\t\t\tFrederick Elwin Blumer \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
Frederick Elwin Blumer, age 92, Wernersville, Pa., died in Reading Hospital on October 23, 2025. Dr. Blumer, the son of the late Edward H. Blumer and Eva Marie (Forbes) Blumer, was born September 16, 1933, at Glencoe, Oklahoma. He was predeceased by his loving wife of over 58 years, Ann Anderson Blumer, as well as two sisters, Louise Warner and Elaine Buxton, and a brother, Edward Hadley Blumer.<\/p>\n
An ordained minister of the Methodist Church, Fred Blumer began his career at Nebraska Wesleyan University (1960-76) where he served as Chaplain, Professor, Vice President, and then Provost. He then became the President of Lycoming College (1976-89) in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. While at Lycoming, he served on several boards, in addition to serving as Chairman of the Foundation for Independent Colleges of Pennsylvania, as well as Treasurer of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania. He returned to the classroom to conclude his career as Moll Professor of Faith and Life at Baldwin-Wallace University in Berea, Ohio.<\/p>\n
Surviving are two sons: Frederick Edward Blumer and his wife, Elizabeth, Newland, N.C.; William Robert Blumer and his wife, Pamela, Sinking Spring, Pa.; his brother-in-law, Robert B. Anderson, Wernersville, Pa and sister, Carol Cauthen, Black Mountain, N.C. Four grandchildren also survive: Ryan William Blumer and his wife, Kaitlyn; Ethan Michael Blumer and his wife, Pamela; Isabelle Blumer Josey and her husband, Ethan; and T\u00e9a Ruth Blumer.<\/p>\n
A memorial service will be held on November 15th at 11:00 am in the chapel at Phoebe-Berks Village, 1 Reading Drive, Wernersville, Pa. Visitation will be held at 10:30 am. Burial will be private at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Phoebe Ministries, Allentown, PA, 19104.<\/p>\n
Mull Funeral Home, Womelsdorf, is in charge of arrangements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Frederick Elwin Blumer OBITUARY Frederick Elwin Blumer, age 92, Wernersville, Pa., died in Reading Hospital on October 23,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-29478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}