Toshiko N. - age 90 - Los Alamos Bradley

Toshiko Nogami Bradley, Born August 23, 1923, passed from this earth on Saturday, January 11, 2014 in Los Alamos. “To” was a long time resident of Los Alamos, having moved with her family to the Hill in 1967. She was born in Los Angeles, California when the area where her family settled was dominated by small farms growing fresh produce for market. Her parents were immigrants from Japan and her father made his living as a broker for the immigrant vegetable growers. To grew up speaking Japanese and became completely bilingual. She traveled to Japan at sixteen to obtain a bachelor’s degree at Kyoto Women’s University. When war broke out, she was forced to remain in Japan through the hostilities. During the American occupation after the end of World War II, she was a translator for the US Army. Through this work she met her husband Bill, who was a technical sergeant stationed in an Osaka Hospital. Bill and “To” fell in love with New Mexico and were married in Albuquerque in 1954. They shared an enthusiasm for the outdoors, hiking and camping around the West with their three children. This family experience resulted in her sons becoming geologists and her daughter a botanist. To instilled in her children a love of good music, and she was a long time member of the choir at the First United Methodist Church. She worked for the Los Alamos Family Council, was an administrator at the Meson Physics Facility and served as a liaison for visiting scientists at the Laboratory. In her later years she taught Japanese for travelers at the Los Alamos Residence Center. Her family and friends remember her wit, sense of humor, kindness and hospitality. She loved to entertain and hosted many large and congenial holiday celebrations. Any creature with fur or feathers gravitated to her, and she provided a home for a series of very lucky dogs. She is survived by her husband Bill, her children Anne Bradley and her husband David Solis of Santa Fe, Mark Bradley of Elko Nevada, and Chris Bradley and his wife Nancy Kanjorski of Chimayo, a sister, Namiye Fukuzawa of Los Angeles; her nieces, Sheryl Iijima and Mari Yonezawa, and nephews, Leigh Fukuzawa and Ryuichi Nogami. Plans for a Memorial celebrating her life are pending. Those who would like to remember “To” are encouraged to donate to a hunger relief charity of their choice. The family of Toshiko Bradley has entrusted their loved one to the DeVargas Funeral Home & Crematory of the Española Valley.\r\n

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