Bruce F. Hagerman

January 17, 1943 - May 13, 2022

Bruce Hagerman of Ocean, New Jersey was a life-long resident of Asbury Park Jersey Shore. He was born in Orange, New Jersey and died of colon cancer on May 13, 2022 at Monmouth Medical Center. Bruce, a 1961 graduate of Asbury Park High School, started his engineering career at EAI in West Long Branch and then “moved across the street” to Interdata/Perkin-Elmer. Some of the equipment that Bruce worked on for EAI was on display at the Kennedy Space Center. He later worked for AT&T's Consumer Products in Holmdel where he designed hardware and wrote software simulations for what a piece of hardware potentially could or should do. It was in Consumer Products that he helped design, manufacture, and test the first and second generation cordless telephones. Bruce retired from Tyco's Submarine Systems in Eatontown where he worked on simulations for undersea cable equipment. Bruce was an active person who enjoyed playing softball, bowling, shooting pool, downhill skiing, running, and going to the gym; but, his life-long love was salt and fresh water fishing. He fished the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Gulf, the Great Lakes, the Rio Grande, and many lakes, streams, and reservoirs in the Rockies. He spent many hours on the Deal Esplanade and 8th Avenue jetties, and on the Naples Florida Pier, where he had his record one-day catch of “a pile” of Spanish mackerel. Bruce was an avid reader and traveler, a great cook and photographer, and could play the trumpet, guitar, and piano. He could build or fix anything. After retirement, Bruce transferred his early hobby of building and flying model airplanes to building and shooting off Rockets with CENJARS. He also spent time “buttering bagels” on Tuesday in the St. Jerome's cafeteria, wintering in Naples, and watching and mentoring his last grandson. Bruce was predeceased by his parents, Lloyd and Betty Hagerman. He is survived by his wife of over 40 years, Ann Kurec Hagerman, his three children, their spouses, six grandchildren, three God children, and many cousins, close friends, and good neighbors in New Jersey, Florida, and Massachusetts. Bruce’s visitation will be held 4:30-8:00 PM on Tuesday May 17 at Bongarzone Funeral Home, 2400 Shafto Rd, Tinton Falls, NJ. Mass will be offered at 11:00 AM on Wednesday May 18 at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church, 684 Alta Vista Pl, Perth Amboy, NJ. Interment will follow at the Cemetery of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption. The family would like to thank the doctors, nurses, and admin staff at the Vantage Point Infusion Center in West Long Branch who helped Bruce during his chemotherapy treatments and the nurses on Greenwald 5 who eased his journey. Any donations can be made to St Jude's Children's Hospital at www.stjude.org/donate For online condolences, please visit Bruce’s memorial page at www.bongarzonefuneralhome.com