JOSEPH BLUM, SR. Obituary: Lafourche Parish, La.

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Daily Comet, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.

31 Mar 2005


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March 30. 2005 3:15PM

Joseph Blum Sr.					[Photo]

Joseph Blum Sr., 86, a native and resident of Houma, died March 26, 2005.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at Chauvin Funeral Home in 
Houma. A religious services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home 
chapel.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Dickinson Blum of Houma; sons, Joseph Blum Jr. 
and his wife Priscilla, and Daniel Blum of Houma; brother, Louis Blum of Houma; 
sisters, Bessie B. Antis and Sarah B. Babin of Houma; brother-in-law, Michael 
Williams Dickinson and his wife Debbie of Highlands, Texas; grandchildren, 
Joseph Leopold Blum, Monica B. Odom, Rebecca Lynn Blum, Jonathan Edwin Blum, 
Helena Marie Blum, Samuel Paul Blum, Christina Michelle Blum, Joshua William 
Blum and Scott William Blum; and seven great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Leopold Blum and Amalia Lewald Blum.

He was a retired estimator for B&R Mechanical Contractors Inc. He assisted his 
father in organizing Blum & Bergeron Realty Corp. and was the corporation 
secretary. In addition, he helped form Blum & Bergeron Inc. and was a member of 
the board of directors. He was a former member of the Terreanians Carnival Club, 
The Town Knights and the Stinkets.

He was a U.S. Army veteran during World War II, a staff sergeant and forward 
observing in the 775th Field Artillery Unit attached to the 3rd Armored 
Division.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Terrebonne 
Parish Public Library, any Terrebonne museum or the charity of your choice.

Chauvin Funeral Home in Houma is in charge of arrangements.