Bruce Eugene Dutton

Bruce Eugene Dutton, 90, of Seminole, FL, passed away on March 20, 2023, at Largo Medical Center in Largo, FL.

Bruce was born in Titusville, on April 26, 1932. Following graduation from Titusville High School, Class of 1950, he attended college at Upsala College in East Orange, NJ, obtaining a bachelor’s degree in English. Following graduation, he served his country for four in the United States Air Force, receiving an honorable discharge as a staff sergeant in 1958.

He relocated to Florida and began his teaching career in Pinellas County school system.

In 1960, he married Janet Louise Wallace, who was also from Titusville. They raised their two daughters, Sally and Ellen, and son, Stuart, in Seminole, FL.

Over a 30-year teaching career, Bruce taught at Oak Grove Middle School and televised teaching on WEDU Tampa. One of his fondest memories were the two years the family spent living in American Samoa while teaching on TV station KVZK. On his return to Florida, he continued his teaching career at Seminole High School and Osceola High School. He then began a second career with Pinellas County Blood Service, finally retiring in 2013.

During his retirement, he enjoyed extensive cruise travel with Jan by his side.

Bruce was an active member at the Chapel on the Hill Church in Seminole for decades.

He was preceded in death by his father, Edward Ralston Dutton, his mother, Ruth Victoria Swanson Dutton, and his daughter, Sally Anne Rich.

He is survived by his brother, Richard Edward Dutton, Janet, his wife of 62 years, his daughter Ellen D. Sadler, son Stuart Edward Dutton; granddaughters, Rachel Keen, Harmony Gibbs, Lauren Reed, Savannah Beradi, Caitlin Dutton-Reaver, and grandson Connor Dutton; his great grandchildren, Braden, Mason, Naomi, Logan, Louise and Cicly.

Bruce was a loving husband and father. He was a genuinely wonderful man who touched the lives of so many people. His family loved and cherished him, and he will be sorely missed.

An informal celebration of life gathering will be held on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at 1:30 pm at the Woodlawn Cemetery Chapel. Friends of the family are cordially invited to attend.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in his honor to St. Petersburg College Foundation https://www.spcollege.edu/foundation/give-now

Please select the Dutton Family Scholarship in the scholarship choices.

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