By Katie Teachout
The Journal 

'Just help one person'

Dispatcher retires after 25 years

 

Last updated 5/21/2020 at 12:23pm

Katie Teachout | The Journal

Adams County Sheriff Dale Wagner thanks Marsha Bradshaw for her years of service as administrative assistant Sarah Ferderer looks on.

RITZVILLE - A line of firetrucks, family, friends, ambulances and Adams County Sheriff's department vehicles paraded past Marsha Bradshaw's home on 5th Ave Monday to honor her for a long career of service as a 911 dispatcher.

"After close to 25 years dispatching for us, she will be a voice we will miss dearly," Adams County Sheriff's Office Administrative Assistant Sarah Ferderer said.

Bradshaw worked as an Adams County dispatcher for 24 years and six months, following work with the Moses Lake Police Department from 1981-88.

"I did my job. I felt if I could help just one person, one time, that was my goal in life," Bradshaw said. "I know I've helped a lot more people than that, so I met my goal. "That should be everyone's goal - to just do the best you can."

Katie Teachout | The Journal

Emergency vehicles parade through the city in honor of Marsha Bradshaw, a dispatcher who is retiring after 25 years.

Organized as a surprise, the parade included EMS workers Karin Schaefer, Roni Kinney, Brooke Pichette, Chablis Green, Josh Browlowe and Robert Dew; firemen Chad Hoeft, Scott Kembel, Lindsey Lefevre, Justin McKenzie, Andy Lefevre, Kellen Hays, Dave Breazeale, Ritzville Police Chief Dave McCormick, and Scott Carruth; friends Vicki Federer and Parker Henkel; and law enforcement personnel Sheriff Dale Wagner, Undersheriff Adolfo Coronado, Sgt. Juan Garcia, Ferderer, Jail Commander Nick Williams, current dispatcher Kevin Swartz, current Emergency 911 Manager Angie Fode, Jail Sergeant Seth Henkel, retired deputy Ned Bernath, police officer Mark Cameron, retired civil deputy Yvonne Anderson, retired deputy and current Emergency Management Coordinator Jay Weise; and dispatcher Sandie Neisinger, Bradshaw's partner for seven years.

Receiving gifts and cards for Bradshaw from passers-by were Ferderer and Wagner.

Bradshaw called the parade "a surprise-and-a-half," after Ferderer knocked on her door to invite her outside. Secret-keepers included Bradshaw's daughters, grand-daughters and 6-year-old great-granddaughter Allaura West.

"'Surprise' is the understatement of the year," Bradshaw said.

Author Bio

Katie Teachout, Former Journal Editor

Katie Teachout is the former editor of The Ritzville Adams County Journal. Previously, she worked as a reporter at The Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle, the Oroville Gazette-Tribune, Northern Kittitas County Tribune and the Methow Valley News. She is a graduate of Western Washington University.

 

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