Samuel "Esson" Bruce

Samuel "Esson" Bruce
BRUCE , Samuel "Esson" October 18, 1917 - February 27, 2009 The family is saddened to announce the passing of Samuel Esson Bruce of Calgary on Friday, February 27, 2009, at the age of 91 years. Esson was the third son of Samuel E. Bruce Sr. and Isabella Finlayson Gilmour Bruce, born on October 18, 1917, in Saskatoon. Early in 1942, he went to Washington, D.C. where he spent four years with the Australian War Supplies Commission and where he had the good fortune to meet Betty during that time. In 1946, they were married and went to live in Montreal where Esson had a career in Research and Product Development with Dominion Textile until his retirement in 1982. He was a member of a number of societies involved with Textile research in Canada and the United States. Betty and Esson moved to Oakville living there until 1995 when they came to Calgary to be near Susan and Joe. Esson was the beloved husband of Betty Annabel Gardner and the very proud father of Susan Elizabeth Hunter RN (Joe). He was predeceased by both parents; his infant son, David Esson Bruce (1947); his two brothers, William and James and his sister, Margaret. In living memory of Esson Bruce, a tree will be planted at Fish Creek Provincial Park.