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Thomas J Brady

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Thomas J Brady

Birth
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Death
29 Sep 2011 (aged 86)
Ohio, USA
Burial
Seville, Medina County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
Plot
WAL24 Row B Plot 27
Memorial ID
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Husband of the late Janis Shannon Brady. Father of Thomasa Parenica, Theresa Brady-Hanratty and Matthew T. Brady. Grandfather of three. Brother of James, William, Margaret and the late Mary, John, Eileen and Jean.
The former Cleveland Press reporter served as law director for the City of Parma Heights and executive director of the Cleveland Bar Association. He was raised in Cleveland and Parma. He won a light-heavyweight boxing championship at Fort McClellan, Alabama, went to occupied Japan and became a corporal. He then earned a bachelor's degree from Heidelberg College and joined the Cleveland Press around 1950. He covered police, suburbs and courts while attending Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at night. He extensively covered the famous Sheppard murder trial. In 1971, he left the Press to become law director for Parma Heights. After three years, he left the city and became a bar association leader. While a member of the bar association, he wrote a history of the organization entitled "The First 100 Years".
Husband of the late Janis Shannon Brady. Father of Thomasa Parenica, Theresa Brady-Hanratty and Matthew T. Brady. Grandfather of three. Brother of James, William, Margaret and the late Mary, John, Eileen and Jean.
The former Cleveland Press reporter served as law director for the City of Parma Heights and executive director of the Cleveland Bar Association. He was raised in Cleveland and Parma. He won a light-heavyweight boxing championship at Fort McClellan, Alabama, went to occupied Japan and became a corporal. He then earned a bachelor's degree from Heidelberg College and joined the Cleveland Press around 1950. He covered police, suburbs and courts while attending Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at night. He extensively covered the famous Sheppard murder trial. In 1971, he left the Press to become law director for Parma Heights. After three years, he left the city and became a bar association leader. While a member of the bar association, he wrote a history of the organization entitled "The First 100 Years".


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