I remember Bruce and all the fun things we did together growing up. Playing in the dirt and making roads for our match box cars, singing songs while he played the guitar, watching all the evening sitcoms… Batman, Gillian’s Island, Hawaii 5O, etc…singing  Alan Sherman songs, making popcorn 🍿, eating pizza… just regular stuff… I watched him build his chopper… he amazed me…all the things he could do.  I thought the world  of him. Looked up to him, my older brother. He was smart, he could build anything and fix anything, I love him so much… 
I don’t understand what happened when we became estranged… 
But I pray he is at peace now. 
I’ll miss ya… Bruce. 😢

Here we all are at Brian’s wedding. Bruce, Brian, Dad, Charles, Mom and me…Eva.


Last night I watched “Love and Mercy”, a tribute to Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys. The Beach Boys have always been one of my favorite bands. It’s because of Bruce I started listening to them. Bruce took me to my first concert (Beach Boys, of course). He drove me to California to see Star Wars on opening night. He rode a motorcycle, he rebuilt cars, he played the guitar. He was my older brother, and I wanted to be like him.

Sadly, we became estranged. I don’t know why – he refused to say. Part of it, I think, was to punish me for reaching out to meet my nephew, his son. Perhaps Bruce inherited the bad habit from our dad, who would, unwittingly, sometimes punish me for doing the right thing. This life experience troubled me for many years. I became depressed, but eventually found a way out. Now, I realize Bruce was suffering, too, in his own way. 

I hope, in the end, he found peace.


I just learned of Bruce's passing and wanted to express my condolences and heartfelt sympathy.  I have know Bruce for the last 7 years when having a cigar with him in Carefree.  His love of all things mechanical and his classic British car were things we enjoyed. He spoke of he and his wife's careers as pilots and his love for their life together.  I have one of the Cigar Box clocks that he created in my office and think of him every time I look at it.  He was always kind and so helpful to everyone he met.  Will never forget Bruce.  We affectionately called him "Bruce Almighty" because the sun shined brighter when he entered the room and there was nothing electrical or mechanical that he could not fix.  He is missed and will be remembered fondly here in Carefree Arizona.

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Bruce David Aiken

December 14, 1953 – October 12, 2022

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