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Edwin Bloomer

July 8, 1929 — January 18, 2022

Edwin Joseph Bloomer, 92, also known as “Ed” or “Bud”, passed away on January 18, 2022, at Glenwood Healthcare in Seymour, Missouri.

The son of Thomas and Martha (Guns) Bloomer, he was born in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, on July 8, 1929.

On August 2, 1958, he married Gwen Hebbring in Winter, Wisconsin. They have seven children: Robert, Anna, Roger, Kara, Allen, Kevin and Kurt.

He was a Korean War Veteran, having served in the Air Force as an Airman 1st Class.

Having bought the family farm in Tony, Wisconsin, he lived there until June of 1973, when he moved his family to Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.

Edwin also worked at American Motors, Chrysler in Kenosha, Wisconsin, from 1970 until April of 1989 when he retired. He moved to Birch Tree, Missouri, in December of 1989. Then a few years later, he moved to Mountain Grove, Missouri, where he lived the remainder of his life.

He loved his family and loved to travel, taking many trips mainly in the U.S. and Canada.

Some of his hobbies and interests included doing family history, which he spent many hours working on, and enjoying the outdoors. Throughout his life, he enjoyed playing cards, cribbage, chess, and checkers, putting puzzles together, and doing crossword puzzles.

Edwin was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas and Martha Bloomer, nine siblings, Thomas, Jeanette, Blanche, Clayton, Wayne, Patricia, David, John, Raymond, son, Allen, daughter-in-law, Candy, and grandson, Andrew.

He is survived by Gwen, six children, Robert Bloomer, Anna (Scott) Larsen, Roger (Kathy) Bloomer, Kara (Virgil) Stephens, Kevin Bloomer, and Kurt Bloomer, daughter-in-law, Theresa Malburg, twelve grandchildren, Danny, Amber, Joe, David, Annalicia, Thomas, Erin, Bethany, Lauren, Jacob, Chance, and Amanda, three step-grandchildren, April, Rachel, and Diane, nine great-grandchildren, Aubrey, Tyler, Kayleigh, Jasper (JAC), Isla, Christian, Kamdin, Juniper, and Luke, nine step-great-grandchildren, Sarah, Odelia, Kenneth, Nathaniel, Alexander, Kira, Jessica, Matthew, and Arianna, and two siblings, Priscilla VanHeesch and Daniel (Sharon) Bloomer.

He will be missed by his family and friends.

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Visitation

Saturday, January 22, 2022

9:00 - 10:00 am (Central time)

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Saturday, January 22, 2022

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Willow Springs Cemetery

Peach Corner Drive, MO 65711

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