Bruce Felmly

Bruce Monica & Loree

Barefooting - 1999

Always ready to help - 2001

Holland 2001

Bruce and Tim - 2009

Yellowstone Mud Pots 2024

The real Bruce

Mt Diablo 2023

When my brother and I were children Bruce and Loree would take us out on their boat. Bruce patiently taught us to knee board and I even barefoot skied once! My brother and I adored him and loved his childlike energy. He was kind, fun, light-hearted, and full of life. When I was older I moved to SF alone and Bruce and Loree took me in. We would go to dinner, have drinks, and talk about life (they insisted on always paying). Bruce was candid, open, funny and had so much joy. I will always remember Bruce with a mischievous smile and a heart full of adventurous fun. It's truly a loss for the world.

I’m so sorry to hear of Bruce’s passing. His memory will live on in stories, laughter, and the love shared.

My nephew Bruce was the youngest of three boys. All of the boys, David, Kenny and Bruce, are special to me. I lived with them and their parents for quite a while when the boys were pre-teens. Although Bruce was the youngest, he was far from the most coddled. He was independent, resilient and intelligent. I remember I took him to the Air and Space Museum when he was maybe eight or nine. He was obsessed with the Apollo capsules and the explosive gasses that powered them. He wondered if they could be powered by a less dangerous gas, and I suggested methane. He said that’s farts right? I told him yes, it would be easy to collect on a manned space capsule, and he answered with that big smile of his: Yes true but the gas will back up and eventually explode the astronauts and we’ll all be in an inferno. That was my first insight into the intelligent and funny person that Bruce was and the successful, happy person that he would become. All who knew Bruce loved him, and we will miss him very much.

My nephew Bruce was the youngest of three boys. All of the boys, David, Kenny and Bruce, are special to me. I lived with them and their parents for quite a while when the boys were pre-teens. Although Bruce was the youngest, he was far from the most coddled. He was independent and resilient and intelligent. I remember I took him to the Air and Space Museum when he was maybe eight or nine. He was obsessed with the Apollo capsules and the explosive gasses that powered them. He wondered if they could be powered by a less dangerous gas, and I suggested methane. He said that’s farts right? I told him yes, it would be easy to collect on a manned space capsule, and he answered with that big smile of his: Yes true but the gas will back up and eventually explode the astronauts and we’ll all be in an inferno. That was my first insight into the intelligent and funny person that Bruce was and there successful, happy person that he would become. All who knew Bruce loved him, and we will miss him very much. Photo of Kenny, David and Bruce in 2010.

Dear Loree, We are saddened and deeply sorry for your loss! You are in or thoughts and are sending prayers, strength, and loving thoughts your way! The Skaife Family (Isaak, Adelynn, Nicole and Cory)