"Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love" Ephesians 4:2. If ever a single scripture could sum up the character of a person, this would be it for our family patriarch.

Verle Leon Brady was born to humble beginnings in a home in Alva, OK to Virgil and Delila (May) Brady. He lived the early years of his childhood on a farm east of Alva until the family moved to their homestead 28 miles northwest of Alva. He passed away on July 15, 2022 at his home with loved ones around at the age of 92 years, 3 months and 8 days.

Funeral services will be Tuesday, July 19, at...