Donald Earl Bloom
Donald E. Bloom, 78,
of Phoenix, Ariz. and North East, Pa., formerly of Lawrence Park, died Saturday, August 9, 2008 at Hamot Medical Center. He was born in Lumber City, Pa. on December 13, 1929, son of the late Millard and Ianthe Witherite Bloom.
He graduated from Byrd High School in Shreveport, La. in 1948 after attending Lawrence Park High School until his senior year. Donald completed the General Electric Apprentice Course after serving in the US Army during the Korean War. He was in Management at Bucyrus Erie,
Zurn Industries
and Electric Materials Company, retiring in 1972.
He was an avid trap shooter and enjoyed the outdoors. Donald was preceded in death by his son, Donald Earl Bloom, Jr.;
his brother, Jack D. Bloom;
and a sister, June Randall.
He is survived by his daughter, Peggy Ann Woolsey, and her husband, Tom, of Kiln, Miss.;
three sisters, Phyllis Catlin and her husband, Ernie,
Connie Sigrist,
and Shirley Smith and her husband, Ed, all of Erie;
three grandsons;
two great-grandsons;
several nieces and nephews;
and his companion, Janet Ball. Friends
may call at the Dusckas Funeral Home, Inc., East, 2607 Buffalo Rd. on Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. A Private Memorial Service and interment will be conducted at a later date.

serving in the US Army during the Korean War.