Addie Mabel Bruce

daughter of Benjamin and Mattie Adams

In 1930 she and her husband and five children--his four from his first marriage and their son--lived in a house they owned at 339 First Avenue North in Glasgow, MT. They did have a radio. He worked as a merchant, with a retail grocery store, Margaret as an office girl in a dentists' office, and Clifton as a laborer, doing odd jobs.

In 1940 she and George and three children lived there. Their home was valued at only $1000 after the Great Depression. Clifton worked as a manager for W-R gasoline, with an income in 1939 of $1080 for 52 weeks of work, and Raymond as a machinist at a retail hardware store, with an income in 1939 of $900 for 52 weeks of work.

Burley – Addie Mabel Bruce, 83, Burley, died Thursday in the Burley Care Center following a short illness. She was born Jan. 13, 1898 in Joplin, Mo. In 1920 she married George Bruce and he died in 1940. Most of her life she lived in Glasgow, Mont., and moved to Burley in 1980 to be near a son. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Survivors include three sons, Edwin Bruce, Burley; Clifton Bruce, Glasgow, MT.; and Glen Bruce, Portland, Ore.; one daughter, Margarette Watson, Salinas, Calif.; three brothers and three sisters; 13 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. Services to be held Tuesday in Glasgow, Mont. Local arrangements are being handled by McCulloch’s.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Mar 8 2021, 4:08:18 UTC