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Bruce was born on his grandmother's farm near Point in rural Rains County near Tyler in East Texas.<ref>[http://lubbockonline.com/stories/031509/obi_409686924.shtml.</ref> Obituary] His father Theo Bruce died in 1940 and his mother Mary Elizabeth Bruce died in 1945 when Bob was eleven. He was then reared by an uncle, Ira Mumm (1912–1979), and aunt, the late Irene Mumm. He attended public schools in Point, Wichita Falls, and Garland, Texas, Hobbs, New Mexico, and El Dorado, Kansas. He graduated in 1957 from the University of Kansas at Lawrence with a bachelor of Science degree in journalism.

Bruce was born on his grandmother's farm near Point in rural Rains County near Tyler in East Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/031509/obi_409686924.shtml|title=Bob Bruce|publisher=''Loubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=June 16, 2021}}.</ref> His father Theo Bruce died in 1940 and his mother Mary Elizabeth Bruce died in 1945 when Bob was eleven. He was then reared by an uncle, Ira Mumm (1912–1979), and aunt, the late Irene Mumm. He attended public schools in Point, Wichita Falls, and Garland, Texas, Hobbs, New Mexico, and El Dorado, Kansas. He graduated in 1957 from the University of Kansas at Lawrence with a bachelor of Science degree in journalism.

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