Bruce-OLSON-Obituary

Bruce OLSON

St. Petersburg, Florida

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St. Petersburg, Florida
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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OLSON, Bruce R. 82, of St. Pete Beach, FL, passed away peacefully, January 24, 2024. He was born to Robert and Eve (Johnson) in Minneapolis, MN. Bruce attended Gustavus Adolphus College and had a 30 plus year career as a pilot for Northwest Airlines where he was proud to be an early Captain of...

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We first met Bruce when we moved into Building F at Harbourside, St.Pete Beach. We were a very cosmopolitan building with people from U.S.A. Canada, Newfoundland and the U.K. we soon became great friends with our housewarming parties and getting to know each other. We all had wonderful times together and we certainly in later years enjoyed spending two months at a time there. Bruce became a very good friend, keeping an eye on our condo and our car. He would come and meet us at the airport...

Bruce was the first person I met when I moved to Harborside. He was incredibly kind and helpful to me. One year my oven broke on Thanksgiving morning. I called Bruce to see if he knew of any repair companies that would come out on a holiday.He graciously let me use his oven to cook multiple dishes that day. That´s the way Bruce was. A gentleman and so helpful. He spoke about his family lovingly but that he did not miss cold winters. I will truly miss that Bruce is no longer with us, but I...

Bruce was a close and dear friend to us during our 30 years in Harbourside. We spent many a happy time at Woodys, with Norm playing golf and he was always so friendly and inviting to all our family when they were visiting us on holiday in Florida from the UK. Just one of many pictures of Bruce with our grandchildren at Halloween. Bruce will be sorely missed rest in peace dear friend Maggie & Norm UK