New Rockford Transcript - Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883

Bruce Richard Nygaard 68, Beulah, Wyo. Bruce died at the Beulah Campground on Thursday, July 9, 2020.

It all began when Bruce was born to Arden and Mary Jane Nygaard on March 23, 1952 in New Rockford, ND. He was the fourth of 13 children. He lived in a variety of places, to name a few, New Rockford, N.D., Spearfish, S.D., Sundance, Wyo., Sedona, Ariz., and finally, Beulah, Wyo. He owned multiple different companies from a crushing, drilling, blasting and fencing company in Sundance, Wyo., a towing company in Sedona, Ariz., to running the Beulah Campground. He was a man that always lived life the way he wanted and that was a pretty good life. He knew the importance of hard work and love, even if it was by his definition. Towards the end he didn't take life for granted. Whenever you want to think of Bruce we hope you put on some good music, go for a drive on the back roads and look up to the sky.

Bruce had three children with two ex-wives. His first marriage was to the beautiful Sandra Lange in 1973. They had two children, Shelby Lynn Nygaard/Derek Lund (Odin, Alrek) in 1978 and Cole Richard Nygaard (Marijayn, Victoria) in 1981. His second marriage was to the loving Brenda Shouldis in 1991, having one daughter, Tanner Lynn Nygaard, in 1992.