Joseph Daniel Bright

Joseph D. Bright, 97, dearly loved by family, passed away Friday, April 10, 2020, at Abundant Blessings and Care in Centennial, Colo.

Born March 24, 1923, in Chicago, Illinois, to Elmer and Margaret (Kronsnoble) Bright, he married Margaret “Peggy” Brunick on February 13, 1943, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Wheaton, Ill. She died March 24, 2015.

A World War II veteran, Joe enlisted in the Army Air Corp at age 20 and served as a gunner on a B-24 bomber in the Pacific Theater. After the war he worked for the U. S. Postal Service in Wheaton for 32 years, retiring in 1978.

Joe is survived by his three children; Daniel (Mary, deceased) Bright of East Peoria, IL, Gerald (Rick, deceased) of Atlanta, GA. and Janice (Lupe) Ordaz of Centennial, Colo.; five grandchildren, Suzanne (Carl) Hansen, William (Donna) Bright, Katherine (Michael) Paulson, Elizabeth Ordaz, and Amy (Nathan) Johnson; five great-grandsons, William and Charles Hansen, Chase Bright, and Wyatt and Alexander Paulson. He is also survived by three sisters, Ruth Purol, Esther Cooper, and Leah Klein.

Joe was predeceased by his wife, his parents, two brothers, Elmer Bright and William Bright, and sister, Jean Auten.