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Birth:          4 Dec 1923 Parowan, Iron Co., Utah
Death:          26 Nov 2015 Beaver, Beaver Co., Utah
Burial:         4 Dec 2015 Mountain View Cemetery, Beaver, Beaver Co., Utah

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1940 in Minersville, Beaver Co., Utah 
obit of Bonnie Jean Bradshaw Nowers
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Audrey Isabella Bradshaw Hutchings was born December 4, 1923 and left for a long 
awaited heavenly family reunion November 26, 2015. Audrey was born in Parowan, 
Utah to William Ira and Hazel Gray Bradshaw and was the second child of seven. 
When she was 4 years old her family moved to Minersville, Utah. She grew up in 
Minersville and attended school in Minersville and Milford, Utah. Her best friends were 
Nellie Carter and Sarah Myers.

On November 2, 1940 she married Norman Hutchings in Beaver, Utah. They were later 
sealed in the St. George Temple. They were blessed with 5 children; Richard Lee, 
Hazel Ann, Norman Russell, Calvin B. and Lyle Gray. 

Audrey maintained a beautiful and meticulous home, she was a great cook and loved 
to share meals with family and friends. Audrey was thrifty, enjoyed a good sale and 
loved to sew and make quilts. She enjoyed the knowledge and friendship she gained 
as a member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. 

Audrey worked at a sewing factory and as a cook and waitress at Emil’s and Arshel’s 
café in Beaver also at the Beaver Hospital. When her brother Bill owned the KOA she 
worked for him then went to work at the Beaver Drug Store.

Her favorite calling as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 
was to do name extraction, which she did for over 12 years. She also taught Relief 
Society and Primary. Audrey’s unique characteristics were humor, fun and optimism 
she brought to anything she did. Though she was tiny in stature, she was mighty in life 
and left to all who blessed to know and love her mighty legacy. Her home and family 
were her greatest pride and joy.

Audrey is survived by her four children, Hazel Ann Bradshaw of Beaver, Utah, Russell 
(Debra) of Monroe, Utah, Calvin Hutchings, Lyle Hutchings of Beaver, Utah, her 
brother William “Bill” Bradshaw, 19 grandchildren, 65 great-grandchildren and 13 
great-great-grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her husband Norman Hutchings, her son Richard Lee, 
parents, son-in-law Gary Bradshaw and her siblings: Claude Bradshaw, Dot (Keith) 
Guymon, Bernice (Joe) Ashley, Bonnie (Shorty) Nowers, Jetta (LuDean) Barnes and 
great granddaughter Dusti Kay Bradshaw

Funeral services will be held Friday December 4, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at the Beaver 3rd 
& 4th Ward Chapel on (220 N. Main St., Beaver, UT). Viewings will be held Thursday, 
December 3, 2015 from 5-7:00 pm at Southern Utah Mortuary (195 N 200 W, Beaver, 
UT) and Friday, December 4 from 9-10:30 am at the church. Interment will be in the 
Mountain View Cemetery under the direction of Southern Utah Mortuary. 

Parents
BRADSHAW William Ira (1 Dec 1890 - 25 Sep 1962)
GRAY Hazel (2 Jan 1903 - 30 Jan 1941)

Siblings
BRADSHAW Claude Holden (4 Feb 1922 - 25 Jul 1950)
BRADSHAW Audrey Isabella (4 Dec 1923 - 26 Nov 2015)
BRADSHAW Alice Dot (22 Nov 1925 - 11 Apr 2011)
BRADSHAW Bernice (6 Jan 1928 - 15 Oct 2011)
BRADSHAW Bonnie Jean (31 Mar 1930 - 30 Aug 2012)
BRADSHAW Jetta (7 Apr 1933 - 12 Apr 2009)
BRADSHAW William Ira ()

Marriage To HUTCHINGS Norman (26 Feb 1920 - 31 Dec 2003)
    m. 2 Nov 1940 Beaver, Beaver Co., Utah

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Parents
HUTCHINGS Montrose ()
GOODWIN Betsy Mae ()

Children by HUTCHINGS Norman 26 Feb 1920 - 31 Dec 2003
HUTCHINGS Richard Lee (22 Aug 1941 - 27 Mar 1942)
HUTCHINGS Hazel Ann ()
HUTCHINGS Norman Russell ("Russell") ()
HUTCHINGS Calvin B. ()
HUTCHINGS Lyle Gray ()

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