Herman Blum, son of the late Sebastian and Anna Katherine Mater Blum, was born on German Hill, Green Hill, Green township, Forest County, Pa., and died at his home, same place, aged sixty-one years. About three weeks prior to his demise he suffered an attack of pleuto-pneumonia, and although seeming to have overcome the attack his heart action was greatly weakened, and his recuperative powers not being sufficient to tide him over the crisis, he passed away very peacefully, like one falling asleep, between eight and nine o'clock on the day above stated.
Mr. Blum passed his whole life on the farm and in the home in which he died. From youth up he stood high in his community. Throughly trustworthy he had held every office within the gift of the people of his township, besides serving a term as County Commissioner most acceptably, but declining a re-election which he could easily have had. His convictions of right and wrong were unbending and he was just and fair to friend and foe (if he had one) alike. Surely the community has lost most heavily in the death of Herman Blum. In his domestic life he was most happy, and his devotion to and love for his family were of the tenderest and the truest nature, and his solicitude for the comfort and happiness of his faithful wife and children was ever uppermost in his mind. A communicant member for many years of Mt. Zion Lutheran church, he was faithful and consistent to its teachings to the end.
Fifteen years ago Mr. Blum was happily united in marriage with Mrs. Emma Elizabeth Ledebur Vockroth, who, with one daughter, one son and one step-son, Lawrence Vockroth, survive him. Two brothers, William Blum, Henry Blum and one sister, Mrs. Frederick (Dorothea Elizabeth) Ledebur, all of German Hill also survive.
The funeral was held from the late home on Monday afternoon, Rev. H.J. Reimann, pastor of Good Hope Lutheran church, Oil City, conducting the services. He took for his text Hosea 6:1, "Come, let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up." His discourse was comforting to the bereaved ones and encouraging to the friends, very many of whom had gathered, notwithstanding the inclement day, to pay their tribute of respect to the memory of one whom they had always held in highest esteem. A choir composed of Miss Gussie Cook, Mr. and Mrs. S.H. Secor and Judge F.X. Kreitler, of Nebraska, very sweetly sang three familiar hymns, and at the conclusion of the services the interment took place in the Mt. Zion cemetery, Messrs. Wm. Blum, Wm. Smearbaugh, Ferdinand Wenk, Wm. Shellhouse, J.E. Wenk, cousins of the deceased, and J.T. Dale, acting as pall-bearers.
"History of Mt. Zion Lutheran Cemetery" by Lois Wike
Mr. Blum passed his whole life on the farm and in the home in which he died. From youth up he stood high in his community. Throughly trustworthy he had held every office within the gift of the people of his township, besides serving a term as County Commissioner most acceptably, but declining a re-election which he could easily have had. His convictions of right and wrong were unbending and he was just and fair to friend and foe (if he had one) alike. Surely the community has lost most heavily in the death of Herman Blum. In his domestic life he was most happy, and his devotion to and love for his family were of the tenderest and the truest nature, and his solicitude for the comfort and happiness of his faithful wife and children was ever uppermost in his mind. A communicant member for many years of Mt. Zion Lutheran church, he was faithful and consistent to its teachings to the end.
Fifteen years ago Mr. Blum was happily united in marriage with Mrs. Emma Elizabeth Ledebur Vockroth, who, with one daughter, one son and one step-son, Lawrence Vockroth, survive him. Two brothers, William Blum, Henry Blum and one sister, Mrs. Frederick (Dorothea Elizabeth) Ledebur, all of German Hill also survive.
The funeral was held from the late home on Monday afternoon, Rev. H.J. Reimann, pastor of Good Hope Lutheran church, Oil City, conducting the services. He took for his text Hosea 6:1, "Come, let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up." His discourse was comforting to the bereaved ones and encouraging to the friends, very many of whom had gathered, notwithstanding the inclement day, to pay their tribute of respect to the memory of one whom they had always held in highest esteem. A choir composed of Miss Gussie Cook, Mr. and Mrs. S.H. Secor and Judge F.X. Kreitler, of Nebraska, very sweetly sang three familiar hymns, and at the conclusion of the services the interment took place in the Mt. Zion cemetery, Messrs. Wm. Blum, Wm. Smearbaugh, Ferdinand Wenk, Wm. Shellhouse, J.E. Wenk, cousins of the deceased, and J.T. Dale, acting as pall-bearers.
