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Irving Blum

Irving Blum[1]

Male 1915 - 1973  (58 years)

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  • Name Irving Blum 
    Nickname Irv 
    Birth 28 Jun 1915  Baltimore MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 Aug 1973  Baltimore MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery, Reisterstown MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I150  Flack Genealogy
    Last Modified 26 Jul 2023 

    Father Samuel Blum,   b. 26 Apr 1887, Kovno, Lithuania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1962, Baltimore MD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Fannie Goldstein,   b. 1875, Russia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1940, Baltimore MD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 1904  Baltimore MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F78  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife Lois Hoffberger,   b. 17 May 1921, Baltimore MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 2022, Baltimore MD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 100 years) 
    Marriage 10 Jul 1941  Baltimore MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
    +1. Jeffrey Blum
     2. Carolyn Blum
     3. Lawrence A. Blum
    Family ID F70  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Jul 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 28 Jun 1915 - Baltimore MD Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 10 Jul 1941 - Baltimore MD Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Aug 1973 - Baltimore MD Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery, Reisterstown MD Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Irv Blum
    Irv Blum
    Irv Blum Grandkids
    Group photo in supplement to "Irv Blum, A Heart of Wisdom" (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)

    Documents
    Irving Blum Obituary
    Irving Blum Obituary
    New York Times - 12 Aug 1973, Page 59
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    BALTIMORE, Aug. 11—Irving Blum, chairman of Blum's, Inc., a real estate, finance and investment firm, and a leader in charitable activities, died today at the age of 58.

    Mr. Blum had also been president and director of Baltimore Trotting Races, Inc., and Colonial Furniture, Inc., and a director of the First National Bank of Maryland. He was a former president of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds.

    Born in Baltimore, Mr. Blum graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1934. He served in the Army overseas in World War II.

    A member of the Mayor's Council of Economic Advisers, Mr. Blum had been a director of the Governor's Commission on Childhood Malnutrition. He had served as president of the Council for Equal Business Opportunity, vice president of the United Fund of Central Maryland and director of the Baltimore Urban Coalition.

    Surviving are his widow, the former Lois Hoffberger; two sons, Lawrence and Jeffrey; a daughter, Patty; a brother, and a sister.
    IN MEMORIUM - Associated Jewish Charities and Welfare Fund  -  Baltimore, Maryland
    IN MEMORIUM - Associated Jewish Charities and Welfare Fund - Baltimore, Maryland
    Irving Blum Obituary - The Evening Sun, Baltimore
    Irving Blum Obituary - The Evening Sun, Baltimore

    Headstones
    Irving Blum Headstone 28 Jun 1915 - 10 Aug 1973
    Irving Blum Headstone 28 Jun 1915 - 10 Aug 1973
    Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139121171/irving-blum: accessed 26 July 2023), memorial page for Irving Blum (28 Jun 1915–10 Aug 1973), Find a Grave Memorial ID 139121171, citing Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery, Reisterstown, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by donss (contributor 48196614).
    Plot: Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery, Reisterstown MD
    Irving Blum Headstone 28 Jun 1915 - 10 Aug 1973
    Irving Blum Headstone 28 Jun 1915 - 10 Aug 1973
    Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139121171/irving-blum: accessed 26 July 2023), memorial page for Irving Blum (28 Jun 1915–10 Aug 1973), Find a Grave Memorial ID 139121171, citing Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery, Reisterstown, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by donss (contributor 48196614).
    Plot: Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery, Reisterstown, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA

    Histories
    Irv Blum - A Heart of Wisdom: 28 Jun 1915 - 10 Aug 1973
    Jewish Museum of Maryland [Catalog Number: 2007.051.001]: archived copy of 95 page biography, collection of writings and letters assembled by Irv Blum's family with the assistance of Fran Forman. Published in 1993 by the Office of the University Publisher, Harvard University, Cambridge MA
    The Hoffberger Journey in America: 1882 - 2005 Memoirs of a Baltimore Family
    Jewish Museum of Maryland [Catalog Number: 2007.054.027]: Self-published memoirs and profiles of the Hoffberger family, assembled by the Lois (Hoffberger) Feinblatt family with the assistance of Fran Forman in 2005 [87 pages].

  • Sources 
    1. [S418858734] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=119959250&pid=8

    2. [S102] Irv and Lois Wedding Date, 10 Jul 1941, 14 (Reliability: 3).
      Item 8. That on May 17, 1941 he and Lois decided to fix their weding date, and that they were married on July 10th, 1941.
      Affidavit of Irving Blum #1: a declaration to assert their marriage "was not merely a ruse to avoid army service"
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      Irv Blum, A Heart of Wisdom June 28, 1915 - August 10, 1973, published in 1993 by Office of the University Publisher, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA