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Article: Bloom, Gordon Arthur: 1927-2006.(Obituary)(Brief article)
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- The Loyalist Gazette
- Article date:
- September 22, 2006
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Gordon Bloom of Coldstream passed away peacefully on 18 March 2006 at Hospice House in Vernon. Gordon was born in Chicago, Illinois on 6 July 1927. After serving in the U.S. Navy during WWII he immigrated to Canada and on 18 August 1952 became a Canadian citizen.
Gordon's career in electrical maintenance included positions with Robin Hood Flour Mills in Calgary, Alberta and Montreal, Quebec and with Roger's Foods in Armstrong, B.C. His life flourished after his mill career. Gordon became an avid hiker, an accomplished cross-country skier, spending many winters on the trails at Sovereign Lake on Silver Star Mountain, and a genealogist tracing his roots to the days ...