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Mary Bloomingburg

The photo is from the 1960 FHC Treasure Chest

Henderson: Mary Elizabeth Dunham Bloomingburg, age 85, died June 12, 2008 at Chester County Healthcare.

She was born in Springfield, MO the daughter of the late Bert Hulett and Mary Lou Ramsey Dunham. She graduated from Southwest Missouri State University and later received her Masters in Library Science at the University of Memphis. She was married to Wendell Hall Bloomingburg in 1947. She served on the faculty of David Lipscomb High School while Mr. Bloomingburg completed degrees at Lipscomb and Vanderbilt Universities in Nashville. Later they made their home in Lafayette, IN and Springfield, IL where bro. Bloomingburg served as a full time minister and Mrs. Bloomingburg was a homemaker. They moved to Henderson in 1958 and Mrs. Bloomingburg began her work at Freed-Hardeman, first as a Professor of English and Spanish and later retired as catalogue librarian for the University.

She was a charter member of the Freed-Hardeman University Associates and a member of the Pinson Church of Christ.

She is survived by her husband, Wendell Bloomingburg of Henderson; two sons, Dr. Larry Bloomingburg and wife Debra and Randy Bloomingburg and wife Joyce all of Henderson and four grandchildren, Amy Bloomingburg of Jackson, Katie Isenberg and husband Ryan of Oklahoma City, OK, Bonnie Bloomingburg and Rachel Bloomingburg both of Henderson.

Funeral Services will be 11:00 AM, Saturday, at Shackelford's Casey Chapel with Ben Flatt and Ray Eaton officiating and burial will follow in Chester County Memory Gardens.

The family will receive friends at Shackelford – Casey Chapel beginning at 5:00 PM on Friday.

Memorials may be made to the Wendell and Mary Bloomingburg Scholarship Fund at Freed-Hardeman University.

Jackson Sun - 6-13-08

In 1968, Wendell Bloomingburg, one of my teachers at Freed-Hardeman, lead a tour of restoration sites in Kentucky. This was the beginning of my love for restoration history. Wendell and Mary are very precious people. Our sympathy is expressed to the family. Tom Childers