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Bruce Winfield Watling
May 1, 1955 - September 24, 2016
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<div itemprop="description">In Loving Memory… <br> <br> <br>Watling, Bruce Winfield, of Cow Bay. <br> <br>After battling for several months with advanced lung cancer, Bruce <br>Watling died, surrounded by his family and close friends, on the <br>evening of September 24, 2016 in the Dartmouth General Hospital. <br> <br>At his request, no funeral service will be held. <br> <br>He is survived, and will be forever cherished, by his wife, best <br>friend and soulmate, Betty Trzop; his two daughters, Sarah (Pif) <br>Watling and Leslie (Alex) Watling; his two sons Taelar Trzop and Max <br>Trzop; his two grandsons Roman and Leo and his beloved dog, Blue. He <br>is predeceased by his eldest brother, Brian Watling, who <br>succumbed to his own battle with cancer the previous year. <br> <br>Born fourth in a family of seven siblings to now deceased parents <br>Winfield and Shirley (Higgs) Watling of Moncton NB, he is survived and <br>will be deeply missed by his four sisters, Beverley (Paul) Delaney, <br>Kathy (Peter) Richard, Judy (Paul) Watling and Shawn Watling and his <br>brother, Blair (Helena) Watling. He leaves behind many nieces and nephews who <br>will never forget him. He will be forever missed by his dearest friend of more <br>than thirty years, Art (Kathy) Ward. He touched so many people over the <br>course of his life. He was the best of us, the one we all strove to be like. <br> <br>Bruce served as a young man in the Canadian Armed Forces as an Air <br>Force Comm Tech, a career that stationed him in Summerside PEI, <br>Greenwood NS and Oakville ON and allowed him to travel the world and <br>work on the iconic Canadian aircraft the Argus, the Aurora and the <br>CF-18 respectively, before settling in Nova Scotia where he would <br>serve as Program Director, CP140 by the end of his professional <br>career. <br> <br>His numerous interests and hobbies ranged from art and politics to <br>watching MotoGP racing and watching his sons play football to 1950’s B - <br>science fiction and zombie movies, all the while drinking copious <br>amounts of coffee. His love of photography and motorcycles took him <br>along the back roads of rural Nova Scotia to the streets of Havana; he <br>had an insatiable curiosity about people and places and his generous <br>spirit allowed him to find the beautiful story in all of it. A <br>tireless artist, it was not just enough to build something oneself – <br>every project he undertook was an opportunity to create something <br>unique and beautiful. He noticed everything, he was a constant <br>teacher, and had a way of making everyone who spent time with him feel <br>important. <br> <br>He was genuinely funny. He was a fierce debater. He valued family and <br>tradition above all things and around his table during the holidays <br>was a place anyone would be welcome. He loved Christmas and took <br>painstaking care to instill a sense of magic and wonder in every <br>holiday element he touched. <br> <br>A true animal lover, he had many pets over his lifetime, but being <br>able to sit in his gazebo, with his beloved dog Blue at his feet, <br>sipping his coffee in the morning - he was in his paradise. In the <br>end he had everything he ever dreamt: a haven on the coast where all <br>of his family could gather and be loved, a place he built, bit by bit <br>over many years with the love of his life. He was proudest of his <br>children and called each of them darlin’. He loved fiercely and was <br>loved fiercely in return. <br> <br>We love and miss you so much. <br></div>