Betsy D. Bruce
October 3, 1922 - July 5, 2011
Graveside services: 2 p.m. Sunday, July 10, at Akard Cemetery, Fair Play
Visitation: 6-7:30 p.m. Saturday, Murray Funeral Home
Betsy D. Bruce, 88, of Fair Play died Tuesday, July 5, 2011, at Parkview Healthcare Facility in Bolivar after a short illness.
She was born Oct. 3, 1922, in Fair Play, Polk County, the only child of Archie A. and Daisie Frieze Taylor.
She was an 11-year alumni of Fair Play School; then moving with her parents to Redlands, Calif., where she graduated from high school. She married Roy H. Bruce Jr. on March 16, 1941, and to this union were born three children.
Preceding her in death was one daughter, Marie Marceline "Marcie" Moore.
Survivors include sons Steven L. Bruce and wife Karren and Ronald Dean Bruce and wife Cindy, all of Fair Play; nine grandchildren, Pamela Polallis and husband Neal, Michelle Slagle, Michael Bruce and wife Amy, Karrie Bruce, Heather Fitch and husband Charles, Lita Lea, Billy Bruce, Brandon Bruce and wife Sherry and Haleigh Bruce; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Betsy was born and raised in Missouri in her younger years. She then moved to California, where she met her husband, Roy, and they started a family. Shortly after their marriage, Roy entered the Army and served overseas in World War II. After returning, he worked in law enforcement in Orange County, Calif. In 1956 they both decided they wanted to raise their family in Missouri. Upon returning to Missouri, they purchased a farm in the Fair Play area where they raised their three children, all graduating from Fair Play Schools.
Betsy was a very outspoken person that several people did admire. She worked in different retail locations in Bolivar and also ran her own business in restaurant and then in antiques. She was active in school and other community activities. She was also a lifetime member of the D.A.V. Auxiliary of Bolivar. She was a member of the Lutheran Church in Orange, Calif., and had transferred her membership in 1976 to Bolivar Zion Lutheran Church.
She will be sadly missed by her family, friends and community.
Graveside services are 2 p.m. Sunday, July 10, at Akard Cemetery, Fair Play, with the Rev. David Stunkel officiating under the direction of Murray Funeral Home, Bolivar.
Visitation is 6-7:30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to CMH Hospice, 1600 N. Oakland Ave., Bolivar MO 5613.
Online condolences may be made at www.murrayfuneralhomes.com.
October 3, 1922 - July 5, 2011
Graveside services: 2 p.m. Sunday, July 10, at Akard Cemetery, Fair Play
Visitation: 6-7:30 p.m. Saturday, Murray Funeral Home
Betsy D. Bruce, 88, of Fair Play died Tuesday, July 5, 2011, at Parkview Healthcare Facility in Bolivar after a short illness.
She was born Oct. 3, 1922, in Fair Play, Polk County, the only child of Archie A. and Daisie Frieze Taylor.
She was an 11-year alumni of Fair Play School; then moving with her parents to Redlands, Calif., where she graduated from high school. She married Roy H. Bruce Jr. on March 16, 1941, and to this union were born three children.
Preceding her in death was one daughter, Marie Marceline "Marcie" Moore.
Survivors include sons Steven L. Bruce and wife Karren and Ronald Dean Bruce and wife Cindy, all of Fair Play; nine grandchildren, Pamela Polallis and husband Neal, Michelle Slagle, Michael Bruce and wife Amy, Karrie Bruce, Heather Fitch and husband Charles, Lita Lea, Billy Bruce, Brandon Bruce and wife Sherry and Haleigh Bruce; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Betsy was born and raised in Missouri in her younger years. She then moved to California, where she met her husband, Roy, and they started a family. Shortly after their marriage, Roy entered the Army and served overseas in World War II. After returning, he worked in law enforcement in Orange County, Calif. In 1956 they both decided they wanted to raise their family in Missouri. Upon returning to Missouri, they purchased a farm in the Fair Play area where they raised their three children, all graduating from Fair Play Schools.
Betsy was a very outspoken person that several people did admire. She worked in different retail locations in Bolivar and also ran her own business in restaurant and then in antiques. She was active in school and other community activities. She was also a lifetime member of the D.A.V. Auxiliary of Bolivar. She was a member of the Lutheran Church in Orange, Calif., and had transferred her membership in 1976 to Bolivar Zion Lutheran Church.
She will be sadly missed by her family, friends and community.
Graveside services are 2 p.m. Sunday, July 10, at Akard Cemetery, Fair Play, with the Rev. David Stunkel officiating under the direction of Murray Funeral Home, Bolivar.
Visitation is 6-7:30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to CMH Hospice, 1600 N. Oakland Ave., Bolivar MO 5613.
Online condolences may be made at www.murrayfuneralhomes.com.
