Ron Bradshaw

Ronald Glen Bradshaw, AIA, age 77, died of complications of renal cell carcinoma October 11, 2012. He died peacefully at home on the Duncan D Cross Ranch, Burnet County, Texas, with his wife, Caroline, by his side.

He was born to Glen and Dorothy Ruth Bradshaw in Amarillo, Texas September 5, 1935, and raised in Guymon, Oklahoma.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his step-father, Robert E. Lee, his sister and brother-in-law, Beverly and Paul Wood, sister-in-law, Meg Duncan Stephens, and nephew, William Rufus Stephens, Jr.

Ron graduated from The University of Oklahoma in 1959 with a Bachelors Degree in Architecture, and moved to Dallas to start his practice and his family. He was a partner with his classmate, George Newman in the firm of Newman/Bradshaw Architects, and ultimately a partner in the award winning firm The Architects Partnership, in Dallas, with founding partners David W. George and Reagan W. George, and with Gerry M. Shaffer and Michael Barnes.

The firm’s work included projects in and around Dallas, Eden Isle Arkansas, the Texas Hill Country and other areas. They collaborated with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Taliesin West on the Dallas Theatre Center, and later Ron again collaborated with Taliesin on a residence in Dallas.

The Architects Partnership began projects for Horseshoe Bay in the Texas Hill Country in the late 1960's, designing most of their original buildings, and homes for both owners of Horseshoe Bay. .

In 1993, Ron and Caroline moved to Burnet County, Texas to her family’s ranch. Ron’s work continued at Horseshoe Bay, where he designed Applehead Island, many residences and both churches, The Catholic Church and The Protestant Church and residences in the area. He designed ‘Casa Angela’ for Dallas friends in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, of which he was most proud. He also designed The Hill Country Children’s Advocacy Center in Burnet, and the home on the ranch where he and Caroline lived.

Ron was influenced by the head of the architecture department at OU, Bruce Goff, and also by Frank Lloyd Wright. He loved the architecture of John Gaw Meem who designed their home in Gascon, New Mexico. He longed for one last trip to New Mexico to sit on the portal and look at the mountains. He loved sailing and watching the America’s Cup. He loved driving around the ranch and seeing the cattle and wildlife and fishing in the stock tanks. He loved any and all sports - but especially his beloved Oklahoma Sooners. He loved art and jazz and the Three Tenors and Andrea Bocelli and Waylon Jennings. He loved his friends. He loved his family. He loved to talk.

He did not want to leave us, but he was calm and at peace and not afraid.

Ron is survived by his wife of 31 years, Caroline Duncan Bradshaw, his daughter, Leslie and husband Joseph Gil and their children Miles and Maddie, of Chapel Hill, NC, his son, Blair Bradshaw and his wife Ellen Dunne, and their children Sebastian and Atticus, of San Francisco, and his daughter, Karen Bradshaw and her husband, Tim Carr and their son, Quinn, also of San Francisco. He is also survived by his nephew Cary Wood and wife Amy and their children, niece, Kristi and Brian Conroy and their children, all of Colorado, his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Donald and Ellen Duncan and their boys, Cameron (Brittanie), Hal and Bowie of New Braunfels, niece Margaret and Mike McDonald and their children, Katie and Ross of Austin, and niece Caroline Duncan Tinkle of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Honorary pallbearers will be his sons-in-law, Joseph Gil, & Tim Carr, his daughter-in-law Ellen Dunne, oldest grandson, Miles Gil, and nephews Cary Wood, Cameron Duncan, Hal Duncan, Bowie Duncan, and Ross McDoniel, his partners in The Architects Partnership, David W.George, Reagan W.George, Gerry M. Shaffer, and friends, Richard Miller and Curtis Neeley.

The family would like to thank Seton Highland Lakes Hospice, Burnet, Texas for their caring and kindness. They would also like to thank Dr. Ian Thompson of The University of Texas Cancer Therapy and Research Center for his skills as a surgeon, for his gift of time, and his friendship. They thank Krystal Kennedy and the staff at Cancer Therapy and Research Center for their kindness. And most especially they thank Ron’s oncologist, Dr. Anan Karnad at CTRC for his professionalism, dedication, gentle manner and friendship.

Should you wish to make a donation, please consider Seton Highland Lakes Hospice, P O Box 1219, Burnet, TX 78611, the Burnet Volunteer Fire Dept, P O Box 1369, Burnet, TX 78611, the Hoover’s Valley Volunteer Fire Dept., 303 Sherwood Dr., Burnet, TX. or Highland Lakes SPCA, 124 Hills Court, Horseshoe Bay, TX. 78657, or the UT Health Science CTRC for Renal Cell Carcinoma Research in San Antonio, TX.

A Memorial Service in memory of Ron October 19, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. at The Protestant Church at Horseshoe Bay, Texas. Condolences may be offered to the family by visiting www.clementswilcoxburnet.com.

Arrangements made by Clements-Wilcox Funeral Home and Crematory Burnet, Texas.