John Edward Bladholm

We first met John in our younger days through his daughter, our dear friend Sharon. What wonderful memories of Thanksgivings with the family. One year we made pumpkin pies from real pumpkinswhich resulted in at least 10! We can still recall the sound of John’s laughter in the kitchen as we tried to find places to put them all!! There were also firefly summer nights in the back yardone time we made magic margaritas and proceeded to hijack every candle we could find in the house, enlisting both...

What a special teacher. Will always remember him for the famous toothpick sculptures in middle school. My condolences to the family.

RIP, Mr. Bladholm. You were an amazing art teacher and creative soul, and your lessons in art and life, and your thoughtful and gentle humanity left indelible impressions on my young artist self. To this day I still have the two toothpick sculptures that I made in your class (one pictured), and can still remember sitting in your class in awe of you as a person and teacher, now 50 years later. Thank you for the motivation.

God bless Mr. Bladholm! He was the best! He was my art teacher 50 years ago. Will never forget him. A wonderful man. Condolences to his family.

In loving memory of a wonderful person. Always smiling and laughing