Eileen Bruce
Sept. 12, 1928-April 20, 2018
Eileen A. Bruce, 89,
Minot, ND, passed away
Friday, April 20, 2018, at
Trinity Hospital in Minot.
Eileen A. Shourds was
born September 12, 1928,
the daughter of Ray E. and
Agnes E. (Lyons) Shourds,
in Lyon County near
Marshall, MN. She was
raised and educated in
Marshall and graduated
from Marshall High
School in 1946. Eileen
married Harold C. Bruce
April 27, 1948, at the
Cathedral of St. Francis,
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Their son, Douglas, and
daughter, Jillane, were
born while living in Santa
Fe and Los Alamos, NM.
Due to Harold’s work with
the Atomic Energy Com-
mission, now known as
the Department of Energy,
they lived in many in-
teresting cities throughout
the years which included:
Bossier City, LA, Willi-
amsburg, VA, Geneva,
NY, Albuquerque, NM,
and Kansas City, MO.
They retired on April 30,
1978, while still living in
Kansas City. In 1980, they
moved to a home in the
country located near the
small town of Creighton,
MO, where they lived un-
til Harold’s death on
March 20, 2008.
Following her
husband’s death, she
moved to Minot, to be
closer to her daughter, Jill,
and her family. She made
her home at The View,
which Eileen said was a
comfortable, homey atmo-
sphere with the many
friends she made there.
She attended St. John the
Apostle Catholic Church.
Her loving family in-
cludes: son, Douglas A.
Bruce (Connie Gable),
Twin Lakes, CO;
daughter, Jillane M. (Ar-
len) Boser, Minot; 5
grandchildren, Jeffrey
(Monica) Boser, Scott (Jes-
sie) Boser, Kristi (Dustin)
Boser Foell; Julie (Jeremy)
Bruce O’Connor, and Bri-
an (Lindsey) Bruce; 13
great-grandchildren,
Kolee, Brasen, Everett and
Cass Boser; Megan and
Andrew Boser; Elise, Reid
and Rhyen Foell; Mary,
Lauren, and John
O’Connor; and Daphne
Bruce.
Eileen was preceded in
death by: her parents;
husband, Harold; sister,
Emma Shourds Thoma-
son; brothers, John,
Robert and Raphael
Shourds.
Visitation: Monday,
April 23, 2018 from 4 to 6
p.m. at Thompson-Larson
Funeral Home, Minot.
Services: A Private
Family Mass of Christian
Burial will take place in
June of 2018 at St. John
the Apostle Catholic
Church in Minot.
Interment: Sunset
Memorial Gardens, Minot,
ND.
Memorials: are pre-
ferred to the American
Lung Association.
Those wishing to sign
the online register and
share memories may ac-
cess the online obituaries
section at
(www.thompson
larson.com).