He proudly served in the United States Army and was employed in the medical field for a number of years as a laboratory medical technologist. Bruce was a music lover and a talented guitarist, photographer, and woodworker. He was also an outdoorsman and a lover of nature.
Bruce leaves to cherish his memory his wife of 39 years, Susan J. Cook; son Andrew (Jessica) Gibson; daughter Amanda (Paul) Koenig; sister, Robin (William) Hunt; grandchildren Ashleigh Davis, Carson Koenig, and Henry Gibson; nieces Kelly and Samantha, and nephew Mark, as well as loving friends Paula Todd and Dragan and Stacie Trivunovic.