obituary
April 10, 2021
by Dee Baraw
Bruce D Baraw was born June 21, 1956. He was raised in North Troy, VT. Bruce was the youngest of five children.
Bruce was born with Osteogensis Imperfecta. He used a wheelchair for mobility but did not let that stop him. He was taught at home by a visiting teacher through Jr High, but was able to advocate for himself to attend high school in person and graduate with his peers.
He attended New Hampshire College (Southern New Hampshire University). He lived on campus, joined the Phi Delta Psi Fraternity and graduated in May 1978 with his BS in Accounting.
Bruce was hired out of college as a civilian employee of the Navy at the shipyard in Portsmouth, NH. He continued to work for Naval Sea Systems command transferring to Alexandria, VA. In 1997 he transferred to Space and Naval Warfare Systems (SPAWAR) in order to transfer to San Diego. Bruce worked for the Navy for 37 years before retiring in 2014.
Bruce and Dee were married March 9, 1996 and were able to celebrate 25 years of marriage (33 years of friendship)!
Bruce passed away on March 10, 2021, just a day after celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary with his wife, Dee. Bruce passed from an intracranial hemorrhage. His death was sudden and unexpected despite his slow decline in health and increase use of oxygen over the last few years.
Bruce was born with Osteogensis Imperfecta. He used a wheelchair for mobility but did not let that stop him. He was taught at home by a visiting teacher through Jr High, but was able to advocate for himself to attend high school in person and graduate with his peers.
He attended New Hampshire College (Southern New Hampshire University). He lived on campus, joined the Phi Delta Psi Fraternity and graduated in May 1978 with his BS in Accounting.
Bruce was hired out of college as a civilian employee of the Navy at the shipyard in Portsmouth, NH. He continued to work for Naval Sea Systems command transferring to Alexandria, VA. In 1997 he transferred to Space and Naval Warfare Systems (SPAWAR) in order to transfer to San Diego. Bruce worked for the Navy for 37 years before retiring in 2014.
Bruce and Dee were married March 9, 1996 and were able to celebrate 25 years of marriage (33 years of friendship)!
Bruce passed away on March 10, 2021, just a day after celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary with his wife, Dee. Bruce passed from an intracranial hemorrhage. His death was sudden and unexpected despite his slow decline in health and increase use of oxygen over the last few years.