Obituary

The Progress, Clearfield, Pa., Wednesday, September 3, 1947

Curwensville Native Takes Own Life At State College

STATE COLLEGE, — Charles Scheckler of Milesburg, Centre County coroner, reported today that the death late Monday of Raymond R. Bloom, 53-year-old Penn State professor and native of Curwensville was officially listed, as a suicide.

Bloom's body was found 75 feet from his car which was parked near the Centre County Game Preserve near here. Death resulted from a .22 caliber rifle bullet, the coroner stated.

An assistant professor of industrial engineering at the college and commander of Nittany Post 245, American Legion of State College, Bloom was found after an extended search by State Police led by Joseph K. Hileman who was to have accompanied Bloom on a groundhog hunting trip Monday.

Members of the Bloom family said they could think of no reason why Bloom had taken his life except that he had been terribly tired as a result of working on a new home for the family.

It was the eighth case of suicide in Centre County within a two-month period.

Born in 1893 in Curwensville, the son of Raymond R. and Nevada Long Bloom, he married Alma Gray, August 23, 1919, who survives with two children, Alma G. and Raymond R. Jr., both at home.

He is also survived by two sisters and two brothers: Mrs. John Payne of Geneva, N.Y., Mrs. Ida Ryan of Osceola Mills, Harold Bloom of Geneva, N.Y. and Ashley Bloom of Curwensville.

The deceased joined the Pennsylvania State College faculty in 1936 as an instructor in industrial engineering and was promoted to assistant protestor m 1943.

His affiliations include membership in the State College Presbyterian Church, the American Vocational Association, the American Association of University Professors, the Iota Lainbda Sigma. F. and A. M. Lodge of Wilmington, Del., the Shrine Lodge of Boston, Bellefonte Royal Arch Chapter No. 241, the Constans Commandery No. 33 of Bellefonte and the State College Tall Cedars Lodge No. 120. He was a veteran of World War I.

Private funeral services will be held from the Koda Funeral Home at State College Thursday at 2 p.m. with Rev. George Taylor officiating. Interment will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Curwensville.
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