Dies In Hospital
C. W. Bloom, 54, living about
five miles east of Elmore, died in
St. Vincent's hospital, Toledo, Sun¬
day morning. Mr. Bloom had been
in failing health since last Novem¬
ber and on June 17 underwent an
operation from which he seemed to
be recovering nicely. A blood clot
near the heart is thought to have
been the cause of death. He was
to have left the hospital Sunday
morning and his wife and son had
eome to take him home. He was
stricken while awaiting their arrival.
He is survived by his wife and
seven children. Mrs. Mabel Dun¬
ham of Woodville, Harold Bloom of
Old Washington, Oliver Bloom of
Elmore, Raymond. Myron, Luther
and The] ma. at home; his father,
Levi Bloom of Oak Harbor, and
scveis. brothers and sifters, :'.II of
whom live near or in Oak Harbor
with the exception of a sister, Mrs.
Clara Welter, who resides in Deni-
son, Texas.
Mr. Bloom was born March 20,
! 1879, in Salem township, Ottawa
| county. When the Harris township
land Elmore schools consolidated iu-
! to a centralized school he was
i chosen as a member of the new
school board and served for some¬
time as a member of the board.
"Funeral services were held Wed¬
nesday afternoon from St. Paul's
Lutheran Church near Lindsey -of
which Mr. Bloom had been a life¬
long member.
