Bruce Russell Hall

Bruce Russell Hall was born on August 31, 1931 in Toronto and passed away on March 26, 2018 in Maple, Ontario. Bruce is survived by his wife Judy Hall (nee Westgate), daughters Denise Hall and Donna Shaw, and son Martin Hall, as well as by eleven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. He is predeceased by his first wife, Catherine Hall and daughter Christine Siderius.

Bruce was a long-time resident of King Township and spent his final years in a long-term care facility in nearby Maple, following a lengthy battle with Parkinson’s disease.

Bruce started a working career in aviation upon graduation from Danforth Technical School in 1945. He was hired by the Avro Aircraft Company and worked there until 1965. When the federal government cancelled the AVRO Arrow program in 1959, Bruce was quickly rehired to continue flight testing for a training rocket launcher for the RCAF/CF 100.

In 1966 Bruce moved to DeHavilland Aircraft to head their trials instrumentation and recording office. He was eventually promoted to Deputy Program Manager for the Dash 7 Development Program and worked for DeHavilland until 1973. At this time he accepted a position with the engineering department at SPAR Aerospace Ltd. to work on various satellite projects as well as the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (or “Canadarm”).

After retiring from SPAR in 1991, Bruce decided to pursue a career as an independent artist in the medium of “carved stained glass”. He and his wife Judy started Stellar Objectives Limited, to make and market (Stellar) Glassart. They were very successful, selling his artwork domestically and worldwide through art shows, galleries, distributors, and corporate sales that also included the Federal and Provincial governments’ purchases for their trade missions or presentation to visiting foreign dignitaries.

Bruce was a talented and hardworking man. In his younger years, while raising four children with his late wife Catherine and working full time in the aviation industry, he designed and built a house and a small barn on 4 acres of property in King Township.

In memory of Bruce, please consider a donation to Parkinson Canada: www.parkinson.ca