Bradly S. "Brad" Birkholz (I3885)
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Personal Facts and Details
 Birth | 16 October 1971 Bismark, North Dakota |
 Residence | Bismarck, Burleigh Co., North Dakota Note: OKLAHOMA CITY & EDMOND & MIDWEST CITY, OK; GILBERT & MESA, AZ; KEESLER AFB, MS; BISMARCK, ND; |
| Residence | 2006 Gold Canyon, Pinal Co., Arizona |
 Death | 12 November 2006 (Age 35) |
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In the military. Comes from Bismarck. |
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Bradley S. Birkholz, 35, Gold Canyon, Ariz., died Nov. 12, 2006, as a result of a motorcycle accident. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 17, at Faith Lutheran Church, Bismarck, with the Rev. Wes Aardahl officiating. Burial will be in the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan. Visitation will be held from 2 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Eastgate Funeral Service, Bismarck. Brad was born Oct. 16, 1971, in Bismarck, to Diane (Beglau) and John Birkholz. He attended grade school at Rita Murphy Elementary School and graduated from Bismarck High School. After high school he went on to Bismarck State College for two years before joining the Air Force. He spent eight years in the Air Force, flying on the AWACS plane while stationed in Oklahoma City and Japan. After leaving the Air Force, he moved to Phoenix to be close to his brother. He graduated from Gilbert College in Arizona. At the time of his death, Brad was working at EF Data Corp. and attending flight training. He was three months away from getting his commercial pilot's license. Being a pilot was his life-long dream. When Brad was a child, his room always had planes hanging from the ceiling. Brad had a personality that lit the room when he walked in. A person instantly liked him from the first meeting. Always smiling, he made many friends who remained close. Brad enjoyed all sorts of music; he enjoyed collecting memorabilia, and motorcycle riding with his friends. He is missed by those he leaves behind: his mother and father; one brother, Steve, and sister-in-law, Laura, Gilbert, Ariz.; his grandmother, Rebecca Beglau; his aunts and uncles, Judy and Jim Walker, Linda and Dennis Delzer, LuElla and Marvin Birkholz, Kathy and Gordon Birkholz and Elda Bigelow, all of Bismarck, Janet Froehlick, Sacramento, Calif., Florence and Bill Bullinger, Carol and Joe Ciavarella, all of Mandan, Marilyn and Richard Birkholz, Fargo, Shirley and John Fite, Obion, Tenn., Wayne Birkholz, Rockford, Ill., Gary Birkholz, Littleton, Colo., and Jim Birkholz, Scottsdale, Ariz.; and many cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Rose Birkholz; his grandfathers, Herbert Beglau and Art Birkholz; his uncle, Roger Birkholz; and his aunt, Nora Rohrich. |
| Residence | OKLAHOMA CITY & EDMOND & MIDWEST CITY, OK; GILBERT & MESA, AZ; KEESLER AFB, MS; BISMARCK, ND; |
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