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Bruce William Robertson
Bruce William Robertson was peacefully taken home early Wednesday morning, April 20, 2016, after a long and heroic battle with lung disease. Born October 18, 1935, in Rock Springs, Wyoming, Bruce is survived by his loving family: Caroline Perreira Robertson, son William (Bill) Guy & Jane Robertson, daughter Gigi Mari (Robertson) and Mark H. Boyack, grandchildren Rachel (Boyack) and Kyle Koch, Kayleigh (Robertson) & Charles Howard Johnson IV, Steven William & Kailey Boyack, Conrad William Robertson.
In 1953 Bruce graduated from Wasatch Academy in Mt. Pleasant, Utah then joined the Navy and served on the USS Eugene S. Greene in the Mediterranean. He later graduated from the Naval Post Graduate school in Monterey, CA and while there he met the love of his life, Caroline Perreira, whom he married in November, 1958.
After moving to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1959, he started his engineering career with Sperry Univac, later attending the University of Utah where he earned a BS in Electrical Engineering.
After graduation he worked for Litton Industries which took him to Italy, then relocated the family to California, Texas eventually returning to Salt Lake City.
A perpetual entrepreneur, Bruce started several companies – not all were commercially successful, but not for lack of trying. Starting with TipMats, then Trionics, Computer Video Systems, moving to The Stone Cooker, and finally Information Age Systems /Digital Alert Systems, which continues to thrive. A well known and respected expert and educator on Emergency Alert Systems he authored several articles and gave numerous presentations to SCTE and SBE chapters around the country.
Bruce was a member of the Rock Springs Chapter, Order of DeMolay, later he joined Twin Peaks #32 Masonic lodge and followed through York Rite, Scottish Rite and Shriners organizations. Bruce chose to join St. Thomas Moore Catholic Church in 1994 and served faithfully in various ministries since. After moving to Oracle, Arizona in 2002, became involved and served at St. Helen Parish and joined the Knights of Columbus. Always ready to help with a church project, he particularly enjoyed his time spent ministering to inmates in prison.
A husband, father, grandfather, friend, teacher, mentor, minister, musician, humorist, writer and inventor with several patents… but mostly he embodied the eternal optimist who set a great example for others with his always positive outlook on life, and always caring for the needs of others. His legacy shall endure and he will forever be missed by all that knew him.
Bruce’s Pay It Forward Wish
In lieu of flowers, his last request to honor his memory: “If there is some way to say goodbye, find a need in family or community – no matter how large or small – that needs to be filled. Buy a coat for someone, make a car payment, pay a medical bill. Just look and you can find a need. Pay it forward and we will consider it paid.”
A memorial for Bruce will be held at St. Helen Catholic Church in Oracle, AZ on Saturday, April 30, 2016, at 11 a.m.
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