The New York Times-20080125-Paid Notice- Deaths BLOOM- CHARLES EDWARD- JR-- -Paid Death Notice-
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Paid Notice: Deaths BLOOM, CHARLES EDWARD, JR.; [Paid Death Notice]
Full Text (318 words)BLOOM--Charles Edward, Jr., 83, died of natural causes in Jupiter, Florida on January 22, 2008. A son of Charles Edward Bloom and the former Helen Fox, Mr. Bloom was born in Paterson, New Jersey in 1924. He graduated from Newark Academy (New Jersey), Yale University and Rutgers University. During World War II he served honorably in the U.S. Army and also in the United States Maritime Services. With his wife Marie Murphy Bloom, who died in 1974, he raised four sons, Joseph, David, Edward and William. From 1969 to 1978, he was a senior partner in the public accounting firm of Touche, Ross & Company in New York City, where he founded its Integrated Services (Small Business) Department and served on the firms executive committee and board. From 1978 to 1985, he was active in non-profit work and also served on the boards of Seton Company (an industrial products company in New Jersey) and Big V Supermarkets. With his sons, he then co-founded the predecessor companies of Chelsea Property Group, based in Roseland, New Jersey. Chelsea pioneered the development of large, upscale factory outlet centers in major markets around the United States, and was a topperforming New York Stock Exchange-listed real estate investment trust (REIT) for 11 years prior to its acquisition by Simon Property Group in 2004. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Bloom resided primarily in New Jersey and New York City. He retired from Chelsea in 1994 as Founding Chairman and Director, and in recent years lived in Florida. Among many other things, he will be remembered affectionately by his family and friends as a beloved patriarch, visionary entrepreneur, contagious optimist with an infectious laugh, courtly gentleman, and man of unshakable integrity. He is survived by his four sons, seven grandchildren, Sara, Kate, Taylor, Bailey, John, Matthew and Charles; and two sisters, Barbara Goldberg and Carolyn Bader. Private services were held in West Palm Beach, Florida.
