Bradley: Experience includes raising money for needy kids

n Resident of Sterling for 60 years

n Married to Margaret Bradley for 56 years (deceased)

n Married Mary Edwards in 2011

n Five children and 14 grandchildren

n Graduated from Newman Catholic High School

n Served in the Army from 1953 to 1955

n Worked for 34 years at Northwestern Steel and Wire Co.

n Building contractor for 46 years

n Chairman for Catholic Charities Golf Outing to raise money for needy children, the elderly, and families of all denominations

n Illinois High School football official for 34 years

No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich.

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.