Bruce Currie
Bruce Douglas Currie (14 June 1959 - 30 January 1985) was an MBA student and husband from Winnipeg, Manitoba, who died at age 25.
Early life
He was born to Clyde and Jean Currie on 14 June 1959.
He grew up in Fort Garry, Manitoba and was a member of Fort Garry United Church.
He had a close friend, Kevin Barry Jones.
Education
He graduated from Vincent Massey Collegiate magna cum laude.
Ih May 1981, he attained a Bachelor of Commerce Honours Degree from University of Manitoba.
From 1981 to 1983 he worked as a senior accounting officer for the Toronto Dominion Bank.
In 1983 he returned to the University of Manitoba for a Master of Business Administration Degree which he would have been awarded in May of 1985.
Marriage
He married Dolores Christine Kolt (born 29 June 1962) on 31 December 1982. They had no children.
Death
He died in St. Boniface [1], a city ward of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on 30 January 1985.
A scholarship was created at the University of Manitoba in his memory: the Bruce Currie Memorial Scholarship.
His widow went on to obtain a Bachelor of Commerce and became an underwriter at Great West Life. She remarried, to Kevin Jones, in 1991.
Obituary
Sources
Winnipeg Free Press, 1 February 1985