The 18 year old son of a prominent Wyoming Valley heart specialist, and brother of a Drums woman who would have started his college career at St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, N.Y., yesterday, was fatally injured in a car-truck accident early yesterday on Rt. 115, two miles east of the Veterans Administration Hospital, Wilkes-Barre.

William Blaum, son of Dr. Francis A. Blaum, Forest Park, RD 1, Wilkes-Barre, who maintains offices in Wilkes-Barre and White Haven, was dead on arrival at 1:30 o'clock at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. The victim was a brother of Mrs. Ned Endler of Drums.

Dr. John Gibbons, Luzerne County coroner, said death was caused by a skull fracture and internal injuries.

The youth, driving alone, was traveling east toward his home when his vehicle crossed the highway and collided with the left front wheel of atractor-trailer rig owned by the A&J Solomon Wrecking Co., Wilkes-Barre, traveling west and descending a steep hill in low gear. The car then bounced back onto the south bem and burst into flames. The victim was thrown from the wreckage.

Neither the truck driver, John Reiley, 25, of Ashley, nor his passenger, Robert Lewis, 24, of Ashley, was hurt.

Born April 10, 1948, young Blaum was preceded in death by his mother. Mrs. Marion Blaum. The Youth was graduated in June from Coughlin High School, Wilkes-Barre.

Surviving in addition to his father are his step-mother, the fromer Jule Ann Loftus, and these brothers and sisters, Louis, stationed with the State Police at Ridley Park, near Philadelphia; Richard Forty Fort; Francis, Jr., Parsippany, N.J.; Joseph and Paul, at home; and Ms. Ned (Mary Alice) Endler, Drums.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Photograph & Record Cited: Record Cited; Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, Thursday, 9-8-1966 on page 12. Please cited record properly otherwise permission is not granted to copy or publish.

Researcher: Mary Emmett Langdon.

Family Monument on the front side of Tombstone is the Surname of Anstett.

William M. Blaum
born - 4-10-1948
Died - 9-7-1966 - Age 18.
Buried next to his biological mother;
Marion L. Mulhern Blaum
Photographer & Researcher; Record cited as;
Mary Emmett Langdon.

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