Bruce Vincent Osborne
May 30, 1946 – May 21, 2022
Acushnet, MA – Hoodsport, WA
Bruce was a Hoodsport resident for the last 26 years where
it was a self-employed Director of Maintenance with the following skills:
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HVAC Controls
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Service Technician
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Preventative
Maintenance Coordinator
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Driving Trainer/
Instructor
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CDL Class A/ Long Haul
(with his wife, Pat Hoff)
Bruce was known for his art and in fact he
built the Viking mask that he's wearing in the picture at the upper left which
was taken at the Annual fjordincrossin events in Hoodsport.
(He made sure nobody stole the aqavit!)
Bruce graduated from Tecumseh High School New Carlyle, OH.
This lower picture at the left was taken at age 20 as he
joined the United States Air Force. He was sent DaNang where he survived the Tet Offensive in January, 1968
Bruce is survived by his sister Dee Sweeney who lives in Port Townsend
Bruce was buried with Honors in the Tahoma National Cemetary in Kent, WA where both his parents are buried.
In this picture, Bruce is holding the two trout he caught in Lake Leeland a month before he died.
Bruce's water color self-portrait as a Viking
Bruce painted this water color of this Pelican