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Deb Roberts posted a condolence
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Ruthie, I am so sorry to hear of Jerry's passing. I have many memories of sitting in your kitchen eating something yummy that Jerry cooked using a towel for a napkin. I still do that. Please accept my condolences.
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Joseph E Carpenter posted a condolence
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Bethany and Family, Our Sincere Condolences to You and Your Family in the Passing of your Dad. Thinking of You. Joe Carpenter and Robin
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Anonymous planted a tree in memory of Gerald Bruce
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
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Bethany and Neal we are thinking of you during this difficult. Sending love and best wishes from the Brinkman Family Join in honoring their life - plant a memorial tree
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Sare Hall posted a condolence
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Jerry’s Dad, Marc and my Dad were close friends. The Bruce’s were always in our lives growing up. His sister, Sandy used to babysit for my brother, John and I.
When I was 12 or 13, I invited about a dozen girls to a slumber party at my house in Athol. The day arrived and my Dad, at the last minute, wasn’t able to be there to chaperone. I was devastated! My dad called Jerry and asked him and Ruthie to chaperone the party, which they did. It was the absolute best party on a beautiful summer night and the coolest thing that happened was all of us girls piled into my dad’s ( Buick) convertible and Jerry and Ruth drove us around Thurman laughing and hanging out of the car! I’ll never forget that and all the little and big ways Jerry was there for me. He was an incredible man and he will be greatly missed.
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Amy McEwing posted a condolence
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
My sincerest condolences to Ruthie and the family. Jerry and Ruthie were so kind, so generous, and the best party hosts. They were the best of friends to my Mom, Beverly Ross, after I had my accident, and I knew they were always there to lift her spirits. Jerry, you were the sweetest, and I've never met a more dedicated husband and father. You'll be missed, but never forgotten.
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Tuesday, June 4, 2024
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gail luciano posted a condolence
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Thinking of you all at this sad time May God Bless and Comfort Jerry’s family. With Love , Peter and Gail Luciano
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Beverly (Mrs. Donald) Ross posted a condolence
Monday, June 3, 2024
I am heartbroken upon hearing of Jerry's passing. We were friends for so many years. . . . .we attended church, we were neighbors, we shared wonderful meals (what a cook he was), and through it all we knew we could rely on each other through good times and bad. Though time and miles separated us, the memories have never faded.
To Ruthie and the children, Matthew, Bethany, Adam, Toby, Patience and all, my deepest sympathy and affection. There will never be another like him.
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Johnstone Campbell posted a condolence
Sunday, June 2, 2024
Jerry was a gift giver. He gave me thoughtful, practical presents that I'm still using twenty years later. But the greatest, incomparable gift that he gave us all was himself: his smile, his laughter, his generosity of spirit, and his boundless love of family and friends. With his passing, these gifts of his smile, his laughter, his generosity of spirit, and his boundless love of family and friends shall continue to enrich our lives.
Thank you, Jerry,
love,
Johnstone
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Bud York posted a condolence
Sunday, June 2, 2024
Ruthie: my deepest sympathy to you and your family! I bought my first car from Gerry in 1970, a 1968 Firebird 400!
Thank you for your friendship!
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Martha posted a condolence
Saturday, June 1, 2024
Rest in peace, Uncle Jerry. You were the best story-teller and always a warm and generous host. Sending my condolences to all the Bruce clan.
xoxo
Martha
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Jolie Honey posted a condolence
Saturday, June 1, 2024
Rest in peace Uncle Jerry. May your spirit soar.
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Dan Smith posted a condolence
Saturday, June 1, 2024
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this time he was a gentleman always to me and was a pleasure to be in his presence your friend Dan smith
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Paul Gilchrist posted a condolence
Saturday, June 1, 2024
I need to make a correction in the memory message I sent an hour ago. The Cub Scout Field Day that Edna Bruce drove us to in the new Buick convertible in 1954 was at Silver Bay, not Sabbath Day Point.
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Susan M. Jennings posted a condolence
Saturday, June 1, 2024
Sincere condolences to Jerry’s. family and his many friends. Always quick to smile
Susan’s Jennings
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Paul Gilchrist posted a condolence
Saturday, June 1, 2024
Jerry and I were classmates. We were in Cub Scouts together and Edna was our Den Mother when the Bruces lived over the Bruce Buick Dealership just south of the bridge where McDonald's is now. What a thrill when Edna drove us in a new yellow Buick convertible over Tongue Mountain to the Cub Scout Field Day at Sabbath Day Point in June 1954, the year before the road to Diamond Point was paved.
When we took the SATs (Scholastic Aptitude Tests) in our senior year, we were totally surprised when Jerry got an incredible score on the math (ie, the quantitative) part of the test. As I recall, it was at the 98th percentile!! We didn't know we had a latent Einstein in our midst.
I remember playing ping pong with Jerry in the basement of what's now the Cornerstone Victorian house when the Bruces owned it for awhile.
Jerry and I were teammates in high school sports. Jerry was a very fast runner. When we did our wind
sprints the length of the field at the end of football practices, only Dick France would end up ahead of Jerry - by about five yards - but Jerry would be five yards ahead of everybody else. Bob Fisher was next, then yours truly and the rest.
I remember the parties at Ruth Mundy's house when Jerry lived next on the corner. Memorable times.
I regret I don't have any stories about Jerry when the Bruces were at the Colonial Arms.
I almost bought a new Kia from Garvey Kia about 15 years ago, but Barbara spotted a low-mileage used 2005 Buick LeSabre in the Chronicle ad for the other Garvey dealership for less than half the price. It had the more comfortable split-bench seats, column shift, and other features I preferred, so I bought it instead. Over the years, I bought three more 2005 LeSabres from Jerry when I spotted them on the lot he and Bob Maltbie had uptown. Don't expect to find any more of them. When doing the paper work in his office, Jerry and I would have long conversations about old times. Will miss him.
My condolences to Ruth, Bobby, and all the children and grandchildren.
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Bill and Nella Reed family planted a tree in memory of Gerald Bruce
Saturday, June 1, 2024
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To allow his continued memory. A wonderful neighbor and family manDeepest condolences to Ruth and each of his family members may God comfort you Join in honoring their life - plant a memorial tree
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Saturday, June 1, 2024
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Donnelynn Winslow posted a condolence
Saturday, June 1, 2024
I have known Jerry since I was about 5 when my father and mother bought his family’s home from his father Mark -18 Library avenue. Jerry was always smiling and laughing. Sorry for his passing
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Nancy Ross posted a condolence
Saturday, June 1, 2024
So sorry for your loss. He was an amazing man. My love to you all. Nancy Ross
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Friday, May 31, 2024
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