BRUCE WILLIAM BENEDIX Sept. 20, 1950 – Dec. 28, 2020
Bruce William Benedix, 70, died on December 28, 2020, in Visalia, California, of the COVID-19 virus.
Bruce was born on September 20, 1950, in Escalon, California, to Max and Olga Benedix. He was baptized in St. John Lutheran Church, Valley Home, California, and worshipped and received Holy Communion regularly with his family and the congregation.
He attended elementary school in Ripon and Stockton, California. In spite of his limitations and poor eyesight, he excelled in swimming, motorizing a pedal pushing Jeep, and later a gas-powered children’s racecar, adapted by his father, and ride a bicycle all around the farm.