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==Background==

==Background==

Bruce was born on his grandmother's farm near Point in rural Rains County near Tyler in East Texas.<ref>Bob Bruce obituary, ''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal,'' March 2009.</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.

Bruce was born on his grandmother's farm near Point in rural Rains County near Tyler in East Texas.<ref>Bob Bruce obituary, ''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal,'' March 14, 2009.</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.

==Military service==

==Military service==