Bruce Sage
Bruce Sage
July 13, 1940 – October 18, 2012
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Memorial Service: 11 a.m., Thursday morning, October 25, 2012 at Ainsworth Cemetery Ainsworth, Iowa.
Bruce Sage died Thursday evening, October 18, 2012, at the Oskaloosa Care Center.
Bruce E.C. Sage, son of Merton W. and Ruth (Badger) Sage, was born, July 13, 1940, in West Fairlee, Vermont. Bruce furthered his education at Vermont Technological College and then studied for four years at Bible Christian Union in Brooklyn, NY. Bruce served as a missionary in Innsbruck, Austria the following four years. He married Mary L. Lins, June 13, 1970, in Dunkirk, New York. Bruce and Mary settled in Pleasant Valley, Vermont where Bruce established Pleasant Valley Printer, a printing company. In 1983, the family moved to Oskaloosa to be closer to Mary’s family. Bruce again opened a printing company, Sage Publication. Through the years, Bruce also worked for AGA Glass Repair, the Vernon Company, and in the printing department at Musco Lighting. He was a member of the Brethren Church. He enjoyed writing, reading, gardening and fishing.
His family includes his wife, Mary of Oskaloosa; his sons, Bruce (Jill) Sage II of Lacona, Iowa; and Andrew (Cathy) Sage of Spofford, New Hampshire; five grandchildren: Megan, Hannah, Isaac, Ian and Emery; and sisters: Cordia Greene of St. Petersburg, FL and Judith Sage of West Lebanon, Vermont.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
