Jean Mcquaid

Jean (Helen Jean Nethery Bradley) McQuaid was born in 1912 in DeBeque, CO. She was the eldest of three daughters of Margaret and James Nethery. She was blessed with two daughters, Sally Scrivner (Lairie) and Martha (Marti) Crapo (Tom), four grandchildren, Steve and Brian Scrivner, Katherine Crapo, and Michelle Betsch, two step great-grandaughters Emily and Amy, two great-grandchildren, Ethan and Averie Betsch, and one foster great-grandaughter Eyde. Her family includes her sister Phyllis Angell, niece Barbara Angell, nephew Dick Angell, niece Mary Peck, whom she called her daytime daughter, nephew Tom O. McQuaid, niece Pat Prather, nephew Jim Bradley, niece Diane Ray, niece Patsy Richardson, niece Donna McQuaid, and nephews Mike, Douglas, and Tommy McQuaid. Jean loved all of nature's beauty, Colorado and New Mexico, gardening, rock-hounding, reading, and camping, particularly with her LOW camping friends and her family. Many of her friends and family celebrated her 85th birthday with a camping trip to Coyote Creek State Park near Mora, New Mexico. She and Walter moved to Albuquerque, NM in 1950, and her heart belonged to the Land of Enchantment for 48 years. She moved to Denver, CO in 1998, and then to Frederick, CO in 2006 to live with her daughter Marti until a recent move to Fort Collins, CO. Our Mother, Grandmother, great-Grandmother, Aunt, and Sister passed on to her next life on September 1, 2009 at the age of 96. She was preceded in death by her husband Jay G. Bradley in 1941, her husband Walter B. McQuaid in 1983, and her sister Alice Rodgers in 1991. A private celebration of her life will be held in Fort Collins, CO. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to your own favorite charity.