Name: Amend, Bruce Serenus
Burial Date: 1991, 04/26
Age at Death: 90
Plot Location: 895 C
Notes: Husband of Laura Avis(Proffitt)
Bruce Amend
Bruce Amend, a lifetime Sterling resident, died Tuesday, April 23, 1991, at the District Hospital in Lyons after a sudden illness.
He was born Oct. 17, 1900, at Sterling the son of Charles E. and Lizzie McClure Amend. He was a retired sheet-metal worker for Sterling Appliance, retiring in 1965.
He was a member of the United Methodist Church, Silver Threads and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, all at Sterling.
He married Laura Proffitt at Lyons on June 3, 1923.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; five sons, Bob, Don, and Larry, all of Sterling; Bill, El Dorado; and Rex, Holyrood; a daughter, Connie Green, Kansas City, MO; 16 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Services were held Friday at 2 p.m. at Porter and Sillin Funeral Home, Sterling, with the Rev. F. A. O’Kelley officiating. Burial was in the Sterling Community Cemetery.
| Birth: | Oct. 17, 1900 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA |
| Death: | Apr. 23, 1991 Lyons Rice County Kansas, USA |
 He married Laura Avis Proffitt on June 3, 1923, at Lyons, Kansas.Family links: Parents: Charles Elsworth Amend (1869 – 1947) Lizzie Powers McClure Amend (1868 – 1946)Spouse: Laura Avis Proffitt Amend (1906 – 1991)Children: Donald Bruce Amend (1928 – 2002)* Arden Lee Amend (1933 – 1956)* Rex G Amend (1935 – 2011)* Siblings: *Calculated relationship |
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| Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: Lot 895 C |
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| Created by: Janet Davis Record added: Nov 13, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 80369947 |
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