BRADLEY ‘BRAD’ ENGMAN AGE 69, A LIFETIME RESIDENT OF VIRGINIA PASSED AWAY ON JULY 7, 2024 AT ESSENTIA HEALTH VIRGINIA WHILE SURROUNDED BY HIS LOVING FAMILY. BRAD WAS BORN OCTOBER 17, 1954 IN VIRGINIA, THE SON OF PAUL AND HELYN (SMITH) ENGMAN.  BRAD WAS A 1972 GRADUATE OF THE VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL AND ALSO ATTENDED BOTH THE MESABI COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY.  ON JUNE 25, 1977 BRAD MARRIED SHARON SALSMAN IN BIWABIK MINNESOTA.

 

BRAD OPERATED ENGMAN TRAVEL AND ENGMAN TRAVEL AND TOURS FOR 25 YEARS UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT TO PURSUE HIS GOAL.  AFTER ATTENDING ADDITIONAL SCHOOLING BRAD OBTAINED THE DESIGNATION OF ‘CAPTAIN’ AND WAS THEN FOREVER KNOWN AS ‘CAPTAIN BRAD’ AS AN EXPERT FISHERMAN ON NAMAKAN LAKE.  NOTHING BETTER THAN FRESH WALLEYE TIDBITS, FRESH CORN ON THE COB AND ‘REAL’ HASHBROWNS. BRAD LOVED THE OUTDOORS AT ‘NAM’ AND RESPECTED HIGHLY THE BEAUTY, IT’S PRESTINE WATER, BOUNTIFUL WILDLIFE, AND OF COURSE WALLEYE.

 

BRAD HAD THE MOST GIVING HEART, ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP AND AID ANYONE, ANYTIME.  HIS SENSE OF HUMOR WAS CONTAGIOUS.

 

BRAD IS SURVIVED BY HIS SON SCOTT (KELLY) ENGMAN OF VIRGINIA, GRANDSONS ETHAN AND CAMERON.  BRAD’S SISTER PAULA (FREDERICK) PASSI OF GRAND RAPIDS AND BROTHER KEVIN (VIRGINIA) ENGMAN OF VIRGINIA. SCOTT’S MOTHER SHARON AND  SPECIAL PARTNER SHERRY SALO OF VIRGINIA AND HER ENTIRE EXTENDED FAMILY. NUMEROUS LOVING NEPHEWS, NIECES, COUSINS AND FRIENDS.

 

BRAD WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS PAUL AND HELYN; HIS GRANDPARENTS PER SIGFRED AND FREDA CHRISTINE ENGMAN; SAM AND MARGARET SMITH AND BRAD’S NEPHEW PAUL ‘PK’ ENGMAN.  

 

BRAD’S FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE ENTIRE STAFF OF THE SECOND FLOOR OF ESSENTIAL HEALTH VIRGINIA FOR THE COMPASSIONATE AND RESPECTFUL CARE THEY GAVE HIM.

 

A CELEBRATION OF LIFE AND FELLOWSHIP WILL BE HELD AUGUST 2ND  FROM 2:00PM TO 4:00PM AT THE BAUMAN-CRON FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL IN VIRGINIA.

 

FAMILY SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY THE BAUMAN-CRON FAMILY FUNERAL HOME IN VIRGINIA.  TO LEAVE A REMEMBERANCE ONLINE SEE www.baumanfuneralhome.com.

 

MEMORIALS ARE WELCOME

 

'GOD GRANT THAT I MAY LIVE TO FISH UNTIL MY DYING DAY AND WHEN MY FINAL CAST I'VE MADE AND LIFE HAS SLIPPED AWAY, I PRAY THAT GOD'S GREAT LANDING NET WILL CATCH ME IN IT'S SWEEP AND IN HIS MERCY, GOD WILL JUDGE ME BIG ENOUGH TO KEEP'