Extracted from The Houston Chronicle (Houston, TX)
Thursday, February 2, 2006

DON A. BLUME was born September 22, 1944 in Lake Charles, LA and died February 1, 2006.

He is survived by his wife, Karen; son, Bryan; father, Sydney and brother, Newell. Nieces and nephews include DeAnn Welch, Dana Blume, Kim, Erin, Allison, Jared & Brandon McAnulty; numerous other family and friends.

Don graduated from La Grange Sr. High School, McNeese University & attended Tulane Graduate School. He founded and ran Summit Engineering, Inc, a successful firm for the past 25 years. He was an active church member and enjoyed traveling from the Texas Gulf Coast to the mountains of Colorado as well as Germany & Russia.

Visitation will be held at Brookside Funeral Home Champions at 4:00 7:30 on Thursday and again on Saturday from 11:00 1:30 PM. A Celebration of Life will be held at Northwoods Presbyterian Church, 3320 FM 1960 West, Houston, TX 77068 at 2:00 PM Saturday, February 4, 2006.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to M D Anderson Bladder Research or the American Cancer Society.