Bruce Ivan Griffis passed away Nov. 13 at his home, with his family by his side. He had been battling with dementia for many years and it finally got the best of him.

Bruce was born on April 28, 1936 in Cozad Neb to Lloyd and Ruth Griffis. He was the youngest of six children. They later moved to Norco, Calif., where the family ran and owned a furniture factory and then a chicken ranch.

Bruce later married Lois Elaine Steiner and had three children — David, Kevin and Neil. In 1967 they moved to Fortuna, where he worked as a delivery driver for Speer Distributors. Later he worked for and retired from The Pacific Lumber Co. as a machinist. He was widowed in 1988, when Lois lost her battle with cancer. He later would also lose his son Kevin in 1998.

He loved building and flying remote controlled planes with his buddies at their club at the Samoa air strip.

He is now survived by sons David and Neil, grandchildren Jessica, Sydney, Logan, Matteya and great-granddaughter Presley. 

He requested we not have a large service so no service is planned at this time. A small one will be preformed at a later date.

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