Obituary

Alice Bloom Kline Bauman, wife of Elam Bauman, of this place who died at her home on Gulich avenue on Wednesday morning, April 15, at 5:45 o'clock following a lingering illness, was born on May 10, 1864, making her 71 years, 11 months and five days.

She was the daughter of the late Samuel and Jane Curry Bloom. Surviving are her husband and the following children by a former marriage: Mrs. Eva Coutts of Johnstown, Mrs. Jane Pearson, Mrs. Gussie Rhodes, H.W. Kline and Mrs. Edith Coplin all of Windber.

Also surviving are: two brothers, Amos Bloom of Salem, Ohio and Hosea Bloom of Olanta; a half-sister Mrs. Sue Bloom of Pittsburgh; a half-brother, Milton Bloom of Portage; eight step-children, 22 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at the late home here last (Thursday) night at 7:30 o'clock in charge of her pastor Rev. E. Roy Hauser. The body was taken to her former home in Windber today and burial will be made in Grandview Cemetery in Johnstown tomorrow.

From the Clearfield Progress 17 Apr 1936, p. 6
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Alice Bloom's first name was Nancy although I don't think she ever used the name.2208

Note: Many references to Nancy in family trees etc. use the name Alioce Bloom.3
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[More on Nancy Alice Bloom, written by her granddaughter Ruth Kline (b. 1932)]

Unfortunately I have no memories of any direct relationship with her. I regret that, as I've come to believe that I resemble her, not so much in appearance, but in personality (for lack of a better word). For reasons unknown to me (and never discussed in the family) my mother did not like Alice. Therefore she was not included in family discussions.... She had a daughter (Eva) out-of-wedlock before she married Alonzo Kline. This of course was scandalous in my Puritan mother's eyes, and that probably contributed to the strained relationship between her and Alice?? (Who knows?)2209