Eugene Blum

Hastings resident, Eugene "Gene" R. Blum, 85, died Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society-Hastings Village, Hastings, Nebraska.

Memorial Services will be Monday, August 4, 2014; 11:00 A.M. at First St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Hastings with Pastor Zach Brueningsen officiating. Private family burial will be in Parkview Cemetery. Memorials may be given to Nebraska Lions Eye Bank.

Gene was born May 13, 1929 in Blue Hill, Nebraska to Henry & Agnes (Dusek) Blum. He graduated from Blue Hill High School in 1946. Gene married Helen Hartman on June 27, 1948 in Blue Hill, Nebraska; they were married 66 years. He worked at a salesman for Gambles and Tom & Jerry's, and worked as a painter for Turner Brothers Painter and Mary Lanning Healthcare before retiring in 1992. Gene was a member of First St. Paul's Lutheran Church and Knights of Pythias for many years.

Gene was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Helen Blum.

SURVIVORS:
Wife:
Helen Blum - Hastings, NE
Children & Spouses:
Connie & Jim Uden - Prosser, NE
Julie & John Groshans - Doniphan, NE
Jeanne & Pat Duggins - Hastings, NE
Cindy & Tim Kohout - Prosser, NE
Grandchildren & Spouses:
Chad & Shandra Uden
Chris & Joslyn Uden
Brandon & Anne Duggins
John Duggins
Nathan Duggins
Josh & Mindi Kohout
Marc & Erica Kohout
Great-Grandchildren:
11