"History of Mt. Zion Lutheran Cemetery" by Lois Wike
Herman Blum, son of the late Sebastian and Anna Katherine Mater Blum, was born on German Hill, Green Hill, Green township, Forest County, Pa., and died at his home, same place, aged sixty-one years. About three weeks prior to his demise he suffered an attack of pleuto-pneumonia, and although seeming to have overcome the attack his heart action was greatly weakened, and his recuperative powers not being sufficient to tide him over the crisis, he passed away very peacefully, like one falling asleep, between eight and nine o'clock on the day above stated.
Mr. Blum passed his whole life on the farm and in the home in which he died. From youth up he stood high in his community. Throughly trustworthy he had held every office within the gift of the people of his township, besides serving a term as County Commissioner most acceptably, but declining a re-election which he could easily have had. His convictions of right and wrong were unbending and he was just and fair to friend and foe (if he had one) alike. Surely the community has lost most heavily in the death of Herman Blum. In his domestic life he was most happy, and his devotion to and love for his family were of the tenderest and the truest nature, and his solicitude for the comfort and happiness of his faithful wife and children was ever uppermost in his mind. A communicant member for many years of Mt. Zion Lutheran church, he was faithful and consistent to its teachings to the end.
Fifteen years ago Mr. Blum was happily united in marriage with Mrs. Emma Elizabeth Ledebur Vockroth, who, with one daughter, one son and one step-son, Lawrence Vockroth, survive him. Two brothers, William Blum, Henry Blum and one sister, Mrs. Frederick (Dorothea Elizabeth) Ledebur, all of German Hill also survive.
The funeral was held from the late home on Monday afternoon, Rev. H.J. Reimann, pastor of Good Hope Lutheran church, Oil City, conducting the services. He took for his text Hosea 6:1, "Come, let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up." His discourse was comforting to the bereaved ones and encouraging to the friends, very many of whom had gathered, notwithstanding the inclement day, to pay their tribute of respect to the memory of one whom they had always held in highest esteem. A choir composed of Miss Gussie Cook, Mr. and Mrs. S.H. Secor and Judge F.X. Kreitler, of Nebraska, very sweetly sang three familiar hymns, and at the conclusion of the services the interment took place in the Mt. Zion cemetery, Messrs. Wm. Blum, Wm. Smearbaugh, Ferdinand Wenk, Wm. Shellhouse, J.E. Wenk, cousins of the deceased, and J.T. Dale, acting as pall-bearers.
"History of Mt. Zion Lutheran Cemetery" by Lois Wike
Mr. Blum passed his whole life on the farm and in the home in which he died. From youth up he stood high in his community. Throughly trustworthy he had held every office within the gift of the people of his township, besides serving a term as County Commissioner most acceptably, but declining a re-election which he could easily have had. His convictions of right and wrong were unbending and he was just and fair to friend and foe (if he had one) alike. Surely the community has lost most heavily in the death of Herman Blum. In his domestic life he was most happy, and his devotion to and love for his family were of the tenderest and the truest nature, and his solicitude for the comfort and happiness of his faithful wife and children was ever uppermost in his mind. A communicant member for many years of Mt. Zion Lutheran church, he was faithful and consistent to its teachings to the end.
Fifteen years ago Mr. Blum was happily united in marriage with Mrs. Emma Elizabeth Ledebur Vockroth, who, with one daughter, one son and one step-son, Lawrence Vockroth, survive him. Two brothers, William Blum, Henry Blum and one sister, Mrs. Frederick (Dorothea Elizabeth) Ledebur, all of German Hill also survive.
The funeral was held from the late home on Monday afternoon, Rev. H.J. Reimann, pastor of Good Hope Lutheran church, Oil City, conducting the services. He took for his text Hosea 6:1, "Come, let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up." His discourse was comforting to the bereaved ones and encouraging to the friends, very many of whom had gathered, notwithstanding the inclement day, to pay their tribute of respect to the memory of one whom they had always held in highest esteem. A choir composed of Miss Gussie Cook, Mr. and Mrs. S.H. Secor and Judge F.X. Kreitler, of Nebraska, very sweetly sang three familiar hymns, and at the conclusion of the services the interment took place in the Mt. Zion cemetery, Messrs. Wm. Blum, Wm. Smearbaugh, Ferdinand Wenk, Wm. Shellhouse, J.E. Wenk, cousins of the deceased, and J.T. Dale, acting as pall-bearers.
"History of Mt. Zion Lutheran Cemetery" by Lois Wike
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