Bob Bruffey

(From Parker Mortuary)

On July 25, 2020, at the age of 86, Robert C. (Bob) Bruffey, passed away peacefully in his sleep after a long battle with vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease.

Bob was born in Washington, D.C. on June 26, 1934 to his beloved Mother and Father, Prudence and Carl Bruffey. Bob joins his parents and brothers Donald and Blair, and his darling daughter, Barbara Bruffey Jacquez, in heaven for their long awaited happy reunion.

Bob had success in each chapter of his work life. First as a typesetter, then a journeyman printer for a prestigious printing company and National Geographic, then a residential building contractor and finally, he owned and operated Bruffey Contracting Company. For thirty years Bob’s company built service stations for major oil companies in the Washington/Baltimore area. 

Bob is survived by his dear wife, RuthAnn Bruffey of the home. Bob and RuthAnn made lovely homes on Chesapeake Bay both in Annapolis and Cambridge, Maryland. They spent their last twenty plus years together in Missouri, in Branson on both Table Rock Lake and Lake Taneycomo, on a big yellow farm house in Stotts City and their final home together in Loma Linda, Missouri.

Bob is also survived by his daughter Kathryn Bruffey Heaps and husband Galen of Eldersburg, Maryland, son-in-law Alan Jacquez of Ellicott City, Maryland, daughters Rhonda Randall Camerer and husband Todd of Loma Linda, Missouri, Roanna Randall Dowell and husband Steve of Joplin, Missouri and Kristina Randall Sokolenko of Lawrence, Kansas, 8 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren, and his niece Shirley Harden and husband Dwight of Morganstown, West Virginia.

Bob would want you to know that he loved God, his wife RuthAnn, church on Sunday, and old-fashioned Christian music. RuthAnn and Bob loved traveling together up and down the east coast and even Europe. They followed several Christian ministries around the United States in service for God and made many friends along the way. Bob loved his little dogs Sweet Pea and Sam and the other Pomeranians that came before. He wanted everyone to come over to his house and have a meal. Then when you got there, he never wanted you to leave.

“Tell me something good,” he’d say with a smile.

The family will hold a Covid 19-compliant private service for the internment of ashes at Ozark Memorial Cemetery at a later date to be determined.