Graveside services will be Friday, March 1, for David Robert Bradfute, 53, a 1977 Tracy High School graduate, who died Feb. 15 in Modesto.

Born June, 20, 1959, in Stockton, Mr. Bradfute attended schools in Escalon and Tracy.

He had worked at Tracy Chop and Molding for 26 years.

Mr. Bradfute, who battled cancer, also participated in the Relay For Life of Tracy.

Survivors include his mother, Nita Colombo-Davis, and her husband, Henry Davis, of Tracy; siblings, Christine Steenburgh of Manteca, Julie Bradfute and Catherine Colombo-Garza, and her husband, Vince, all of Tracy, and Mark Vieira, and his wife, Shawn, of Modesto; three nieces; three nephews; and many aunts, uncles and cousins.

His father, Robert Doss Bradfute, preceded him in death.

Graveside services will begin at 10 a.m. March 1 at St. John’s Cemetery, 17871 S. Carrolton Road, in Escalon. A celebration of life will follow at 11 a.m. that same day at Big Valley Grace Community Church, 4040 Tully Road, in Modesto.

Visitation will be observed and a rosary recited from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, at Parkview Cemetery and Funeral Home, 3661 E. French Camp Road, in Manteca.

Remembrances may be sent to Parkview Cemetery, 3661 E. French Camp Road, Manteca, CA 95336; or to Big Valley Grace Community Church, 4040 Tully Road, Modesto, CA 95356.