Vernon L. ‘Vern’ Bloom – Roscoe

Vernon L. “Vern” Bloom, 82, of Roscoe, passed away on Tuesday, June 18, 2019, surrounded by his loving family at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born in North Charleroi, on Feb. 8, 1937, a son of the late George E. and Mary L. Dayton Bloom. Vern was a 1955 graduate of California Area High School. He served during the Vietnam Era in the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers from April 1960 until May of 1962. Vern had been a welder at Combustion Engineering and Bobcock-Wilcox and retired from Monongahela Valley Hospital. He was a member of the former St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in Roscoe and is a member of Mary, Mother of the Church Charleroi. Vern was also a member of the Roscoe American Legion Post No. 801 and the Roscoe Slovak Club. His hobbies included fishing at Lake Erie with his buddy, Al Crow, canoeing, reading, crossword and jigsaw puzzles, playing cards and spending time with his family. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Evelyn Gazi Bloom; two sons, Vernon L. Bloom Jr. (Jamie) of Daisytown and Vincent L. Bloom (Tracy) of Beallsville; six grandchildren, David, Michael and Lucas Bloom, Macayla Traverso-Bloom, and Tricia and Eric Miles Jr.; four great-grandchildren, Mason and Nora Terrell, Declan Miles and Brett Remensnyder; three brothers, John P., Charles W. and James R. Bloom; and a sister, Pearl M. Kennedy. He was preceded in death by three brothers; Joseph R., Donald D. and Emory E. Bloom. Visitation will be held 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 21, 2019, at MELENYZER FUNERAL HOMES & CREMATION SERVICES INC., 1008 Furlong Ave., Roscoe. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 22, 2019, at Mary, Mother of the Church Charleroi with the Rev. Gerald Mikonis as celebrant. Interment will follow at Sacred Heart Cemetery, Carroll Township. Military honors will be accorded by the Roscoe American Legion Post No. 801. Online condolences may be expressed at www.melenyzer.com.