- Date Of Birth: May 10, 1928
- Date Of Death: April 5, 2019
- State: Iowa
Mildred “Millie” S. Coomer Blum, 90, of Newton died on Friday, April 5, 2019, at Mercy One Newton Medical Center.
Millie, the daughter of Sidney and Mary (Hoover) Franklin, was born on May 10, 1928 in Wayne County, Kentucky. She grew up in a large family and learned the value of hard work at a young age. While working as a waitress, which she would do at different times throughout her life, she met Kermit Coomer.
After they were married, they moved to Indianapolis for a short period of time and then briefly back to Kentucky before making their home in Kellogg, Iowa in 1949. There Millie and Kermit would begin raising their three daughters; Connie, Patricia, and Vickie.
Those left to carry on her stories in Millie’s sweet Kentucky drawl are her children, Connie Dengler of Tampa, Florida, Patricia McPherren (Steve Schoenfeld) of Boynton Beach, Florida, Vickie Lundberg (Keith Beal) of Newton, Terry (Joy) Blum of Tabernash, Colorado, and Mary (Joel) Rich of Omaha, Nebraska; grandchildren, Jon Dengler, Natalie (Graham) Caldwell, Troy (Dana) McPherren, Jeff (Sara) McPherren, Ryan (Shea) McPherren, Matthew, Andrew, and Maggie Schoenfeld, Brian (Sirena) Lundberg, Brett (Chantelle) Lundberg, Leslie (Scott) Christiansen, Brian (Wendy) Beal, Todd (Margaret) Blum, and Aaron (Molly) Rich; her great-grandchildren, Corbin, Delaney, Elly, Colin, Brody, Gunnar, Emlyn, Noele, Dylann, Derek, Chase, Aidan, Camdan, Dakota, Zayne, Michael, Cierra, Ariana, Lilliana, and Levi; siblings, Betty Zimmerman of Martin Tennessee and Glen (Linda) Franklin of Paolo, Kansas; and her many, many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband, Kermit Coomer; second husband, Lyle Blum; grandson, Seth Rich; son-in-law, Bill Dengler; and nine siblings.
