Coralville, Iowa – The Iowa Department of Corrections reports a man serving a prison term for multiple crimes, including Habitual Offender and Robbery 1st Degree from Union and Wapello Counties, had died. 44-year-old Joseph Allen Bloom was pronounced dead due to natural causes at 6:58 a.m. on Friday, February 2, 2024 in a hospice room of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Bloom had been serving a 110-year maximum term.  His sentence began on April 15, 2004.