Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-11-17

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 Over Entire commurity Funeral
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 Nes. Ruth Drcg.uA Bloom. 5- yeals old, passed aNay AYezpa etodly at the Florence In(WMaI! Monday mornin@ at -" o'clock. aftes' aa H. ness of some months. Her death N.S ! so suddtn snat hardly before her i'm mediate relatives could ,, summoned 1 shc died The members os the family reach"; hor bedsiylp jest before the end cam" and the sad announcement ] oi ier nut;meiy death cast q gloom ] ot sorrow oycr the entire com!aunity.
 Mrs. Bloom had been in tat;ng health for th. past two years, u, her condition vas not thought to be se- i!OIS. She spent many months at various health resorts. returning here only recently from Chicago where she was given every attention and the pest medical treatment 0htainabie. Her condition at times showed iln2royn- lnent, but { few weeks ago, just before 1 her return home she suffered re- lapse from ;tn attack of Ia gripp" and since that time her condition grau- ually grew worse.
 She was taken 10 tllo Florence Il- : firmary six days ago and underwent q slight surgical operation. The op- eration was apparently successful and she was thought to he doing nicely even up to the hoHr O. ler sudden passing away.
 The attendants at the infirmaf5 call cd the members Of her family |: Man- day morning at 6:45 o'clock, N }ien she suffered q sinking spell aud shortly after they reached her bedside, she passed away. Her death Was most peaceful The members of the young Womans family We're pros1rated and soon after the sad news spread the breyIus home on South Main street was thronged with syn1pathizin:, friends. The body was later removed to the home and prepared for buriai. day afternoon at 3 o'clock from the residence Rabbi E. Frsch will con duct the services.
 Mrs. Bloom leaves husband, Edgar J. Bloom. and son, Ira D. Bloom her parents. Mir. and Mrs. Isaac Drey fus; one sister, Miss Artie Dreyflls. and three brothers, Fl. Clifton Drey fus, J. Milford Dreyfus and D. Stan 1 ley Dreyfus, besides q number of other relatives in this city. Memphis and Shreveport, La
 H. Clifton Dreyfus, one oi the {, brothers of the deceased, is in New l York on a business mission. He was immediately notified of Mrs. Blooms death and will arrive here "Wednesday morning. Mrs. Rebecca Bluthenthal, a sister in-laN, will arrive this morning i from Searcy. where she has been vis iting. Mrs. F. Winklein of Memphis, another Sister-in law, and Mrs. I. Sil I verstein. an aunt. will arrive this morning to attend the funeral.
 Mrs. Bloom was married to F.. II. Bloom fourteen years ago. She was graduate of the Sophia Wright Col Iege, New Orleans, and was a young woman of many endearing qualities and culture. She was prominently 1 identified with religious and charita- ] ble work and was popular with and admired by all of her acqnaintances. i No young woman in this community enjoyed a larger circle of friends than did Mrs. Bloom. She was kind hearted to a fault and her devotion to her i family was che of the most noticeable traits of her charming life.
 There are manv saddened hearts in this city over the untimely death of this sweet and noble woman. In the bloom of womanhood. with a life be- fore her full of .tch promise, sur rounded hy loved ones and supplied with all the comforts and luXuries of lie, IL seems adlQ 70 fed4ihe ttidt 9He has passed away and only the mem ory Of a lovely character is left to comfort those whom she loved so much Her unassuming gentle nature, her ever ready generosity, her unself- ishness and thoughtfulness, and her devotion to family and friends, were 1 ,;e.l,, Jr.. o,a1 enshrined her in the hearts of count less numbers. And yet when they would say, 70, what hadst thou to do with Death, who vast so full of life; on Death with thee, that thou shouldst die before thou hadst grown old!"- there comes the answer sweet and comfortinp "'TWill only be a Sieep"