Bruce William Platz Sr., 91, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, at the home of his daughter in Deep Creek.
Born June 28, 1928, in Marshall City, Michigan, he was the husband of the late Patricia Ann Platz and the son of the late William and Marjorie Platz. After his service in the U.S. Navy for 22 years, he spent another 20 years teaching at Old Dominion University and First Colonial High School in Virginia Beach.
Left to cherish his memory are his children, Bruce Jr., and his wife, Patty, Kelley, and his wife, Janet, Lance, and his wife, Heather, and Karla, and her son, Hunter; grandchildren, Michael, and his wife, Debbie, Billy, and his wife, Anna, Christine, and her husband, Cleon, Nate, and and his wife, Leslie, Erin, and her husband, Seth; and great-grandchildren, Joshua, Abby, Taylor, Jordan, Emmy, Karis, Drake and Alex.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, Nov. 11, at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Great Bridge Chapel. A graveside service will be held in Arlington National Cemetery at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in his memory to the Alzheimer’s Association.
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