Bruce Louis Van Roekel

Rev. Bruce,
I just recently learned of your passing, you will always be remembered as a kind and generous man of God in our family. You baptized our daughter Abigail, and the service you preformed was beautiful. Although my family does not attend church regularly due to our professions, we were married through Casas Adobe Congregational and both our children have been baptized there. Your kind words and encouragement to remain with the church and with God will always be cherished. May...

The Angel we called Bruce...
I came to know Jesus through a man named Bruce. Not through his Sunday sermons, but through the shining example of Christ that he lived.
Bruce was both a personal friend and spiritual guide to myself and hundreds of others and I know that he is at the right hand of God with the other Angels, watching over us and offering his spiritual advise from the other side.
I will thank God every day for sending this man to the world because Bruce truly made a...

Dear Marilyn and Family,

My family and I are very saddened by your loss. We were all shocked by the news of Bruce's passing. We will keep you and your family in our prayers.

All our best,

Tim Wilcox

Dear Marilyn,Aaron and Kate,
To have known Bruce these past few years, was a turning point in my life. You have been blessed to have had him through the years and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing this fine man with us. He has been the most important person in my life for spiritual support and as a sterling human being. May God bless you always. Linda Heritage

My heart is with your family as I heard the news today. Pastor Bruce was the only pastor to ever touch my life the way only a true man of god can. It was his words that have instilled faith in me, through his support of our family, marrying my parents during his time in St.Charles, and his loving guidance during several hardships my family endured. And it saddens me he never knew, that when the day comes that I marry, he was the only one I had ever imagined for the occasion. My entire family...

Marilyn, Aaron, Kate
I so very much enjoyed Saturday night church with Pastor Bruce's informal teaching style. He will be greatly missed. May God's everlasting peace and comfort fill your lives at this time.

A Personal Reflection on Pastor Bruce Van Roekel

From: Ralph Pickering and family

First, I would like to convey our heartfelt condolences to Marilyn, Aaron, Kate, and the entire Van Roekel family. Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult and painful time.

I got to know Pastor Bruce well while serving on the Consistory and the Stewardship committee at Friedens UCC. Bruce was a thoughtful, considerate person with a seeming zest for life, particularly...

Dear Marilyn, Kate and Aaron,
My thoughts and prayers are with all
of you. You all were such good neighbors back on the farm.

Love,
Joyce Andrews

my prayers are with the family.