Obit: Blume, Julius J. (1910 – 1971)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Blume, Lavin, Gunther, Osolkowski, Purgett, Dittmeyer

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 15 Apr 1971

Blume, Julius J. (26 NOV 1910 – 12 APR 1971)

At 10 o'clock this forenoon funeral services were held for Julius John Blume at the Sacred Heart catholic Church, Stetsonville, with burial being made in St. Mary's Cemetery in the town of Holway, Taylor Co., Wis.. Father Harte, parish pastor, officiated.

Dennis and Vincent Blume, Arden and Robert Blume, Gary Lavin and Harvey Gunther were the pallbearers.

The deceased, a veteran of World War II, and a bachelor, who farmed in the town of Maplehurst, passed away April 12, 1971 at the Veterans Hospital in Madison, where he was being treated for carcinoma.

He was 60 years of age, being born November 26, 1910 at Marathon. He served four years in the Army and in addition to his farming in the town of Maplehurst, worked at the Dorchester Furniture Manufacturing plant in Dorchester. He was also an active member of the Boxrucker American Legion Post.

His passing is mourned by his mother, Mrs. Ann Blume, Medford; three sisters, Mrs. Joe (Ellen) Osolkowski, Milwaukee; Mrs. Eugene (Catherine) Purgett, Germantown, and Mrs. Robert (Magdalene) Dittmeyer, Springfield, Oregon; and six brothers, Henry, route 2, Owen; Leander and Alfred, both of rural Curtiss; Arthur of Edgar; David, Spendar, Alaska, and Leo of Fairbanks, Alaska.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, a sister, and his father, Ludwig Blume.