Bruce Frederick Williams of Beaufort, South Carolina and Swansboro, North Carolina joined his wife of 63 years in Heaven on February 20, 2021.

He was born on September 6, 1932 in Syracuse, New York to the late Fred and Mira Williams.  The family moved to Lexington, Massachusetts in 1935 where he became a lifelong fan of the Boston Red Sox and the Boston/New England Patriots.

At the age of 19, Bruce enlisted in the Marine Corp.  during which time he fought in the Korean War and received the Korean Service Medal, The United Nations Service Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.  He also received recognition for Expert Marksmanship.  Upon leaving the Marine Corp, he became a Civil Service employee for the Department of Defense as an Air Traffic Controller, a job position he held for almost 32 years until his retirement as a Supervisor Air Traffic Control Specialist.

In 1956, while on vacation in Florida, he met Rose Mary Lewandowski and after a one-week courtship, they were wed.  Bruce is survived by the three children they raised together – a daughter Susan and her husband Benjamin of Bluffton, SC, son and daughter-in-law Glenn and Carol Williams of Lexington, SC and daughter, Linda Thornley of Swansboro, NC.  He also has seven grandchildren, Brian, Samantha, Andrew (who was waiting for his Grandpa in Heaven), Megan, Joshua, Matthew and Alanna, as well as two great-grandchildren, Asher and Eleanor.

A Mass of Christian burial will be at 12:00 PM Saturday February 27, 2021 at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church.Due to Covid 19 this will be a private family mass. Reverend Father Roger will officiate. Military honors will be accorded by the United States Marine Corps.

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