David R. Hadley

 
DAVID RAY HADLEY  Advertising Executive  
David Hadley passed away peacefully at home in Oakton, Virginia on Saturday, December 31, 2011 after a courageous battle with a rare form of prostate cancer.  He was the beloved husband of Candace Medd Hadley; loving father to Brian Hadley (Matt Esler) and Tara (Kevin) McNaughton and grandfather to Ronan McNaughton.  David received his BA at the University of Iowa, attended Yale University Summer Arts program, received his BFA with highest honors at the Minneapolis School of Art and Design and did graduate work at the Slade School, University of London. He taught and was Assistant Dean of Administration at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and joined the Minneapolis Star and Tribune in 1979. He moved to the Washington DC area in 1987 and served as VP Advertising Creative Director at KSK Communications until 2001 when he joined his wife in their advertising and marketing firm Hadley & Associates.  A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, January 7, 2012, 10 a.m. at Fairfax Memorial Funeral Chapel, 9902 Braddock Road in Fairfax, VA followed by a reception at the Hadley's home in Oakton, VA.  In lieu of flowers the family requests tax-deductible donation be made to the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Comprehensive Center, attention Dr. Michael Carducci. If you choose to make a donation in David's name you may mail a check or go on line as follows: The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Center at Johns Hopkins Office of Development, One Charles Center, 100 N. Charles Street, Ste 234, Baltimore, MD 21201. Attn: Dr. Michael Carducci To go online: visit http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/kimmel_cancer_center/ and click on Make a Gift. Be sure to include David's name.