Robert aka “Buffalo Bob” Bruce

Bruce, Robert aka “Buffalo Bob”, 69, passed away Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at his home. Visitation with the family will be 5:30 ~ 7:30 P.M., Thursday, June 12, Downing Lahey Mortuary East. Service will be 11:00 A.M., Friday, June 13, St. James Episcopal Church. Robert was a partner in Aladdin Petroleum Company for many years, working in both Wichita and Turkey and later becoming an independent oil and gas producer. His mother was Miss America in 1926. Robert attended Mexico Missouri Military Academy. He attended the University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. He was preceded in death by his mother, Norma and his father, George H. Bruce, a sister, DesCygne Denney and a brother, Bill Bruce. Survived by his wife, Deanna Bruce, daughter, Heather Bruce of Wichita, son, Brian Hamilton (Sarah) of Leawood, KS, grandsons, Fletcher and Chase Hamilton, nephews, Tom Denney and Pete Denney. Memorials have been established with Mexico Missouri Military Academy, 204 N. Grand St., Mexico, MO, 65265, WSU Foundation, School of Geology, 1845 N. Fairmount, Wichita, KS, 67260 and St. James Episcopal Church, 3750 E. Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67208. Visitation with the family will be 5:30 ~ 7:30 P.M., Thursday, June 12, Downing Lahey Mortuary East.