Geraldine L. Blom

Geraldine L. (Rider) Blom, age 91, Farmington, Conn. died late Wednesday evening, July 1, 2015,  at the Arden Court of Avon, Avon, Conn., where she resided since February, 2010.

Born in Bloomsburg on April 7, 1924, she was the only child of the late Harry E. and Hazel C. (Kocher) Rider. She was a 1942 graduate of Bloomsburg High School and a 1946 graduate of Temple University, Philadelphia, with a degree in Medical Technology.

Geraldine lived in many  places  while following her husband in his  military career with the US Air Force. Following his retirement they lived in West Atlantic City, N.J. from 1969 to 2003; Florida  until 2007; and  in Maryland for three years prior to moving to Conn.

She worked as a Medical Technologist in various hospitals in the communities she lived in.

Geraldine was a lifelong member of the Wesley United Methodist Church, Bloomsburg and the Bloomsburg Chapter 279, Order of Eastern Star. She loved to read and knit, and especially enjoyed doting on her four grandchildren.

Geraldine was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Jay D. Blom, on February 20, 2007. Surviving are two sons: Harry R. Blom, Chicago, Ill. and Reed Leonard Blom, and his wife Susan Lynn, Forest Hills, Md.; a daughter, Judith Ann, wife of Dean Delach, Farmington, Conn; four grandchildren: Brian Matthew Delach, Studio City, Calif.; Katharine Lynn Delach, Philadelphia; Elizabeth Ann, wife of Jon Schultz, Ellicott City, Md.; Eric Lowell Blom, and his wife Amy, Landenberg; and two great-grandchildren: Jason and Kyle Blom.

Funeral services will be held on Monday at 2 p. m. in the Dean W. Kriner, Inc., Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 325 Market Street, Bloomsburg, with her pastor, Rev. Dr. Gary D. Weaver officiating. Interment in New Rosemont Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 1-2 p. m. with Eastern Star memorial services at 1 p. m.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that you go to your special  someone and tell that person how much you love him or her before the words are no longer there to be spoken or no longer able to be understood.