Kate Lee (Henrichsen) Bradley
Obituary
Kate Lee Bradley (Kathleen Henrichsen) was born April 4, 1952 to Diana and Don Henrichsen. She was a 4th generation California native, granddaughter to Velma and Henry Henrichsen. She passed away May 20, 2021 at her home in San Francisco from a sudden, unexpected aneurysm.
Kate grew up in Watsonville, attending local schools, and graduating from Watsonville High School in 1970.
She leaves behind her loving husband Dr. Scott Bradley, parents Don and Diana Henrichsen, brother Paul Henrichsen and his wife Sylvia, sister Jill Lindsay and her husband Ron, niece/goddaughter Claire Lindsay and nephew Johan Svenson. She is celebrated and loved by the Wood family, Thompson family, Lindsay family, and the Bradley family.
She was an expert skier and became a ski instructor at Northstar in Lake Tahoe. While at Tahoe she was hired as a radio DJ at the local FM station "The Secret Mountain Laboratory".
Kate moved to San Francisco in 1974 and worked at Foote Cone & Belding advertising company where she started out in the mailroom and worked her way up to be a top television and radio advertising producer, later head producer for Saatchi and Saatchi advertising agency of San Francisco. She helped a local power lifting gym where she assisted the club in the 1984 LA Olympics. The club won the silver medal.
In every avenue Kate took part, she made instant lifelong friends. People loved to be around her, at SF Giants baseball games, Bayview Boat Club, sailing trips. All she touched, felt her caring love and delightful sense of humor. She will still live in the hearts of all her friends from childhood to present. She was special and precious to many people. Kate will be missed but not ever forgotten.
A celebration of her life will take place later this year. If you wish to make a donation in her memory, please choose the charity of your choice.
Published in The Pajaronian · June 18, 2021