Carole Blomme
Carole Jean Blomme, 79, died at 10:27 p.m. on April 11, 2020. She was born in Victor, Iowa, on Oct. 31, 1940, to Arthur and Evelina DeBrower. She married Harold Blomme on Jan. 13, 1962.
Carole grew up in Iowa on her family farm. She graduated from Saint John’s Catholic High School and then earned her LPN nursing degree from Saint Luke’s nursing school in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She and Harold farmed in Ladora and Sigourney in Iowa before moving to Colorado in 1972.
After living in the Padroni and Iliff areas for three years, the family moved to Holyoke. Carole worked as a nurse at Melissa Memorial Hospital for 21 years, then worked for Baucke Funeral Home for 17 years. She was a member of Saint Patrick Catholic Church and loved attending Mass there each Sunday.
Carole was a caring and dear friend to many in the Holyoke community. She had a passion for flowers and gardening. She also enjoyed doing crosswords and sudoku puzzles, reading, crocheting, and traveling to visit friends and family with Harold. Carole brought beauty to everything that she touched, as anyone who saw how she transformed her former acreage southeast of Holyoke and her home in Amherst can attest to.
She is survived by her husband, Harold Blomme; sons, Kevin and Debbie Blomme, Kerry and Sherri Blomme, Kraig and Corinne Blomme, and Kelly and Becky Blomme; daughter-in-law, Denise Blomme; 11 grandchildren, Holly, Darren, Brandon, Lauren, Dalton, Cole, Dylan, Hannah, Emma, Sam and Zander; and five great-grandchildren, Alex, Kaelyn, Michael, Nicholas and Cannon.
She was preceded in death by her son, Keith Blomme, and daughter, Kacee Blomme.
Due to coronavirus limitations, the family is unable to have a public funeral at this time. A family graveside service was scheduled for April 15 at 1:30 p.m. at Holyoke Cemetery, to be livestreamed on Baucke Funeral Home and Monuments’ Facebook page.
Cards may be sent to Harold Blomme at P.O. Box 34, 440 Monmouth Ave., Amherst, CO 80721.
Memorials may be made to the Carole Blomme Memorial.
Baucke Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements.