Otto Foster BruceAge: 47 years1895–1942
- Name
- Otto Foster Bruce
- Given names
- Otto Foster
- Surname
- Bruce
Shared note: Otto James Bruce Obituary and Family Listing
 Birth | April 7, 1895 24 22 |
 Birth of a sister | Leone Elizabeth Bruce February 3, 1897 (Age 21 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Robert Wallace Bruce April 7, 1900 (Age 5 years) |
 Census | June 20, 1900 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Dorothy Louise Bruce February 16, 1910 (Age 14 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 15 years) |
| Census | January 14, 1920 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Daniel Bruce July 19, 1920 (Age 25 years) Source: Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920 Text: Name: Daniel Bruce
Sex: Male
Age: 84 yr
Race: W
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 19 Jul 1920
Event Place: Union Township, Indiana
Birth Year (Estimated): 1836
Affiliate Repository Place: County Clerk Office, City Health Office Rochester
Source Reference: The source of this record is the book C-19 on page 48 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration. |
 Marriage | Ruth Lois Sayers — View this family July 21, 1920 (Age 25 years) Source: Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019 Text: Name: Otto Foster Bruce
Sex: Male
Birth Date: 7 April 1895
Birthplace: Crown Point, Ind
Residence Place: Crown Point, Ind
Race: White
Number of Previous Marriages: First
Father's Name: Otto J Bruce
Father's Sex: Male
Mother's Name: Lillian F Foster
Mother's Sex: Female
Spouse's Name: Ruth Lois Sayers
Spouse's Sex: Female
Spouse's Residence Place: Crawfordsville, Ind.
Spouse's Birth Date: 2 March 1899
Spouse's Birthplace: Mt. Carroll, Ill.
Spouse's Race: White
Spouse's Previous Marriage Number: First
Spouse's Father's Name: Wm Q Sayers
Spouse's Father's Sex: Male
Spouse's Mother's Name: Carrie E Clark
Certifier's Name: Edgar A Rice
Officiator's Name: M. H. Appleby
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 21 July 1920
Event Place: Montgomery, Indiana, United States |
| Birth of a sister | Carol Jean Martin June 15, 1921 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a sister | Leone Elizabeth Bruce June 24, 1921 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Jeanette Bruce September 26, 1921 (Age 26 years) Shared note: Triplet Sisters |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Helen Bruce September 26, 1921 (Age 26 years) Shared note: Triplet Sisters |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Leone “Lowie” Bruce September 26, 1921 (Age 26 years) Shared note: Triplet Sisters |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Sarah Elizabeth Hizer October 28, 1921 (Age 26 years) |
| Census | April 11, 1930 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | James W Foster April 8, 1932 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Elizabeth Louisa Ashby December 4, 1936 (Age 41 years) |
| Census | April 26, 1940 (Age 45 years) |
 Death | July 6, 1942 (Age 47 years) |
 Obituary | Otto Foster Bruce Obituary and Family Listing July 7, 1942 (1 day after death) Shared note: Otto Foster Bruce Obituary and Family Listing |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maplewood Memorial Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Otto James Bruce Birth: October 25, 1870 34 30 — Center, Lake, Indiana, United States Death: December 30, 1954 — Crawfordsville, Montgomery, Indiana, United States |
| mother |
Lillian May Foster Birth: November 15, 1872 25 23 — Montgomery, Indiana, United States Death: January 2, 1947 — Crown Point, Lake, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: May 16, 1894 — Montgomery, Indiana, United States |
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11 months himself |
Otto Foster Bruce Birth: April 7, 1895 24 22 — Crown Point, Lake, Indiana, United States Death: July 6, 1942 — Gary, Lake, Indiana, United States |
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22 months younger sister |
Leone Elizabeth Bruce Birth: February 3, 1897 26 24 — Indiana, United States Death: June 24, 1921 — Winamac, Pulaski, Indiana, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Robert Wallace Bruce Birth: April 7, 1900 29 27 — Crown Point, Lake, Indiana, United States Death: July 29, 1978 — Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States |
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21 years younger sister |
Carol Jean Martin Birth: June 15, 1921 — Indiana, United States Death: May 14, 2020 — Greenwood, Wells, Indiana, United States |
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-11 years younger sister |
Dorothy Louise Bruce Birth: February 16, 1910 39 37 — Crown Point, Lake, Indiana, United States Death: February 13, 2001 — Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States |
| Family with Ruth Lois Sayers |
| himself |
Otto Foster Bruce Birth: April 7, 1895 24 22 — Crown Point, Lake, Indiana, United States Death: July 6, 1942 — Gary, Lake, Indiana, United States |
| wife |
Ruth Lois Sayers Birth: March 2, 1899 32 30 — Mount Carroll, Carroll, Illinois, United States Death: 1985 — Crown Point, Lake, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: July 21, 1920 — Montgomery, Indiana, United States |
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14 months daughter |
Jeanette Bruce Birth: September 26, 1921 26 22 — Crown Point, Lake, Indiana, United States Death: June 2, 1971 — Crown Point, Lake, Indiana, United States |
| daughter |
Helen Bruce Birth: September 26, 1921 26 22 — Crown Point, Lake, Indiana, United States Death: June 30, 1991 — Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States |
| daughter |
Leone “Lowie” Bruce Birth: September 26, 1921 26 22 — Crown Point, Lake, Indiana, United States Death: October 23, 1995 — Virginia, United States |
Otto Foster Bruce has 8 first cousins recorded
Father's family (8)
Parents William Albert Light + Naomi Ella Bruce
Parents James Henry Bruce + Emma Alice Bruce
Parents John Lewis Hoesel + Cora Vell Bruce
Mother's family (0)
| Marriage | Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019 Text: Name: Otto Foster Bruce
Sex: Male
Birth Date: 7 April 1895
Birthplace: Crown Point, Ind
Residence Place: Crown Point, Ind
Race: White
Number of Previous Marriages: First
Father's Name: Otto J Bruce
Father's Sex: Male
Mother's Name: Lillian F Foster
Mother's Sex: Female
Spouse's Name: Ruth Lois Sayers
Spouse's Sex: Female
Spouse's Residence Place: Crawfordsville, Ind.
Spouse's Birth Date: 2 March 1899
Spouse's Birthplace: Mt. Carroll, Ill.
Spouse's Race: White
Spouse's Previous Marriage Number: First
Spouse's Father's Name: Wm Q Sayers
Spouse's Father's Sex: Male
Spouse's Mother's Name: Carrie E Clark
Certifier's Name: Edgar A Rice
Officiator's Name: M. H. Appleby
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 21 July 1920
Event Place: Montgomery, Indiana, United States |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Otto James Bruce - Household
Crown Point, Lake, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Otto James Bruce - Household
Center, Lake, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Otto James Bruce - Household
Center, Lake, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Otto Foster Bruce - Household
Crown Point, Lake, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Otto Foster Bruce - Household
Crown Point, Lake, Indiana, United States
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| Obituary | Otto Foster Bruce Obituary and Family Listing
Foster Bruce of Crown Point Is Taken By Death
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Foster Bruce, 47, Crown Point attorney, and well known here, died at 1 a. m. Monday in Gary Methodst hospital of a kidney ailment and high blood pressure, it was learned today. He served in the World War I, and was past commander of Crown Point post, American Legion.
Surviving are his parents, Attorney and Mrs. Otto Bruce; his widow, Ruth, triplet daughters, Helen, Leone and Jeanette; one brother, Dr. Robert Bruce, of Wabash college, and a sister, Mrs. Fred Schlegel, of Indianapolis.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Presbyterial [sic] church in Crown Point.
Source: Vidette-Messenger of Porter County (Valparaiso, Indiana) - 07 Jul 1942, Tue - page 2
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Courtesy of GrammyJan (#48241020)--
Thursday, July 9, 1942
Fulton County Obituaries
Mrs. J. L. HOESEL, of Culver, attended the funeral services of her nephew, Foster BRUCE, 47, which were held at Crown Point, Wednesday afternoon. The deceased who passed away Sunday evening was a lieutenant in the First World War. He is survived by his widow and triplet daughters, Helen [BRUCE], Leona [BRUCE] and Jeanette [BRUCE], all of Crown Point.
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| Name | Lillian May Bruce (nee Foster) Obituary and Family Listing
Mrs. J. L. HOESEL of near Leiters Ford has received word of the death of Mrs. Lillian BRUCE, which occurred Thursday morning at her residence in Crown Point, Ind.
Mrs. Bruce was the wife of Otto J. BRUCE, former resident of Aubbeenaubbee township. The couple celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary last May 16.
Funeral services were held in Crown Point Sunday and burial was made in a Crown Point cemetery.
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| Name | Otto James Bruce Obituary and Family Listing
Otto J. Bruce,
Veteran Lawyer,
Dies at 85
Mrs. Hoesel Receives
Word Of Brother's Death
Mrs. J. L. Hoesel has received word of the death of her brother. Otto J. Bruce. age 85, of Crown Point, who passed away Friday at the Culver Hospital in Crawfordsville.
Mr. Bruce was a graduate of Ladoga College, Ladoga, Ind, and of the University of Michigan Law School at Ann Arbor.
He taught school in Pulaski County for four years and bad county law in the same office building in Crown Point for the past 60 years. Last November he was honored by the members of the Par Association in Crown Point at a banquet celebrating his 60th anniversary as a practicing lawyer.
Surviving relatives include son, Robert Bruce of Crawfordsville: a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Chlagel of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Hoesel.
Services were held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Crown Point Presbyterian Church where he was a member. Mrs. Hoesel, her daughter. Mrs. Barrett Ervine, and son, Evert Hoesel attended the funeral.
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