Bruce D. Murrell, 41, Lebanon, Mo., died Saturday at the Lebanon Care Center of complications caused by diabetes.
    Mr. Murrell was born Aug. 20, 1952 in Lebanon and graduated from high school in Manhattan.
    He worked for a time as a sub-contractor, in Fort Myers, Fla. He married Connie Reichart in 1973 in Manhattan, and they had a daughter, Wendy Murrell McCullough. He later married Jaqueline Sicard in 1976 and they had two children, Elizabeth Darcy Murrell and Ramey Philip Stoney Murrell. The three children live in Manhattan.
    He is survived by his mother, Bonnie Watkins Middleswart, and step-father, Jack D. Middleswart, of Lebanon, Mo.; his father Kenneth A. Murrell, and step-mother, Joyce Murrell, of Manhattan; and his three children. He is also survived by a brother, Randall Ken Murrell of Fort Myers.
    Graveside services will be at Mount Rose Memorial Park at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Lebanon. Friends may call at their convenience. Services are handled by Colonial Chapel of Lebanon.
    Memorials will be for the children's college fund.

obituary from The Manhattan Mercury, October 3, 1993