Eileen Blume: She fully embraced her adopted home, the Pacific Northwest

Eileen Marcella Blume Eileen was born to Emma and Charles Anderson in Fargo, North Dakota, on September 12, 1931. She died in Lynnwood, Washington ...

October 5, 2023
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Eileen Marcella Blume Eileen was born to Emma and Charles Anderson in Fargo, North Dakota, on September 12, 1931. She died in Lynnwood, Washington on July 29, 2023. She was raised in Fargo and graduated from Fargo Central High School and North Dakota Agriculture College, which is now North Dakota State University. Following graduation in 1953 she moved to Seattle, Washington, and completed an internship for The Seattle course for hospital dietitians at Harborview Hospital. She liked Seattle almost the moment she stepped off the train and decided to stay.

Jim Fairchild