Lawrence Bradt

Rev. Lawrence N. Bradt, 54, of Jackson, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Dec. 21, 1966, in San Antonio, son of Barry Bradt and Teresa Crego Bradt. He and Deanna Carlson were married Oct. 15, 1985, in Wichita Falls, Texas. She survives.

Lawrence was baptized Feb. 28, 1971, at Zion Lutheran Church in Schnectady, New York, and was confirmed June 12, 1994, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Wichita Falls.

He graduated from Harbor Creek High School in Harbor Creek, Pennsylvania. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1985 until he was honorably discharged in 2005. Lawrence received a Master of Divinity from Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and was ordained in 2003. He was currently serving as Called minister for Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Wells and Called vacancy pastor at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Pocahontas. He served as Boy Scout chaplain at Camp Chief Little Turtle in Indiana. Lawrence was a member of the International Conference of Police Chaplains while working at the Department of Public Safety at Southeast Missouri State University. He was a founding member of Perry County Lutheran Chorale.

Loving survivors include his wife of 35 years; daughter, Alicia Bradt of Jackson; son, Adam (Megan) Bradt of Jackson; mother, Teresa Crego of Erie, Pennsylvania; and half brother, Eric Kunschke of California.

Also surviving are several aunts, uncles, and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his father and a brother, Richard Bradt.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Monday at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Wells.

Funeral will follow at noon Monday at the church, with the Rev. Thomas Handrick officiating and the Rev. Wayne Schwiesow assisting. Interment will follow in Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery in New Wells, with full military honors.

Memorials may take the form of contributions to Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, 304 County Road 316, New Wells, MO 63768 or to St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 158 Little Street, Pocahontas, MO 63779.

To send an online condolence to the family, visit McCombs Funeral Home website at www.mccombsfuneralhome.com; then click on the tribute wall tab of Rev. Bradt's personal obituary.

Traditional gifts, cards and contributions may be sent to the family at McCombs Funeral Home, Inc. c/o Rev. Lawrence Bradt, 640 West Independence Street, Jackson, MO 63755.