Philip Bruce Kline

Bruce was born August 18, 1961 in New Brunswick, NJ to the late Philip and Mildred Kline. Bruce proudly worked as a Field Service Engineer at FEI Company. In his younger years, Bruce raced stock cars and later enjoyed attending and watching the races. Bruce liked to be active and participated in many activities including country line dancing, hiking, roller skating, go-karting, volleyball, pickleball and eating ice cream. Above all, his greatest joy in life was spending time with his family.

He is survived by his “everything but wife”, Lynne Brotman; three beloved daughters, Melissa Kline, Nicole Kline, and Jenna Dertina (Ryan); grandson, Aiden; sister, Irene Padula; as well as other family members and friends.

Memorial services will be held in both North Carolina and New Jersey: On Sunday, September 25, 2016, services will be held 3:30 p.m. at Apex Funeral Home, 550 West Williams Street, Apex, NC. Reception to follow.

On Tuesday, September 27, 2016, Bruce will be honored from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Higgins Home for Funerals, 752 Mountain Boulevard, Watchung, NJ.

The family respectfully requests that no flowers be sent and prefers any memorial contributions to be in the form of donations to Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C). SU2C’s mission is to raise funds to accelerate the pace of groundbreaking translational research that can get new therapies to patients quickly and save lives now. For information on how to donate please visit http://do.eifoundation.org/goto/PBKline.