Obit: Blum, Walter #2 (1891 - 1955)

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Surnames: Blum, Forcier, Kope

----Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 12/15/1955

Blum, Walter #2 (31 MAY 1891 - 22 NOV 1955)

Walter H. Blum, 64, Owen (Clark Co., Wis.), died, Nov. 22, 1955, at 8:00 p.m. at his home.  Born in Lafayette, Ia., May 31, 1891, he had made his home in Owen since 1919.

Surviving are four sons, Walsh of Wenatchee, Wash., Harold and Howard of Pomona, Calif., and Leland of Kennewick, Wash.; a daughter, Mrs. Theodore (Thelma) Forcier of Pomona, Calif.; and a sister, Mrs. Carrie Kope of Seattle, Wash., 18 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

One daughter preceded him in death.

Memorial services were conducted at the Murdock Chapel, Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in Marion, Ia., by the Rev. James P. Gable.  Burial was in the Lafayette Cemetery.