Geraldine M. Bloom, 87

Geraldine M. Bloom, 87, of Villisca, died Dec. 18, 2009, in Corning.

Geraldine Maxine Bloom, daughter of Edwin and Anna (Johnson) Anderson, was born Aug. 16, 1922, near Essex. Geraldine attended Nodaway High School and Commercial Extension Business in Omaha. She worked for Socony Vacuum Oil Co. in Omaha as a bookkeeper for five years. She married Wayne Bloom on Feb. 10, 1945, at her parents’ home in rural Nodaway. They lived on farms in Adams and Montgomery Counties before moving to their farm north of Villisca. Geraldine was a 4-H and Cub Scout leader for a number of years. She served on the Nursing Home Board. She worked at the Co-op as a bookkeeper and later she worked as a secretary in the Dietary Department at the Mental Health Institute in Clarinda for twenty years before retiring. She was a lifelong member of the Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church and served as the church treasurer. She was also active in the Mt. Calvary LMWL.

Geraldine was preceded in death by her parents and one great grandchild, Mia Bloom.

She is survived by her husband; two sons, Doug (Jerrelynn) Bloom of Villisca, and Randy (Dee) Bloom of Clear Lake; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and brother Wayne (Elise) Anderson of Corning.

Services were held at the Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Villisca with Pastor Jerome Wagoner Officiating. Burial was in the Villisca Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church or the Villisca EMT’s.

Wolfe Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.