Carl and Nina Bloom at their house at 612 State Avenue NorthAugust 30
Lloyd’s dad, Olaf died when Lloyd was very young. His mother, Nina, married Carl Bloom on March 11, 1920. Lloyd was eight. Carl became a step father to Lloyd and Newell.
The Anderson children thought of him as Grandpa Bloom without converting the idea to step grandfather. The great grandchildren who lived in the area considered him ‘Grandpa Bloom’ as well. The children affected would be Judy and Shirley’s children: Lisa, Nenna, Brenda, Vince, and Juanita.
He was born and raised in Rosewood. He was a member of the Columbus School Board, a board member of the Wildwood Cemetery, and most likely had a title at the Mission Church in Rosewood. Carl was a farmer, businessman, and church leader.
Let’s take a look at the old papers for mention of his name.
1916 Rosewood News Albert Lappegaard, Carl Bloom, and Benhard Ranum brushed east of town last week.
May 1917 Rosewood News Carl Bloom left for Viking to spend a few days with friends.
1918 Rosewood News Gust Opseth left for TRF today to order railroad cars for his wood shipping. Mr. Opseth, Benhard Ranum, R. Skinner and the Bloom boys have been busy all week hauling green pole wood to town to be cut up into three foot lengths and loaded on cars ready for shipment to consumers both in Pennington County and the western part of Marshall County
1918 Rosewood News Carl and Annie Bloom left today for Thief River Falls to attend the farewell party for the soldiers
Rosewood News February 10, 1921 Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bloom are the proud parents of a fine baby boy, born to them on Saturday morning.
We know that he bought shares in the Viking Telephone Company.
September 1921 Rosewood News Carl Bloom is ill with an infection of the chest and left on Monday for TRF for medical attention.
June 1925 Rosewood News Carl Bloom from district 134 was in Warren to watch the graduation
November 1926 Rosewood News The twelfth annual Wildwood Cemetery Association meeting will be held at the home of Carl Bloom. Rosewood News The twelfth annual meeting of the Wildwood Cemetery met and elected T. Mellem as president and Carl Bloom Treasurer for three years
July 1935 Carl Bloom is on the sick list
July 1937 Mrs. Carl Bloom motored to Thief River Falls Sunday to visit with Mr. Carl Bloom at the San We know that Carl spent at least seventeen years in the San in Thief River Falls.
We know the first mention of the San is in 1916, with the approval of the land in May of 1916 on Oakland Park Road. It was to be a tri county hospital although another county was added later. The building open in early 1918. The nurses and staff quarters opened in March of 1921. By adding the staff quarters, the hospital was able to devote more area to patients.
It is believed that Nina worked at the San in the laundry while Carl was a patient. She began her employment in October, 1950. The San closed 1955 and was demolished in 1999. A new Nursing Home replaced this building in 1974
We are not certain when Carl came home from the San OR which San, as a healthy man. If he became a long term patient in 1937 and was there 17 years, that would equal 1954. There was another San in Crookston. Shirley remembers going there.
According to obituaries, Carl and Nina moved to Thief River Falls in 1955. Did they buy the house on State Avenue in 1955?
In a previous email from Shirley, after a conversation with Ella, she stated:
"Grandpa Bloom 1st went to the San in 1938..the same year Dorothy was born. I told her about the articles in the Times, about motoring to Warren etc. He could get out of the San sometimes and come home for visits. He was in the San 2 times. After the 1st time he got out, he dug a well and ended up back there for awhile. She thought 20 or 21 yrs. altogether".
When did Nina have her stroke? I remember being their for coffee and Nina, in her wheelchair, was drying dishes. We know that in the fall of 1962 she was not able to come to a wedding.
We know Nina died in November of 1963 and Carl continued to live in the house on State Avenue. We all remember how proud he was of his first car, a black Ford Falcon!
Carl did live at Valley Home for six years. Carl died in 1984, he was 92. He is buried in the Wildwood Cemetery at Rosewood, Minnesota. His obituary is posted under the essay called THE BLOOM FAMILY.
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