CLINTON —
Nov. 7, 1921 - July 8, 2012
Wayne C. Bruce, 90, of Clinton, died Sunday, July 8, 2012 at Mercy Living Center – North after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.
Per his wishes there will be no services or visitation. The body has been cremated. The Clinton Chapel Snell-Zornig Funeral Homes & Crematory assisted the family with the arrangements.
Wayne Currin Bruce was the oldest living child of Charles Edson and Inez G. Bruce. He was born in Hemet, California on November 7, 1921. He attended Buena Vista College at Storm Lake, Iowa for one and one-half years, enlisting in the United States Marine Corps in December, 1941. He spent the following four years in the South Pacific and returned to the United States and attended flight school at Wooster College. Took discharge after four and one-half years in the United States Marine Corps. He married Florine A. Wright on December 17, 1949.
Wayne enrolled at Simpson College and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Biology. He graduated from Drake University in Des Moines with a degree in Clinical Psychology in 1952.
Wayne worked as a School Psychologist and Director of Special Education Services in Clinton and Jackson counties in Iowa from August 1952 until July 1975. He joined the staff of the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency and served as the Coordinator of Special Education Services and School Psychologist until his retirement in 1988.
Wayne is survived by his wife: Florine of Clinton; two sisters: Lorraine Dunn of Rochester, Minnesota, and Eunice Duxburry of Scotland; and nieces and nephews.
Death date: July 8, 2012
Obituaries
July 30, 2012
Wayne C. Bruce
- Obituaries
-
-
Robert D. Dykema
Robert D. Dykema Aug. 25, 1932 - June 14, 2013 FULTON, Ill. -- Robert D. Dykema, 80, of Fulton, died Friday, June 14, 2013, at his home. Memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at the Fulton Chapel of the Bosma-Renkes Funeral
- Julie Ann Hutchins Merced, Calif. Julie Ann (Dieckmann) Hutchins Julie Ann (Dieckmann) Hutchins, 47, of Merced, Calif. and formerly of Calamus, died Sunday at Hy-Lond Health Care Center in Merced. Arrangements are pending at Schultz Funeral Home in DeWitt.
- Vincent 'Vince' Vesely SAVANNA, Ill. -- Vincent "Vince" Vesely, 78, of Hanover, Ill., died Sunday at home. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Law-Jones Funeral Home in Hanover. Visitation will be held prior to the service at the funeral home from noo
-
Mary K. Jones
Mary K. Jones June 26, 1927 - June 15, 2013 CLINTON -- Mary K. Jones, age 85, of Clinton, passed away Saturday, June 15, 2013 at the Alverno Health Care Facility. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at the Pape Funeral Hom
- Robert D. Dykema Fulton, Ill. Robert D. Dykema Robert D. Dykema, 80, of Fulton, died Friday, at home. Arrangements are pending at the Fulton chapel of the Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home.
-
Mae E. Schmidt
Mae E. Schmidt Sept. 4, 1922 - June 13, 2013 NORMAL, Ill. -- Mae E. Schmidt, 90, a resident of Normal, IL, formerly a longtime resident of Davenport, died Thursday, June 13, 2013 at Heritage Manor, Normal. Funeral services and a Mass of Christian Bu
- Ronald L. Carr Ronald L. Carr Feb. 17, 1939 - May 17, 2013 CARMEL, Maine -- Ronald L. Carr, age 74, of Carmel, Maine passed away Friday, May 17th, 2013. He was born Feb. 17th,1939, in Sandwich, IL. Ron is survived by his wife of 54 years, Dixie; sons, Jeffrey of Wi
-
Kevin J. Ehredt
Kevin J. Ehredt Jan. 14, 1961 - June 14, 2013 CLINTON -- Kevin J. Ehredt, 51, of Clinton, died Friday, June 14, 2013 surrounded by his family at his home. Funeral services will be 4:00 p.m., Monday, June 17, 2013 at the Clinton Chapel Snell-Zornig Fu
- Theodore 'Ted' Venhuizen MORRISON, Ill. -- Theodore "Ted" Venhuizen, 90, of Morrison, died Wednesday, at Pleasant View Nursing Home in Morrison. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Morrison Chapel of the Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home, with Ken Renkes, director of
- Bradley Giddins Camanche Bradley Giddins Bradley Giddins, 52, of Camanche, died Thursday at Select Specialty Hospital in Davenport. Arrangements are pending with Lemke Funeral Homes in Clinton.
- More Obituaries Headlines
-
