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Obituary
Kester D. Bloom, 75, of Slanesville died Sunday, May 16, 1982 at the Hampshire Memorial Hospital in Romney.
A native of Slanesville, he was the son of Thomas Dent and Edith Offutt Bloom. He was a retired farmer and member of the Salem Methodist Church. He was an honored member of the Hampshire Co. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service.
He was married to Gertrude Snyder Bloom. Two sons, Kester D. Bloom Jr. of Estill Springs, Tenn., Ralph K. Bloom of Berkeley, W.Va. a daughter Eileen Caylor of Sterling Va. Six brothers, Clyde Bloom, Homeworth, Ohio, Gail Bloom, Augusta, Lovell Bloom, Huntington, Cal., Thomas X Bloom, Paw Paw, Orville Bloom, Winchester, Va., and Dennis Bloom, Panama, Fla., two sisters, Mrs. Alta Snyder, Romney, W.Va., and Mrs. Beulah Nixon, Paw Paw, nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Services were conducted at the McKee Funeral Home on Wednesday May 19 with the Rev. Ansell Peer officiating. lnterment was in Salem Cemetery.
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