1944 - August 16, 2006
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Vernon Bruce Brunelle (class 1962) passed away August 16, 2006 after being diagnosed with
pancreatic cancer in June, 2006. Bruce (he later used his first name, Vernon) had resided in Santa
Ana, CA for the past many years, and survived but a short time Arlington Gardens Care Center in
Riverside, CA. No public services are being conducted.
He was born in Crookston, MN, and lived in Richland from 1949 until 1963. After graduation from
high school in 1962, Bruce attended an electronics technical school in Portland, OR for two
years. Bruce joined the Air Force and served honorably for eight years. After his military
service, he was employed by Hughes Electronics in Newport Beach, CA and most recently by Wright
Capacitors, Inc. in Santa Ana, CA.
Bruce enjoyed photography and genealogy as a hobby and also wrote financial software dealing with
the stock market.
Bruce, who never married, was preceded in death by both parents and is now survived by seven
brothers: Robert ('59) of Edmonds, WA; Roger ('61) of Huntington Beach, CA; Richard ('65) and
Jim ('66) of Anchorage, AK; Larry ('67) of Prosser, WA; Gary ('69) of Murrieta, CA; and Dave ('71)
of Yakima, WA.