Obituary

LeRoy H, Bleam, aged 67, of Bradenton Florida formerly of Grand Rapids, Michigan, passed away Friday (May 24.1968) very suddenly at Coldwater, Michigan.
Surviving are his wife, Nellie, two sons, Donald Bleam of Adrian, Mi. , Kermit Bleam of California, Three daughters, Reatha Bushong, Homer, Mi, Lila Beach of Georgia, Valetta Bushong of Homer, Mi. one step son Richard Radle of Wyoming, Michigan. One Brother Samuel of Hastings, Mi. and sister Marion Smith of Wyoming, Michigan. Nineteen Grand children and one great grand child.
Funeral Services will be held 1:30 Monday at the Cook Funeral Home in Grandville, Mi. with Rev. Kenneth Mitchell officiating.
Interment Wyoming Cemetery.

Obituary Battle Creek Enquirer
Leroy Harold Bleam
COLDWATER - Leroy Harold Bleam 67 , of Route E , who suffered a heart attack at his home Friday afternoon , was dead on arrival at Community Health Center.
He was born Oct 15 1900 in Barry County, a son of Henry and Alice ( Miller) Bleam.
Mr Bleam was a retired railroad worker, having been employed by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad.
Survivors include the widow, the former Nellie (Swazee) Radle, three daughters, Mrs Otto (Reatha) Bushong, and Mrs Craig (Valetta ) Bushong, both of Homer, and Mrs Clyde (Lila ) Beach of Georgia; two sons, Donald Bleam of Adrian, and Kermit Bleam of California, a step son Richard Radle and a sister Mrs Joseph Smith, both of Wyoming, Mich. and a brother , Samuel Lyle Bleam of Hastings.

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Father: Henry Bleam
Mother: Emma Alice Miller

Married:

1.) Married: Wava Margery Babcock 8/27/1921 m-Robert A Bennett on 7/25/1923
2.) Married: Dorothy G M Thomas 4/11/1923
3.) Married: Nellie May Swayze 10/15/1926

Sons:
1. Donald Bleam (1922)..mother Wava Babcock father leroy Bleam
2. Kermit Bleam (1927)..mother Nellie Swayze father leroy Bleam

Daughters:
1. Reatha Bleam (1923) M-Otto Bushong mother- Dorothy Thomas father leroy Bleam
2. Lila Bleam (1929) M-Clyde Beach mother- Nellie Swayze father leroy bleam
3. Valetta Bleam (1932) M-Craig Bushong mother- Nellie Swayze father leroy bleam
4. Margery Eleanor Bleam (1921) m- Orval Twining..mother-Wava Babcock father Leroy Bleam
(adopted by Percy Rulison)

Step son:
1. Richard Radle . mother-- Nellie Swayze ,father unknown

Step daughters:

1. Virginia (Dixon) (1918) Richeson . mother- Dorothy Thomas father Clarence Dixon
2. Ruth (Schmidt)(11/20/1922) M-Charles Eastwood . mother- Dorothy Thomas, Father Bernard Schmidt

Brother:

1. Samuel Lyle Bleam

Sister:

1. Marion Bleam M-Joseph Smith

Occp: Railroad
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Reference:

1910 Thornapple Barry Mi.
Henry Bliem Head M 40 Ca
Alice Bliem Wife F 36 Mi
Leroy Bliem Son M 10 Mi
Lyle Blum Son M 8 M
Marian Blum Daughter F 4 Mi

1920 Hasting Barry Co Mi
Henry Bleam Head M 43 Canada
Emma A Bleam Wife F 44 Mi
Leroy H Bleam Son M 20 Mi
Samuel L Bleam Son M 17 Mi
Marian M Bleam Daughter F 13 Mi

1930 Grand Rapids Mi.
Leroy H Bleane Head M 29 Mi
Nellie M Bleane Wife F 22 Oh
Reatha M Bleane Daughter F 6 Mi
Kermit L Bleane Son M 2 Mi
Lila J Bleane Daughter F 1 Mi

