Donald A. Bradshaw

September 5, 1958 - December 15, 2021

Donald A. Bradshaw, 63, of Brazil, Indiana passed away at St. Vincent Hospital, in Indianapolis, following a brief illness.

He was born on September 5, 1958, in Long Branch, New Jersey, the son of John H. and Martha Carolyn (Welch) Bradshaw. He graduated from Forest Lake High School in Minnesota with the class of 1976. Don worked for Great Dane Trailers in Brazil and Terre Haute. He retired from Eli Lilly after working for their company in Clinton and Indianapolis for several years.

Don was mechanically savvy and could fix just about anything. He loved his many farm animals especially his dogs and cats.

He was preceded in death by his father John; grandparents: William and Orlean Bradshaw and Don and Mary Welch; and his nephew Nathan Beyers.

Don leaves behind his mother Martha Carolyn Bradshaw; brother Jay Bradshaw; sister Lisa Beyers (Patrick); nieces and nephews: Elizabeth Coley (Noah), Caroline Allen (Jordan), Rebecca Beyers, Samuel Beyers; great-nieces and nephews: Henry Coley, Elliott Coley, Benjamin Coley, Amelia Coley, Arthur Coley, Jacob Allen, and Maddie Allen; aunt and uncle Kathy Welch and Robert Bradshaw; daughter Haley Britton; son Jonathan Bradshaw.

Visitation will be at French Funeral Home, 421 E. National Ave. Brazil, Indiana 47834, on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM. Services will be held at the funeral home, on Tuesday, at 1:00 PM. Burial will follow at Calcutta Cemetery.

Donations can be made to The Clay County Youth Food Delivery Program c/o YMCA of Clay County 225 E. Kruzan St. Brazil, Indiana 47834. Visit www.frenchfuneralhome.com to light a candle in his memory.