C. W, BLOOM DIES SUDDENLY
IN ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL
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Chas. Wesley Bloom, 54, well
known farmer living east of El¬
more, died suddenly in St. Vin¬
cent's hospital, Toledo, Sunday
morning, while waiting for mem¬
bers of his family to come and
take him home; death, due to a
blood clot near the heart, coming:
upon him as he sat in a chair*
He had undergone a serious sur¬
gical operation about two weeks
previous and was so much im¬
proved that he was pronounced
able to return home. News of
his death was at once sent to El¬
more, but unfortunately the wife
and son Raymond had already
left for the hospital and upon ar>
rival went at once to Mr. Bloom's
room, unmindful of the death,
and were most painfully shocked
to find him lving dead, in bed.
Mr. Bloom was born in Salem
township and lived all his life in
the sime community. When the
new Harris-Elmore school distret
was formed, he was named as one
of the members of the first board
of education and served in that
capacity for a number of yearst
He took great interest in the
school and attended most of the
school functions. Besides the
widow, Mary Kreiljck Bloom, sev¬
en children survive: Raymond,
Myron, Luther and Thelma at
home; Oliver of Elmore, Harold
of Old Washington and Mrs. Ma¬
bel JDunham, southwest of El¬
more. Last rites were field Wed*
nesday afternoon at St. Paul's
Lutheran church near Four-Mile
house, where he had been a life--
long member and was an elder at
the time of his death.
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