Blum, Helen Ruth (Doan) (1921 - 2021)

BLUM, GLAWINSKI, DOAN, MUNCHRATH, EBBINGA, SCHNEIDER, GLAWINSKI, PETERSON, FREUND, RUSCHENBURG

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 3/10/2021 at 14:15:04

Name of deceased: Helen Ruth Blum (nee Doan)

Aged: 99 yrs, 6 mo, 22 days

Residence: Atlantic Specialty Care, Atlantic, Cass County, IA

Born: July 31, 1921; Dow City, Crawford County, IA

Died: Feb. 22, 2021; Atlantic Specialty Care, Atlantic, Cass County, IA

Funeral services: Private family interment in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Earling, IA; public memorial mass to be held at a later date

Survived by: Children, Marilyn Munchrath of Omaha, NE, Linda (spouse, William) Ebbinga of Griswold, IA, Kenneth (spouse, Connie) Blum of Lenexa, KS, Keith (spouse, Tonya) Blum of Lenexa KS, and Dr. Cynthia Schneider of Mobile, AL; 21 grandchildren; 66 great-grandchildren, 5 great-great-grandchildren; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Clara (nee Glawinski) Doan and Ray Doan; husband, Edgar; brother, Raymond Doan; sister, Nellie Peterson; sons-in-law, Charles Freund and Jack Munchrath; father-in-law, John Peter Blum; mother-in-law, Elizabeth (nee Ruschenburg) Blum

Education: Graduated from the Dow City Consolidated School

Religious affiliation: Became a member of the Catholic Church and had her First Holy Communion on her wedding day, July 31, 1939; member, Des Moines Diocese Catholic Daughters and served as president for one term; was an active member of the Altar and Rosary Society at St. Joseph's Church, Earling, IA.

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Edgar Joseph Blum; July 31, 1939; location not provided

Employment: Farmed with husband; in addition, she was employed at CDS Global in Harlan, IA, for a while, and then at Little Flower Haven, Earling, IA in the kitchen and laundry

Hobbies/Interests: no information provided

Sources: pauleyjones.com