Born in Brooklyn, New York a daughter of the late Joseph and Helen (Cioffi) Fulco and sister of the late Victoria Fulco. Lucia grew up speaking only Italian and learned English upon entering elementary school. A graduate of Franklin K. Lane High School in Queens, she went on to attend Queens College and then earn her Masters Degree in Biology from Brandeis University.
Lucia started her professional life as a science teacher at Brookline High School. During this time, she met and married Michael Bradley. They moved to Vermont where they published The Bradley Report a New England based restaurateurs guide. She eventually moved to Cape Cod, where she was the Town Clerk & Treasure for the Town of Bourne, and then the assistant Town Clerk for the Town of Barnstable.
Lucia was very involved in her local community, being a member of the local Democratic Town Committee and a founding member of the Bourne Charter Committee.
She enjoyed gardening, was an excellent chef, taught herself how to code and write computer programs, including a program that interconnected the Vital Records of all 295 Massachusetts towns.
She is survived by her children, Joseph Bradley and Kate Bradley Fulco and her sister Julia Fulco.
Her visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday, October 11, 2019 at the Nickerson-Bourne Funeral Home 40 MacArthur Blvd., Bourne. Interment at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 19, 2019 at Cataumet Cemetery.
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