Dr. Benjamin B. Blum graduated from high School in Monroe, Wisconsin.
He attended and graduated from both the University of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin’s Medical School. He did his internship at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth, Minnesota, and his residency and fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
On June 27, 1935, he married Minnie Hauge in Duluth. In 1937 he came to Petoskey where he went into practice with Dr. Burns and Dr. Conway. The three of them started the Burns Clinic.
Dr. Blum served in the Army Medical Corps from 1944-1946. In 1977, he retired, but continued to be involved with Burns Clinic and Little Traverse Hospital (Northern Michigan Hospitals).
He loved gardening, animals, and working with stained glass and meeting Dr. William McCune and his other long time friends for breakfast at Flap Jacks near Sheridan and US-31 in Petoskey.
He was survived by his second wife and devoted daughters: thirteen grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and three step-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his grandson, Paul Benjamin Sikarske.
A more extensive biography will be published here soon, but in the meantime, Dr. Blum’s Obituary can be read at the Greenwood Cemetery
Genealogical Website: http://www.gwood.us/
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He attended and graduated from both the University of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin’s Medical School. He did his internship at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth, Minnesota, and his residency and fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
On June 27, 1935, he married Minnie Hauge in Duluth. In 1937 he came to Petoskey where he went into practice with Dr. Burns and Dr. Conway. The three of them started the Burns Clinic.
Dr. Blum served in the Army Medical Corps from 1944-1946. In 1977, he retired, but continued to be involved with Burns Clinic and Little Traverse Hospital (Northern Michigan Hospitals).
He loved gardening, animals, and working with stained glass and meeting Dr. William McCune and his other long time friends for breakfast at Flap Jacks near Sheridan and US-31 in Petoskey.
He was survived by his second wife and devoted daughters: thirteen grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and three step-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his grandson, Paul Benjamin Sikarske.
A more extensive biography will be published here soon, but in the meantime, Dr. Blum’s Obituary can be read at the Greenwood Cemetery
Genealogical Website: http://www.gwood.us/
CLICK ON PHOTOS FOR HISTORY
Dr. Benjamin B. Blum graduated from high School in Monroe, Wisconsin.
He attended and graduated from both the University of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin’s Medical School. He did his internship at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth, Minnesota, and his residency and fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
On June 27, 1935, he married Minnie Hauge in Duluth. In 1937 he came to Petoskey where he went into practice with Dr. Burns and Dr. Conway. The three of them started the Burns Clinic.
Dr. Blum served in the Army Medical Corps from 1944-1946. In 1977, he retired, but continued to be involved with Burns Clinic and Little Traverse Hospital (Northern Michigan Hospitals).
He loved gardening, animals, and working with stained glass and meeting Dr. William McCune and his other long time friends for breakfast at Flap Jacks near Sheridan and US-31 in Petoskey.
He was survived by his second wife and devoted daughters: thirteen grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and three step-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his grandson, Paul Benjamin Sikarske.
A more extensive biography will be published here soon, but in the meantime, Dr. Blum’s Obituary can be read at the Greenwood Cemetery
Genealogical Website: http://www.gwood.us/
CLICK ON PHOTOS FOR HISTORY
He attended and graduated from both the University of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin’s Medical School. He did his internship at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth, Minnesota, and his residency and fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
On June 27, 1935, he married Minnie Hauge in Duluth. In 1937 he came to Petoskey where he went into practice with Dr. Burns and Dr. Conway. The three of them started the Burns Clinic.
Dr. Blum served in the Army Medical Corps from 1944-1946. In 1977, he retired, but continued to be involved with Burns Clinic and Little Traverse Hospital (Northern Michigan Hospitals).
He loved gardening, animals, and working with stained glass and meeting Dr. William McCune and his other long time friends for breakfast at Flap Jacks near Sheridan and US-31 in Petoskey.
He was survived by his second wife and devoted daughters: thirteen grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and three step-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his grandson, Paul Benjamin Sikarske.
A more extensive biography will be published here soon, but in the meantime, Dr. Blum’s Obituary can be read at the Greenwood Cemetery
Genealogical Website: http://www.gwood.us/
CLICK ON PHOTOS FOR HISTORY
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