Service Details
A private family gravesite service will be held at West Lawn Memorial Park, Racine, WI on May 23, 2026.
A memorial service will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church, Fort Atkinson, WI on June 27, 2026 with visitation and a light brunch from 9:30 AM until the 11:00 service with Pastor Peter Bredlau presiding.
Memorial Suggestions
Memorials can be made to Rainbow Hospice of Jefferson, WI or the American Heart Association.
Helen Bradley Haase (101) died peacefully on April 19, 2026 at Reena Senior Living in Fort Atkinson, WI. Helen was born on July 3, 1924 in Portland, Oregon to Samuel and Lydia (Krause) Yoder. Helen and her sister (Elsie Hall) and her parents lived in several different towns in the state of Oregon during her childhood. In 1942 Helen graduated from Woodburn High School in Woodburn, OR. After graduation she attended business school before beginning a job with the Department of Probation and Parole in Salem, Oregon. In 1943 she moved to San Francisco and worked for the Office of Defense Transportation. Helen met her husband, Charles (Charlie) Bradley, and they were married on March 24, 1944. Helen and Charlie raised their family in Castro Valley, CA, while he worked as a corporate pilot and Helen stayed at home raising their four children. In 1968 they moved to Racine, WI due to Charlie’s job transfer, flying for Tenneco Corporation. He died on October 29, 1976.
In 1983 Helen met Richard (Dick) Haase of Racine, and they were married on July 14, 1984. They enjoyed golf, gardening and traveling together until his death on March 21, 2005. Helen lived in Racine, enjoying golf as well as maintaining her beautiful gardens and yard until she was 97 years old. In February, 2022 she moved to Reena Senior Living, an assisted living facility, in Fort Atkinson, WI to be closer to family.
Surviving Helen are her four children: Lynne (Daniel) Terry, Scott (Susan) Bradley, Eileen (Alex) Tanfani, and Paul Bradley. She is also survived by 6 grandchildren: Colleen (Jose’ Manuel Alvarez) Terry, Brad (Lindsay) Terry, Benjamin (Linda Giorno) Bradley, Joel (Angela Haugen) Bradley, Aaron (Melissa Markes) Bradley, and Elissa (Tavis) Shields as well as 7 great-grandchildren; Izabella, Sasha, and Charlie Terry; Kael and Oliver Bradley, and Juniper and Samuel Shields and a new great grandchild due in October. She is further survived by Dick’s family; sons, Marc (Jean) Haase, Matt Haase, and Jamie (Lori) Haase, and his daughter, Deborah Madison, along with their children and grandchildren.
A private family gravesite service will be held at West Lawn Memorial Park, Racine, WI on May 23, 2026. A memorial service will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church, Fort Atkinson, WI on June 27, 2026 with visitation and a light brunch from 9:30 AM until the 11:00 service with Pastor Peter Bredlau presiding.
Helen’s family would like to extend our greatest thanks to the staff of Reena Senior Living of Fort Atkinson, who provided such wonderful care, and support for our mom during these last four years. She knew, and we all knew, that she was surrounded by people who not only cared for her physical needs, but loved her for her personality and celebrated who she was as a part of that community. You all are the best!
We would also like to thank Julie Vurva of Trinity Lutheran Church, Fort Atkinson, for sharing her spiritual gifts with Mom during worship services at Reena and to Pastor Peter Bredlau for his spiritual support in her final days. We are also so very grateful to Rainbow Hospice of Jefferson, WI, especially Shaila, Sara, Bethany and Gretchen, for their guidance and care during the end of her life.
Memorials can be made to Rainbow Hospice of Jefferson, WI or the American Heart Association.
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