Ken Bradshaw, 82, of Hendersonville, N.C., died there April 23, 2010, at the Elizabeth House.

Born in Charles City, Iowa, to Ray and Macie Bradshaw, he graduated from Cornell College in Mount Vernon in 1953. Ken had lived in Henderson County for the past 15 years. He was a U.S. Army veteran and retired from United Airlines with 35 years of service.

Survivors include his wife, Gwen Turnroth Bradshaw; three daughters, Kim Turnroth of Naples, Fla., Vicki Shaw of Wheeling, Ill., and Nancy Akin of Moscow, Idaho; a son, Jack Bradshaw of Waterloo; and a sister, Marian Bradshaw of Colorado Springs, Colo.

No local services are planned.