Alexander died in Godfrey IL Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Dugger" <cvdugger@allera.net> To: <ILWHITE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 2:59 AM Subject: [ILWHITE] Alexander E. Bruce obit > > > This obit had his last name listed as Godfrey, but that must have been a > typo as the rest of the article seems to confirm his name was Alexander E. > Bruce. > Carol Dugger > > > Alexander Bruce GODFREY > > > > > January 12, 2003 > > > > > > Alexander E. Bruce, 87, died at 1:05 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10, 2003, at > St. Anthony's Health Center, Alton. He was born July 12, 1915, in Ridgeway, > Ill., to Orval Pool and Ida Jerrells Bruce, now deceased. He married the > former Vesta Eilene Bradshaw May 27, 1939, in Alton. She died May 2, 1996. A > member of the Presbyterian Church and the Society of Engineers, he formerly > owned and operated his own design and development company for 35 years. > > Surviving are two sons and their wives, Larry and Bobbi Bruce of St. > Charles, Mo., Richard and Teri Bruce of Indianapolis; two grandsons; and a > brother and his wife, Willard C. and Bernie Bruce of Godfrey. > > Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Valhalla Memorial > Park in Godfrey. The Rev. Leroy Smith will officiate. > > Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association. > > Elias-Smith Funeral Homes and Crematory in Alton is in charge of > arrangements. > > ©The Telegraph 2003 > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >