Richard D Bruce

August 1, 1948 - August 14, 2021

Burial Date: August 23, 2021

Funeral Home Henry W. Anderson Mortuary, Minneapolis

Cemetery Resurrection Cemetery

Service Location St. Helena Catholic Church

Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, August 23, 2021 at 10:30 AM, with a visitation one hour before at the Church of St. Helena, 3204 E. 43rd St., Minneapolis. Richard will be laid to rest at Resurrection Cemetery in Mendota Heights.

Richard D. Bruce
Age 73, of Minneapolis, born August 1, 1948 on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in Belcourt N.D., to Ernest & Bertha Bruce, passed away peacefully August 14, 2021. Richard was a proud member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. He graduated Augsburg College with honors. Richard was a 50-year member of Carpenters Local Union #322 and 17-year member of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local #1005. He loved the outdoors (hunting & fishing), sports (Vikings & Twins) and most of all his family.

He was preceded in death by his brothers, Michael & Ernest “Jr.”

Richard was a beloved husband, father and brother who will be dearly missed by his loving wife of 44 years, Elaine; sons: Anthony and Nathaniel (Jen Hobaugh); sisters, Shirley (Barry) Ertl and Sharon Seliski and other family and friends.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, August 23, 2021 at 10:30 AM, with a visitation one hour before at the Church of St. Helena, 3204 E. 43rd St., Minneapolis. Richard will be laid to rest at Resurrection Cemetery in Mendota Heights.