In Linwood Cemetery (Galesburg, IL) there are Blomgren gravesites:
- Axel Frithioff Theodor Blomgren (Herman's half-brother)
- Anna Maria Ulrika (Petersson) Blomgren (Herman's sister-in-law)
- Nels Axel Blomgren (Herman's nephew)
Obituary:
HERMAN BLOOMGREN C. Herman Bloomgren, 94, of 414 N. Cedar St. died Friday at 3:10 p.m. at Cottage Hospital. He was born in Sweden Sept. 12, 1878, and had lived in the Galesburg area since 1902. He had farmed, worked at the Rock Island Arsenal and as a custodian at Knox College until he retired in 1959. He married Ellen S. Nelson in Galesburg in 1902, and she died in 1929. He later married Annie Godby in Davenport, and she also preceded him in death. He is survived by 10 children, Elmer, Leonard, Hugo, Harry, Mrs. Alec Lawson, Miss Esther Bloomgren and Mrs. Ruth Brackett, all of Galesburg, Mrs. Fritz Anderson of Knoxville, Mrs. Arnold Rutledge of Newton, Iowa, and Mrs. John Janes of Cameron; 19 grandchildren, and 23 great-grandchildren. Funeral will be Monday at 3 p.m. at Hinchliff - Pearson West Chapel, where friends may call Sunday evening. Burial will be at Hope Cemetery in Warren County.
In Linwood Cemetery (Galesburg, IL) there are Blomgren gravesites:
- Axel Frithioff Theodor Blomgren (Herman's half-brother)
- Anna Maria Ulrika (Petersson) Blomgren (Herman's sister-in-law)
- Nels Axel Blomgren (Herman's nephew)
Obituary:
HERMAN BLOOMGREN C. Herman Bloomgren, 94, of 414 N. Cedar St. died Friday at 3:10 p.m. at Cottage Hospital. He was born in Sweden Sept. 12, 1878, and had lived in the Galesburg area since 1902. He had farmed, worked at the Rock Island Arsenal and as a custodian at Knox College until he retired in 1959. He married Ellen S. Nelson in Galesburg in 1902, and she died in 1929. He later married Annie Godby in Davenport, and she also preceded him in death. He is survived by 10 children, Elmer, Leonard, Hugo, Harry, Mrs. Alec Lawson, Miss Esther Bloomgren and Mrs. Ruth Brackett, all of Galesburg, Mrs. Fritz Anderson of Knoxville, Mrs. Arnold Rutledge of Newton, Iowa, and Mrs. John Janes of Cameron; 19 grandchildren, and 23 great-grandchildren. Funeral will be Monday at 3 p.m. at Hinchliff - Pearson West Chapel, where friends may call Sunday evening. Burial will be at Hope Cemetery in Warren County.
Family Members
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Carl Edwin Bloomgren
1904–1961
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Axel Elmer Bloomgren
1906–2000
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Leonard Oscar Bloomgren
1909–1980
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Edna Charlotte "Lottie" Bloomgren Anderson
1910–1983
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Esther T. Bloomgren
1911–1995
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Agnes T. Bloomgren Lawson
1911–2000
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Hugo H. Bloomgren
1914–1999
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Ruth E. Bloomgren Brackett
1915–2004
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Harry E. Bloomgren
1917–1984
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Alice M. Bloomgren Janes
1918–2006
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