Bruce Alan Piddington

Bruce and Jan had a great impact on my life. He was a careful listener, inspiration and genuinely real person. I admired Jan for her many talents and learned from her. I will always remember them as an inspiration. I loved them.

I loved Mr Piddingington he was my favorite teacher and my sons favorite also I always ran into him at woodmans. Hellow Mr Piddington he told me Tina you are a grandma now you can call me Bruce he will be missed the best teacher ever my heart is so sad so long to the most wonderful person

Bruce was a lovely man and neighbor. He was always welcoming and I loved spending time with the Piddingtons growing up. Lisa Anderson

This was one of my favorite teachers growing up.... he encouraged me to read like no other before him. Therefore helping me learn and opening my mind to differences in people, other cultures, traveling the world, just growth in general! He also taught my brother at East High who is 14 yrs older than I. I remember stories of them going to look for arrowheads together waaaay b4 he was my teacher. I probably saw him 10 yrs ago maybe more.... and we grabbed a coffee together(even tho I don't drink coffee🤣). He remember exactly who I was, and I was shocked bc it had been many years sense I was in his class(He still remember my brother as well). We reminisced about the past, talked about what I was doing and some of the places I had been(nowhere near to as many now😁). I really appreciated that meeting bc I was able to tell him how he influenced me in the right way!! Ill never forget that... I had wondered if I would randomly bump into him again, unfortunately that won't b the case😢 I am disappointed that I won't be able to attend the services on the 7th, bc Rio De Janeiro now, for my 5th time in Brazil.... so something worked Thank you Mr P!!! For you patience, time, and motivation... P.S. he even let me take his class twice, if I remember correctly it was a 1 semester class🙂 And believe me, I needed that class in more ways than one .... #graduation 🤣

Back in 1987 Andrew and I moved to Madison for a new job. It was a spur of the moment move and Uncle Bruce and Greatest Aunt Jan graciously let us stay with them for a couple of weeks while we apartment hunted. Bruce was able to tell us about EVERY neighborhood in Madison as we searched! Jan sang to 7 month old Madeline and let her plunk on the piano. Bruce thought it was hysterical that baby Maddie loved their big orange cat Wilber and tried every chance she got to crawl over to eat out of Wilber’s bowl (using just her mouth the way the kitty did). Fifteen years later when Mad had Bruce for one of her high school teachers, he teased that he’d tell her classmates that she was fond of cat food (as well as other tidbits gathered over the years). Bruce was an amazing uncle to us and great uncle to Maddie and Lewie. We all adored him and will miss him so much!