Betsy D. Bruce
October 3, 1922 - July 5, 2011
Graveside services: 2 p.m. Sunday, July 10, at Akard Cemetery, Fair Play
Visitation: 6-7:30 p.m. Saturday, Murray Funeral Home
Betsy D. Bruce, 88, of Fair Play died Tuesday, July 5, 2011, at Parkview Healthcare Facility in Bolivar after a short illness.
She was born Oct. 3, 1922, in Fair Play, Polk County, the only child of Archie A. and Daisie Frieze Taylor.
She was an 11-year alumni of Fair Play School; then moving with her parents to Redlands, Calif., where she graduated from high school. She married Roy H. Bruce Jr. on March 16, 1941, and to this union were born three children.
Preceding her in death was one daughter, Marie Marceline "Marcie" Moore.
Survivors include sons Steven L. Bruce and wife Karren and Ronald Dean Bruce and wife Cindy, all of Fair Play; nine grandchildren, Pamela Polallis and husband Neal, Michelle Slagle, Michael Bruce and wife Amy, Karrie Bruce, Heather Fitch and husband Charles, Lita Lea, Billy Bruce, Brandon Bruce and wife Sherry and Haleigh Bruce; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Betsy was born and raised in Missouri in her younger years. She then moved to California, where she met her husband, Roy, and they started a family. Shortly after their marriage, Roy entered the Army and served overseas in World War II. After returning, he worked in law enforcement in Orange County, Calif. In 1956 they both decided they wanted to raise their family in Missouri. Upon returning to Missouri, they purchased a farm in the Fair Play area where they raised their three children, all graduating from Fair Play Schools.
Betsy was a very outspoken person that several people did admire. She worked in different retail locations in Bolivar and also ran her own business in restaurant and then in antiques. She was active in school and other community activities. She was also a lifetime member of the D.A.V. Auxiliary of Bolivar. She was a member of the Lutheran Church in Orange, Calif., and had transferred her membership in 1976 to Bolivar Zion Lutheran Church.
She will be sadly missed by her family, friends and community.
Graveside services are 2 p.m. Sunday, July 10, at Akard Cemetery, Fair Play, with the Rev. David Stunkel officiating under the direction of Murray Funeral Home, Bolivar.
Visitation is 6-7:30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to CMH Hospice, 1600 N. Oakland Ave., Bolivar MO 5613.
Online condolences may be made at www.murrayfuneralhomes.com.
October 3, 1922 - July 5, 2011
Graveside services: 2 p.m. Sunday, July 10, at Akard Cemetery, Fair Play
Visitation: 6-7:30 p.m. Saturday, Murray Funeral Home
Betsy D. Bruce, 88, of Fair Play died Tuesday, July 5, 2011, at Parkview Healthcare Facility in Bolivar after a short illness.
She was born Oct. 3, 1922, in Fair Play, Polk County, the only child of Archie A. and Daisie Frieze Taylor.
She was an 11-year alumni of Fair Play School; then moving with her parents to Redlands, Calif., where she graduated from high school. She married Roy H. Bruce Jr. on March 16, 1941, and to this union were born three children.
Preceding her in death was one daughter, Marie Marceline "Marcie" Moore.
Survivors include sons Steven L. Bruce and wife Karren and Ronald Dean Bruce and wife Cindy, all of Fair Play; nine grandchildren, Pamela Polallis and husband Neal, Michelle Slagle, Michael Bruce and wife Amy, Karrie Bruce, Heather Fitch and husband Charles, Lita Lea, Billy Bruce, Brandon Bruce and wife Sherry and Haleigh Bruce; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Betsy was born and raised in Missouri in her younger years. She then moved to California, where she met her husband, Roy, and they started a family. Shortly after their marriage, Roy entered the Army and served overseas in World War II. After returning, he worked in law enforcement in Orange County, Calif. In 1956 they both decided they wanted to raise their family in Missouri. Upon returning to Missouri, they purchased a farm in the Fair Play area where they raised their three children, all graduating from Fair Play Schools.
Betsy was a very outspoken person that several people did admire. She worked in different retail locations in Bolivar and also ran her own business in restaurant and then in antiques. She was active in school and other community activities. She was also a lifetime member of the D.A.V. Auxiliary of Bolivar. She was a member of the Lutheran Church in Orange, Calif., and had transferred her membership in 1976 to Bolivar Zion Lutheran Church.
She will be sadly missed by her family, friends and community.
Graveside services are 2 p.m. Sunday, July 10, at Akard Cemetery, Fair Play, with the Rev. David Stunkel officiating under the direction of Murray Funeral Home, Bolivar.
Visitation is 6-7:30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to CMH Hospice, 1600 N. Oakland Ave., Bolivar MO 5613.
Online condolences may be made at www.murrayfuneralhomes.com.
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