It will be 12 years on Saturday, July 23 that Robert A. Bruno, Sr. died.
To everyone in Highlands, Atlantic Highlands and so many other places, he was Bob Bruno, or Bobby Bruno, that great, soft-spoken and soft-hearted husband, father, and grandfather who was always there for every Pop Warner football game, every fund raising event for any good cause and genuine nice guy. He was a Marine as well, serving on the Battleship Missouri during the Korean War, and a lineman for JCP&L company, rising to be a line supervisor for the company. You could even see his smiles when he was at the top of a pole making emergency repairs to ensure families and businesses always had the power they needed.
Bob went through some difficult times in his life as well, but always with a prayer, understanding and a sense that this, too, can be conquered and in the end, everything will come out right. And is usually did.
Bob’s daughter, Renee, died a couple of months ago, bot his loving wife Abyna is still as charming as ever and still living in the family home,.Along with Ayna, his daughter Kim, and sons Bob, Jr., Jerry and Gregory, all share some of the friendliness and warmth of their dad. And now there’s even another generation carrying on the Bruno genes and making people happy wherever they are.
