Dear Family of Bruce,
Please know how sincerely sorry I am on the passing of such a kind sole. He was not only a good boss to me but we with the gang at Ellis have/had shared to many memories together. I wish the family peace in the memories you have with Bruce and may he rest in peace.
Cathy Samsonow
It was great knowing and working with you
Test in peace Frien
Bruce has been such a wonderful father-in-law, and an amazing dad and grampa to Erin and Kaiden. We have many happy memories of times spent together in both Canada and England.
On one visit to the Cotswolds, the local artist who we had rented a cottage from, showed us around his art gallery / shop, which was mostly full of landscapes and nature paintings from various local artists. I think the artist was a little disappointed, that after looking at and complimenting his own paintings, Bruce decided to buy a photograph of a door (just a door) by another artist. I thought this was brilliant!
We always had great conversations about art and photography, among many other things, and he was always so interesting to talk to.
Kaiden has always been crazy about his Grampa, and would get so excited about going to visit him and Brenda. Bruce had an incredible calming effect on him like no one else could. He will miss him so much.
I will greatly miss his good nature, humour and calming presence, as I'm sure everyone who knew him will. Rest in peace Bruce.
We have such a lot of memories. He was always keen on all things British and loved antiques - best if they had a good story attached to them. I remember calling round to see Brenda to discuss setting up Trelawney. He offered me a glass of wine and when he found out the purpose of the visit. sat down and listened to the proposal. I never got the glass of wine.
My friendship with Bruce spanned over 45 years and he truely was my "Best Friend". My condolences to Brenda and his children for their loss of such a wonderful person, I will miss him greatly.
Bruce brought joy to all around him as he lived his life and was a person that you wanted to know and spend time with. Our journeys together on various vacations, including his favourite place, the United Kingdom, will be in my memories forever. He was a special person to me and I will always have wonderful thoughts of our times together, may he rest in peace along with his parents.