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Bradford Spear Obituary
Bradford W. Spear, 71 of Lynnfield, died Thursday, April 3, at Sunrise Assisted Living in Lynnfield.
Born in Malden on May 31, 1953, he was the son of the late Manton P. and Barbara (Lunt) Spear, the brother of the late M. Shepard Spear, and the husband of the late Dawn (Parsons) Spear.
Brad grew up in Lynnfield and graduated from the Lynnfield High School Class of 1971.
He is survived by his brother Craig W. Spear of Lynnfield and his nephews Aaron R. Spear of Superior, CO, and Nathan S. Spear of Summerville, SC.
A Funeral Service will be held at the McDonald Funeral Home, 19 Yale Ave., Wakefield, on Friday, June 20, at 10:00am. Relatives and friends are invited to attend.
Interment, Forest Hill Cemetery, Lynnfield.
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