EDWARD M. BLUM, 81, of Harlan, died Sunday, August 25th, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. A Mass of Christian Burial for EDWARD BLUM will be held 11-a.m. Thursday, Aug. 29th, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, in Panama. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

The family will greet friends at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama, from 5-until 7-p.m. Wed., Aug. 28th, with a Rosary at 7-p.m.

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

EDWARD BLUM is survived by:

His Wife – Jolene [Wilwerding] Blum, of Harlan.

His sons – Douglas Blum, of Gretna, NE; Dennis (Vicky) Blum, of Peosta (IA); Steven (Glenda) Blum, of Omaha; Thomas (Christina) Blum, of Clear Lake, and James Blum, of Bellevue, NE.

His daughters – Jacqueline (Kelly) Hansen, and Shari (Jarel) Jensen, all of Omaha, and Connie (Chris) Dresen, of Polk City.

His brothers – Richard Blum, of Manilla, and Paul Blum, of Omaha.

His sister – Esther Wageman, of Omaha.

12 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, and his sister-in-law Marlene Blum, of Manilla.