William "Bill" Bruckner

William Bruckner, 79, died on December 24, 2017 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after a year-long battle with leukemia. He was surrounded by his loving family. Bill was born May 22, 1938 in Vienna, Austria to Alfred and Gisela Bruckner. He, with his family, escaped war-torn Austria as an infant and grew up in Staines, England, Washington Heights, NY, and Syracuse, NY. He graduated from Syracuse High School and City College of New York.

A financial analyst and stockbroker on Wall Street and later in Sarasota, FL, Bill married Grethe R. Boe, of Norway, in 1964 and they raised their daughters, Heidi and Lisa, in Pelham Manor, NY. In 1989, he and Grethe moved to Longboat Key, FL, but in recent years they moved to the North Shore of Massachusetts to be close to family.

Bill enjoyed nothing more than spending time with his children and grandchildren and cooking for the people he loved. Aside from good food, he enjoyed traveling, skiing, sailing, and just being near the ocean. He kept up with the New York Times and was an avid reader. He also loved to find the finest restaurants wherever he happened to be. An eternal optimist, he had a great sense of humor and was quick with a story or anecdote. He lit up a room when he got excited about something and will be missed by so many. Bill was close with his beloved sister Herta and his lifelong best friend Jerry Waldman.

Bill is survived by his wife, Grethe Bruckner, his daughter, Heidi, and son-in-law Kurt Fliegauf, his daughter Lisa, and son-in-law David Gast, and his grandchildren, Erik Fliegauf, Matthew Fliegauf, Andrew Gast, and Zoe Gast. He is also survived by his sister, Herta Tishcoff, and many cousins, nieces, and nephews all over the world.

Services will be held on Thursday, Thursday, December 28 at 11:30 a.m., at Temple Emanu-El, 393 Atlantic Ave., Marblehead, MA, with interment immediately following at Waterside Cemetery, 294 West Shore Dr., Marblehead, MA.

His family would like to acknowledge the brilliant and caring doctors and nurses in the oncology unit at MGH. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to the Mass General Hospital Cancer Center, 55 Fruit St., Boston, MA 02114 (https://giving.massgeneral.org/cancer/) or to your local food bank.