sheep, that came on the playground. I retired after 18 years ,so I could take my Father-in Law over the mountain to Dr. appointments for his Parkinson's. disease. My Husband retired in after 37 years of teaching Biology, Computer Science, and Detention. In 2011, our youngest daughter, was pregnant with twins and on bed -rest for 7 months. We mRuth Alley Bradshaw
Ruth was born the 3rd daughter, 3rd child of Gerald Irwin and Evelyn Seamons Alley, in March of 1948, in Logan, Utah. The family, however lived on a Ranch in South Eden, Utah on the East side of Bear Lake , now called Rattlesnake Lane.. And yes I survived Ratlesnake Lane! If you live on a Ranch, you know it is milking cows at 5:00 a.m. in the morning and 5:00 p.m. at night, every single day! We were foot-loose and free to roam the hills around the farm. Free to eat the delicious, wild, berries, we could not wait to pop into our mouths, in the Spring and early Summer. We loved to sleep out under the stars at night, during the summer, or go swimming in the lake after chores. Living in Bear lake also had it trials, encountering Rattlesnakes, Bobcats and Coyotes, that would come from the mountains after food and water, or being snowed- in, or frozen water pipes in the Winter time.
In the winter of 1960, while driving home from school, we, my older sisters Margaret and Nancy, and younger brother George, and I were in a head-on auto accident, that put my older sisters in the hospital.
The stress from the accident caused my mom to have a miscarriage. My parents decided that it would be better for my dad to change jobs, from a Ranch/mine, so they moved to Logan. There, my dad became a school teacher. The first year, we lived in Logan, then built a house in North Logan. In North Logan, we went to South Cache to school and rode the bus across the valley. The next year we went to Smithfield Jr. high. Ninth grade at South Cache again, then back to Sky View.
After graduating form Sky View, I went to USU, and worked at Tidwell’s Hambuger Stand on 4th north. And later, I worked at Arden’s dress shop. When I was 19, I was walking on the road, (no sidewalks) and was hit by a truck. I spend the next while stretching my leg, to match the other leg(1”) and learn how to walk. I started back to USU and worked at the Bluebird as a waitress. I went on a mission to Zurich, Switzerland for 2 years. Clair Merrill was even my District Leader once. Yea, he went there too, along with my brother Steve and Later, Brain Lundberg. When I came home, I came with my brother George, who had been on a mission in Sweden.
I went back to USU. And worked as a caterer at USU. I met my husband at the LDS Institute and the Logan temple, where I was in charge of filling assignments for the USU LDS Stakes. After we married, we moved to Roy, so my husband, Mike could intern at Roy High School as a Biology Teacher.
He then got a job on Carbon County (Price, Utah) Teaching Biology. We lived there for 37 years, had 6 children, 3girls and 3 boys. When my boys got old enough to go on Missions for the church, I started working for Sunshine cookies and Hallmark Cards as a merchandiser to pay for them. When our youngest daughter, 6th child started school, I worked as a Librarian for 18 years. My favorite place to work as a librarian, was in a small town, 20 miles east of price named Sunnyside, Utah. It was an elementary school, so they had recess. Many times we had to keep the kids in school because of a Bobcat, Deer, Antelope, and even a Big Horn Sheep, that came on the playground. I retired after 18 years ,so I could take my Father-in Law over the mountain to Dr. appointments for his Parkinson's. disease. My Husband retired in after 37 years of teaching Biology, Computer Science, and Detention. In 2011, our youngest daughter, was pregnant with twins and on bed -rest for 7 months. We moved to Salt Lake, to help her with her pregnancy. She gave birth to Twin boys, in June. There were complications, one son had to have open -heart surgery at 8 months and at 12 months the other twin had Neutropenia. We continued helping until the twins were 18 months old. And daughter said, she could handle it now. So in 2013, we went on a mission for the church. We were called to San Paulo, Brazil, on a Perpetual Education and Humanitarian mission. However 9 months later, we did have our visa’s, so they recalled us to Long Beach, California working in the mission office. We loved it! We were out for 9 months, when Mike’s mother, called and told him, we needed to come home and take care of her. We had to wait until other missionaries came to take our place. Which was at 12 months. WE came home, moved to Midvale and rented a house, 2 days later Mike’s mom came to live with us. She passed away of Alzheimer's in February of 2021. While she was with us we also served 18 months on a service mission in West Jordan LDS Employment Resource Service. We loved that mission also. We are enjoying our 20 Grand kids, 18 living. We had 2 girls and the rest boys for 20 years. The last two grand children were girls. Our oldest Daughter had Quads, 2 surviving. We are however, hating this growing old stuff also the Pandemic. We now live in West Jordan, with a big tree in our back yard, with 6 swings in it. This month our oldest grandson goes to Birmingham, Alabama on his mission.

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