Forrest Bruce

Elliott Bruce, 95, Minot,

formerly of Sherwood,

died Saturday, June 24,

2017, at Brentmoor Assist-ed Living Center, Minot.

He was born May 29,

1922, in Stafford Town-

ship, Renville County,

west of Sherwood to

Frederick and Sena (John-

son) Bruce. He attended

country school through

the eighth grade, one year

of high school in Kenmare

and graduated from Sher-

wood High School in

1940. He farmed with his

father and his brother,

Evan.

Forrest married Mavis

Delene Zacharias in April

of 1950. He continued

farming until he was 75.

He also assisted Russ

Steeves hauling grain for

several years and served

as a township assessor.

Mavis died Dec. 7, 2013.

Forrest continued to live

in Sherwood until a year

ago when he moved to

Brentmoor Assisted Liv-

ing in Minot.

Forrest was a member

of Our Savior Lutheran

Church, Sherwood. He

enjoyed trips to the casi-

no, card games and play-

ing bingo. He will be

remembered as a humble,

witty, conservative, in-

dependent man.

Family: daughter, Vir-

ginia (Jim) McAdoo,

Riverdale; son, Barry (Jill)

Bruce, West Fargo;

son-in-law, Lee (Bev) Fer-

guson, Billings, Mont.;

grandchildren, Don McA-

doo, Alexandria, Minn.,

Amy McAdoo (Zack

Mack), Mankato, Minn.,

Cory (Melissa) Keith,

Hawley, Minn., Nathan

(Jill) Keith, Laramie,

Wyo., Rachael (Shawn)

Van Dyke, Minot, Tracy

Bruce, West Fargo, Erin

(Ryan) Aasheim, West

Fargo; great-grandchildren,

Jameson and Jada McA-

doo; Claire, Elena and

Craig Keith; Samuel, Alex

and Cara Keith; Haley and

Hayden Van Dyke; and

Cohen and Daxton

Aasheim; niece, Debbie

(Brent) Keith, Sherwood;

sisters-in-law, Janet Nel-

son, Flaxton, Harriet

Heth, Lignite, Gail (Bill)

Schug, Sioux City, Iowa;

brothers-in-law, Ed (Betty)

Zacharias, Salem, Ore.,

Don (Sharon) Zacharias,

Tioga, Ken Thompson,

Florida; and several

nieces, nephews and

cousins.

Forrest was preceded

in death by: his parents;

wife, Mavis; an infant

daughter; daughter, Carrie

Ferguson; son-in-law,

Craig Keith; brother and

sister-in-law, Evan and

Esther Bruce; nephew,

Darrell Bruce;

sister-in-law, Patricia

Thompson;

brothers-in-law, Ivan Nel-

son and Jerry Heth.

Funeral: 1 p.m.,

Wednesday, June 28,

2017, at Our Savior Luth-

eran Church, Sherwood.

Burial: Rose Hill

Cemetery, rural Kenmare.

Visitation: Wednesday,

11 a.m. until the service

time, at the church.

(Brose Funeral Home,

Mohall)