THERESA M. BLUM, 87, of Walnut, died Thursday, Feb. 8th, at the Elm Crest Retirement Community. A Mass of Christian Burial for THERESA BLUM will be held 10:30-a.m. Saturday,  Feb. 17th, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, in Walnut. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Avoca has the arrangements.

Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Friday, Feb. 16th, from Noon until 8-p.m., with the family greeting friends from 4-until 8-p.m., and a Wake service at 7:15-p.m.

Burial will be in St. Patrick Cemetery in Walnut.

THERESA BLUM is survived by:

Her sons – Jim (Susan) Blum, of Omaha; Gary (Ruth) Blum, & Rick (Gwen) Blum, all of Walnut; Jeff (Nancy) Blum, of Blair, NE; and Scott (Shele) Blum, of Ames.

Her daughters – Mary Lou (Fred) Goettsch, of Hancock; Diane (Dan) Noonan, of Curlew, IA; Nancy (Mitch) Osborn, of Harlan; Darlene (Bob) King, of Bellevue, NE; Annette (Brian) Eckleberry, of Omaha,

Her Foreign Exchange daughter – Louise Chan, of Hong Kong.

Her brother – Paul (Agnes) Schulte, of Carroll.

22 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, 6 step-grandchildren and 10 step great-grandchildren.