Wendell R. 'Tinker' Bruce

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Wendell R. "Tinker" Bruce, 73, of 612 Dewey St., Eldorado, formerly of Ridgway, died 8:24 p.m. Sunday, July 20, 2008, at his daughter's residence.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. Friday, July 25, 2008, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Ridgway with Father Joseph Lawler officiating.

Burial will be in Ebenezer Cemetery, Norris City. Visitation is 3 to 9 p.m. Thursday, July 24, 2008, at Vickery Funeral Chapel, Ridgway.

He is survived by his daughter, son-in-law, son, daughter-in-law, half-brother and his wife, and seven grandchildren.