Barber, fiddler.
Born at Ekhart on 5 July 1919, son of ? Bruce and Agnes Chaud, he lived at Argyle before moving to Winnipeg. For over 60 years, he had a barber shop on Henderson Highway and, after retirement, he taught at Bruno’s School of Hair Styling and barbered at Lion’s Place for another ten years. He learned to play the violin by ear at an early age and performed on CKSB radio and with such groups as Larry’s Ranch Boys, West Winds, South Glen Fiddlers, and Mel’s Rhythmares. He performed at senior citizen homes and recorded a CD entitled “For Old Tyme Sake”. He and wife Lillian had a son and a daughter. He died at the St. Boniface Hospital on 17 June 2011 and was buried in the Glen Eden Memorial Gardens.
Birth registration [Joseph Melvin Hague Bruce], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 21 June 2011.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 18 November 2024
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