Sad news.
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Hank
my war
BCP and I would take bets if we could 'push' a thread over 200 comments ...
I will Miss Him.
Define "real".
A Real Pain In The Ass At Times ....
h3mech
Active Member
sorry for your loss
littlelady
God bless the USA
Foxhound and I will certainly pass on all of your condolences to PanLady and Skillet Girl on Thursday.
That would be nice of y’all. Bruce was, certainly, a presence on this forum, plus irl. I still communicated with him after he stopped posting. I stopped hearing from him about 6 months ago. He was missed before his time on Earth ended. And, I agree in what you said about we never know, and should live it to the fullest, while we can.
I would have liked to go to his funeral, but we are committed to the grandtot babysitting thing. It is the same as we had to miss the funeral of a boy last year that our son grew up with, and, that was in Edgewater, too.
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Foxhound and I attended the memorial service for bcp (Bruce) this afternoon. It was a very nice service with a mixture of family, as well as old and new friends of Bruce's. At times it was quite emotional and there were lots of great stories shared about Bruce and a lot of laughter, along with some tears. Mostly laughing. We also got to meet his first granddaughter, who is 10 months old and is the spitting image of his daugther, SkilletGirl(Heather) - she's absolutely beautiful -with the biggest blue eyes ever!
We were able to pass on the condolences of everyone to both Marta(PanLady) and Heather(SkilletGirl) and they were very touched by them. The family had about 3 or 4 easels of pictures of Bruce throughout his life. As a young man, in the US Navy, as a young father, as a grandfather. He obviously doted on his granddaughter, as there was 1 whole easel of photos of just the two of them. So many pictures and so many memories. Out of all the pictures, there was one which stood out and made Foxhound and I laugh out loud. It was of Bruce holding Heather when she was a little baby. He was feeding her with a bottle. I asked Heather if I might take a picture of that photo to share on the forums. She said it was okay. Both Foxhound and I felt like it was "totally Bruce", as soon as we saw it. Those of you who knew him will agree, I'm sure.
It was hard to get just a picture of that one picture - but basically, it's the one in the center of this photo collage.
In case it's a little difficult to make out what the heck he is doing - he's feeding the baby her bottle in a caulking gun!!
We were able to pass on the condolences of everyone to both Marta(PanLady) and Heather(SkilletGirl) and they were very touched by them. The family had about 3 or 4 easels of pictures of Bruce throughout his life. As a young man, in the US Navy, as a young father, as a grandfather. He obviously doted on his granddaughter, as there was 1 whole easel of photos of just the two of them. So many pictures and so many memories. Out of all the pictures, there was one which stood out and made Foxhound and I laugh out loud. It was of Bruce holding Heather when she was a little baby. He was feeding her with a bottle. I asked Heather if I might take a picture of that photo to share on the forums. She said it was okay. Both Foxhound and I felt like it was "totally Bruce", as soon as we saw it. Those of you who knew him will agree, I'm sure.
It was hard to get just a picture of that one picture - but basically, it's the one in the center of this photo collage.
In case it's a little difficult to make out what the heck he is doing - he's feeding the baby her bottle in a caulking gun!!
I think all funerals should be a celebration of life of the deceased.
When my older brother passed at 37, his Army buddies and college fraternity friends had an awesome graveside celebration of life. That levity was both needed and necessary at that time. It started the healing.
When my older brother passed at 37, his Army buddies and college fraternity friends had an awesome graveside celebration of life. That levity was both needed and necessary at that time. It started the healing.
littlelady
God bless the USA
Thanks for sharing with the forum, Bann; bcp was a unique person, and, was already sorely missed. I was fortunate to have known him and fam irl. Hang in there, Marta and Heather. Your husband/father was truly loved by many, and he brought humor to this forum, and made us laugh. Humor in life is most important.
I met y’all the one time on the same day. It had a huge impact on me, over time. Rest well, Bruce.
I met y’all the one time on the same day. It had a huge impact on me, over time. Rest well, Bruce.
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frequentflier
happy to be living
Foxhound and I attended the memorial service for bcp (Bruce) this afternoon. It was a very nice service with a mixture of family, as well as old and new friends of Bruce's. At times it was quite emotional and there were lots of great stories shared about Bruce and a lot of laughter, along with some tears. Mostly laughing. We also got to meet his first granddaughter, who is 10 months old and is the spitting image of his daugther, SkilletGirl(Heather) - she's absolutely beautiful -with the biggest blue eyes ever!
We were able to pass on the condolences of everyone to both Marta(PanLady) and Heather(SkilletGirl) and they were very touched by them. The family had about 3 or 4 easels of pictures of Bruce throughout his life. As a young man, in the US Navy, as a young father, as a grandfather. He obviously doted on his granddaughter, as there was 1 whole easel of photos of just the two of them. So many pictures and so many memories. Out of all the pictures, there was one which stood out and made Foxhound and I laugh out loud. It was of Bruce holding Heather when she was a little baby. He was feeding her with a bottle. I asked Heather if I might take a picture of that photo to share on the forums. She said it was okay. Both Foxhound and I felt like it was "totally Bruce", as soon as we saw it. Those of you who knew him will agree, I'm sure.
It was hard to get just a picture of that one picture - but basically, it's the one in the center of this photo collage.
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In case it's a little difficult to make out what the heck he is doing - he's feeding the baby her bottle in a caulking gun!!
I'm glad Bruce's funeral was a party. He'd have liked that. 
In case it's a little difficult to make out what the heck he is doing - he's feeding the baby her bottle in a caulking gun!!
Very typical and a good memory to share. After my mom's funeral, there was a gathering of the family at one of my aunt's house. There we share a lot of love and laughter over a great spread of food. I think Mom was smiling at that.
I'm glad Bruce's funeral was a party. He'd have liked that.
There were some epic Bruce stories shared!! One buddy of his just really captured Bruce's essence and spirit and it wasn't a "formal" type of eulogy. NOT in the least!!
But, it was truly one of the best I've ever heard. It brought me to tears to see the love he had for Bruce in sharing those stories and at the same time just reaching out to everyone in the room - to comfort them at the same time.