Irving Blum^[1]

1915 - 1973  (58 years)

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

  
  

  Father	Samuel Blum,   b. 26 Apr 1887, Kovno, Lithuania d. 1962, Baltimore MD (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Fannie Goldstein,   b. 1875, Russia d. 1940, Baltimore MD (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1904	Baltimore MD
  Family ID	F78	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Lois Hoffberger,   b. 17 May 1921, Baltimore MD d. 15 Apr 2022, Baltimore MD (Age 100 years)
  Marriage	10 Jul 1941	Baltimore MD   [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		Birth - 28 Jun 1915 - Baltimore MD Marriage - 10 Jul 1941 - Baltimore MD Death - 10 Aug 1973 - Baltimore MD Burial - - Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery, Reisterstown MD  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos		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 » Slide Show		Irving Blum Obituary New York Times - 12 Aug 1973, Page 59 ---- 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
  		Irving Blum Obituary - The Evening Sun, Baltimore

  
  

  Headstones		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 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

  [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 [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" ---- 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