CHRISTIAN J. BLUM, 83, of Harlan, died Monday, June 5th, at Myrtue Medical Center. A Mass of Christian Burial for CHRISTIAN BLUM will be held 2-p.m. Saturday, June 10th, at St. Mary’s of the Assumption, in Panama. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Visitation at St. Mary’s Parish Center in Panama is from 4-until 8-p.m. Friday, June 9th, with a Rosary at 7-p.m.

Burial will be in the St. Mary’s Cemetery at Panama.

CHRISTIAN J. BLUM is survived by:

His wife – Patricia [Freund] Blum, of Harlan.

His sons – Dean (Bracinda) Blum, and Kenny (Mae) Blum, all of Woodbine.

His daughters – Connie (Al) Tielebein, of Norwalk; Janet (Dan) Hansen, of Earling; JoAnn (Monte) Hubbard, of Wheatland, WY; Karen Blum, of Chicago, IL., and Sue Kratky, of Fairway, KS.

His brother – Charles Blum, of Panama.

His sisters – Sr. Joyce Blum, of Panama; Alice (Jerry) Zimmerman, of Minden; Jeanne (LeRoy) Heese, of Defiance, and Judy Clark, of Omaha.

16 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.