Cora Peterson - Daughter of Martin F. Peterson & Anna Gast

  Cora Peterson

Born:   Pearl City Illinois on May 21, 1911

Deceased:    Rockford Illinois on January 05, 1988

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Obituary:  Cora Blum, 76, 4841 Linview Drive, Rockford, died Tuesday, January 05, 1988 in SwedishAmerican Hospital.  Born May 21, 1911 in Pearl City, daughter of Martin and Anna Gast Peterson.  Married Louis Blum on January 23, 1931: he died on December 25, 1980.  Cora was formerly employed by Crum & Forster Insurance company in Freeport Illinois.  Survivors include a daughter, Maryellen Blum-Lazarus, Rockford; brother, John Peterson, Shannon; and sister, Evelyn Garrett, Grand Island, Nebraska.  Services at one PM Thursday on January 07, in Walker Mortuary, 321 West Main Street; Freeport with Reverend Eugene Garner Rockford, officiating.  Burial in Chapel Hill Cemetery.  Friends may call at the mortuary from four to seven PM Wednesday.  Memorials to the American Heart Association. 

(Submitted by Yvonne C. Burt)

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Louis Blum

Born:    1907

Deceased:   Rockford, Illinois on December 25, 1980   

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Louis Blum, passed away very suddenly on December 25, 1980 in Rockford Illinois.

It was said, Louis ran away from home when he was about 14 to join the circus.  

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Children of Cora and Louis Blum:

  • Maryellen Blum-Lazarus 
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Published by Charles W. Buntjer ~ San Francisco ~ Latest update on June 23, 2004

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