Birth date: Feb 20, 1959 Death date: Oct 18, 2015
Bruce "Fish" Helgeson, 56, Waupaca, passed away after a long battle with M.S. on Sunday October 18, 2015 at Crossroads Care Center of Crystal River. He was born on February 20th, 1959 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, son of Alvin and Read Obituary
My deepest sympathy to the Helgeson family.
Ray Morgan
Manitowoc,WI
Sorry - I submitted this a hour or two ago but just realized that I mentioned the wrong reunion - it was our 35th not 25th. The corrected memory is below. Sincerely, Allen Huffcutt
I went to high school with Bruce and we both graduated in the same year (1978 - long, long ago it seems). I have a memory from middle school actually where Bruce and another boy also of large stature were trying to push each other around. Bruce was so strong and vibrant then. Not too many years after we graduated from high school I saw him again and he was in a wheelchair, which was very sad and hard to see. I lost track of him then until our 35th high school reunion in 2013. He didn't go, but I found out where he was and visited him in the nursing home. Although still in a wheelchair, he was strong and vibrant and cheery. In fact, he was outside enjoying the sunshine and even flirting a little with the nurses. To use his own words, he considered himself "damn lucky" in life. What an example for the rest of us. I was back up to Waupaca earlier this month (I now live in Illinois - not by choice but because of work) and heard his name mentioned in the prayer roll at Trinity Lutheran Church. I stopped over and was shocked at how much he had declined from last summer. I will always treasure the association I had with Bruce. I have complete confidence that Bruce still lives and is now in a far, far better place. Till we meet again my friend. Sincerely. Allen Huffcutt
I went to high school with Bruce and we both graduated in the same year (1978 - long, long ago it seems). I have a memory from middle school actually where Bruce and another boy also of large stature were trying to push each other around. He was so strong and vibrant then. Not too many years after we graduated from high school I saw him again and he was in a wheelchair, which was very sad and hard to see. I lost track of him then until our 25th high school reunion in 2013. He didn't go, but I found out where he was and visited him in the nursing home. Although still in a wheelchair, he was strong and vibrant and cheery. In fact, he was outside enjoying the sunshine and even flirting a little with the nurses. To use his own words, he considered himself "damn lucky" in life. What an example for the rest of us. I was back up to Waupaca earlier this month (I now live in Illinois - not by choice but because of work) and heard his name mentioned in the prayer roll at Trinity Lutheran Church. I went over to see him, and was shocked at how much he had declined from last summer. I will always treasure the association I had with Bruce. I have complete confidence that Bruce still exists and is now in a far, far better place. Till we meet again my friend. Sincerely. Allen Huffcutt
My Memories of Bruce He was a great classmate and great friend in and out of High School & beyond. I and Bruce talked alot when I lived in Waupaca yet. When I drove Waupaca Taxi I enjoyed picking him up at the Old Merrimac Restaurant now Rose Garden. And taking where he needed to go. A man of great love for his Children always expressed And we both had great sons Named Tyler. RIP Bruce God Bless . A Great faithful friend of my brother Gary also before he passed. Vicki Behle.
