Sister Sallie Bradley, SND, died Nov. 24 at Villa Julie Infirmary in Stevenson, MD., after a long bout with cancer. She served as principal at St. Thomas More School in Decatur from 1970 until 1977.

Her funeral Mass was celebrated Nov. 27 in the chapel at Villa Julie. Father Pat Mulhern, pastor at St. Thomas More, was one of three celebrants. He officiated at the burial in the cemetery at the provincial house in Ilchester, MD.

Sister Bradley had a fine gift for friendship and kept close ties with friends in Atlanta after leaving St. Thomas More to teach in schools in South Carolina, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

For years, she returned to Atlanta each summer to work as a volunteer at the central office of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Before returning to teaching each September she enjoyed tubing on the Toccoa River and hiking the North Georgia mountains with friends.

She was close to her family and enjoyed her numerous nieces and nephews.

She was born Jan. 26, 1935 in Philadelphia, daughter of Susan Haines and John Aloysius Bradley. She was one of eight children.

She entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur Aug. 17, 1952, and taught in schools in Maryland, Brooklyn, NY, and Philadelphia, before coming to St. Thomas More.

She obtained her B.A. degree from Trinity College, Washington, and her M.Ed. from Georgia State University.

Most recently, she was assigned to the Academy of Notre Dame in Villanova, PA, where she taught mathematics and created a successful computer program.

One of the sisters who served with her at the school said, "For the past few years, Sister proved her deep spirituality and prayerfulness by her courageous acceptance of serious illness. Her death brought a sense of loss, and of gratitude, to all who knew her."

She is survived by two sisters, Sister Consuela Bradley, SC, of Mendham, NJ, and Jeanne Stahl, of Philadelphia, and two brothers, John A. Bradley of Concordville, PA, and Thomas J. Bradley, of Annapolis, MD.

A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 8:50 a.m. Friday, Dec. 3, at St. Thomas More Church.