1940 Wyoming Twp Kent Co Mi
Head Alice E Bleam F 63 Mi
Son Le Roy H Bleam M 40 Mi
Adopted son Donald H Bleam M 17 Mi
Foster-daughter Ruth L Dixon F 18 Mi

1940 Wyoming Twp Kent Co Mi
Head Leroy H Bloom M 39 Mi
Wife Nellie M Bloom F 32 Oh
Daughter Reatha M Bloom F 16 Mi
Son Kermit Bloom M 12 Mi
Daughter Lila Bloom F 11 Mi
Daughter Viletta Bloom F 7 Mi
Roomer Walter Hoyt M 38 Mi

Name: Leroy Bleam
Age 21 years
Birth Year: 1900
Birthplace: Freeport, Michigan
Spouse's Name: Wave Babcock
Spouse's Age 17 years
Spouse's Birth Year: 1904
Spouse's Birthplace: St. Louis, Michigan
Event Date: 27 Aug 1921
Event Place: Hastings Barry Michigan
Father's Name: Henry Bleam
Mother's Name: Alice Emma Miller
Spouse's Father's Name: Walter Babcock
Spouse's Mother's Name: Rosina Davison

Name: Leroy Bleam
Age 24 years
Birth Year: 1899
Birthplace: Freeport, Michigan
Spouse's Name: Dorothy Thomas
Spouse's Age 26 years
Spouse's Birth Year: 1897
Spouse's Birthplace: Freeport, Michigan
Event Date: 11 Apr 1923
Event Place: Grand Haven, Ottawa, Michigan
Father's Name: Henry Bleam
Mother's Name: Alice Miller
Spouse's Father's Name: Eugene Thomas
Spouse's Mother's Name: Anna Tilley

ame: Leroy Harold Bleam
Event Type: Draft Registration
Event Date: 1917-1918
Event Place: Barry County, Mi
Gender: Male
Nationality: United States
Birth Date: 15 Oct 1899 ??
Birthplace: , , United States

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Leroy Harold Bleam

1900-Oct 15 1900 Born–Leroy Harold Bleam (1900-1968)
1910-Census Thornapple Barry Co Mi-Henry Alice Leroy Lyle Marian
1918-Dec 21 1918 Born-Virginia Dixon-(1918-1986) m-Dorothy Thomas
1920-Census-Hasting Barry Co Mi Henry Emma Leroy Samuel Marian
1921-Aug 27 1921Married-Wava Margery Babcock (1904-1924)
1921-Oct 4 1921 Born Margery E Bleam (1921-2006) m-Wava m-Orval Twining (1910-1988)
1922-Jan 20 1922 Born-Ruth Schmidt (1921-2023 m- Dorothy Thomas F-Bernard Schmidt
1922-Nov 11 1922 Born-Donald Bleam (1922-1980) m-Wava Babcock m-Evelyn Berry
1923-March 17 1923 Divorced-Wava and Leroy
1923-April 11 1923 Married-Dorothy Thomas (1898-1926)
1923-July Married-Wava married Robert Bennett (1904-1924)
1923-Oct 13 1923 Born-Reatha Bleam (1923-2019) m-Dorothy m-Otto Bushong (1921-1992)
1924-Jan 23 1924 Death Wava (Babcock) Bennett (1904-1924) Died TB age 20
1926-Feb 7 1926 Death-Dorothy Bleam (1898-1926) Died TB age 27
1926- Oct 15 1926 Married-Nellie Swayze (1907-1992)
1927-Sept 27 1927 Born-Kermit Bleam (1927-1985) m-Ella Schafer (1927-2013)
1929-Jan 16 1929 Born Lila Bleam (1929-1999) m-Clyde Beach (1927-2002)
1930-Census Grand Rapids Mi Leroy Nellie Reatha Kermit Lila
1932-Nov 13 1932 Born Valetta Bleam (1932-2003) m-Craig Bushong (1930-1991)
1940-Census Wyoming Kent Co Mi Leroy Nellie Reatha Kermit Lila Viletta Walter Hoyt