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Emma Bluhm Obituary
OGDEN - Emma Bluhm, 95, of Ogden passed from this life to her heavenly home Wednesday (Dec. 7, 2022) at Country Health Care & Rehab, Gifford.
Arrangements are being made through Freese Funeral Home, 302 E. Grand Ave., St. Joseph. A graveside service will be held at St. John Lutheran Cemetery, Royal, at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9. Pastor C.W. Greer will officiate.
Emma, a daughter of Simon L. and Anna (Huls) Osterbur, was born May 11, 1927, in Champaign County. She grew up on a farm near Royal and attended a one-room schoolhouse. She married Alvin "Kelly" Bluhm on Nov. 25, 1945, near Royal. He preceded her in death on Nov. 10, 2015 - 15 days short of their 70th wedding anniversary.
Her surviving loved ones include her children, David (Ginny) Bluhm of Cicero, Ind., Davida Bluhm of Champaign, Deanna Bluhm of Chicago, Dean Bluhm of Cottage Grove, Wis., and Debra (Rodney) Suits of Fisher; 15 grandchildren, Shawna, Sonya, Chris, Tabitha, Chad, Heidi, Holly, Toby, Matthew, Allison, Rosalee, Jeremy, Justin, Michele and Misty; 28 great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaugher; several nieces and nephews; and two sisters-in law, Helen Comnick and Esther Lindsey.
She was preceded in death by her infant son, Darrell; parents; twin sisters, Hannah Franzen and Thea Franzen; and brother, Louis Osterbur.
Emma was a homemaker and helped her husband farm for the majority of their married life. She enjoyed her retirement years in the home they built on the family farm.
She was a member of Homer New Life Church of Faith. Her love for the Lord was her guiding light in her journey of over 95 years. God bless her memory.
Condolences may be left at freesefh.com.
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