Marcelina Rodriguez Bruce

Marcelina Rodiguez Bruce of Emporia, died on Friday, December 1, 2023, at her home.  She was 83.

Marcelina was born on April 25, 1940, in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Anastacio and Reyes Torres Rodriguez.  She married Robert Eugene Bruce but later divorced.

She is survived by her brothers: Frank Rodriguez of Emporia, Joseph Rodriguez of Wichita, and Anthony Rodriguez of Emporia; sister Mary G. (Florence) Rodriguez of Emporia; stepsister Mary J. Rodriguez of Emporia.

She is preceded in death by her son Robert Eugene Bruce, Jr., parents, brothers Sylvester Rodriguez, Angel Rodriguez, Fidencio Rodriguez, Blas Rodriguez, Alfred Rodriguez, Albert Rodriguez, baby Joseph Rodriguez and a sister Julia Rodriguez.

Marcelina was an assembly worker at Detroit Diesel Manufacturing for seventeen and half years before retiring in 2007.  She served in the United States Army from December 1968 to January 1976 and was a member of the St. Catherine Catholic Church, Emporia.

Cremation has taken place with Mass of Christian Burial at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, December 14, 2023, at St. Catherine Catholic Church with burial and military honors by Ball-McColm Post #5, American Legion and Lowry-Funston Post #1980, Veterans of Foreign Wars at the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery.  The rosary will be recited at 1:00 p.m. before the service.  Memorial contributions to Hand in Hand Hospice can be sent in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, Kansas 66801.