Marianne Elisabeth Peter Bluhm, 92, passed away on Saturday, May 3, 2025 at St. Patrick's Residence in Naperville, Illinois. The long-time Bowling Green resident was born an ocean away, in Wormditt, in pre-war Germany's East Prussian state, to parents Franz and Elisabeth Peter. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Bluhm was preceded in death by her two sisters, Magda and Josepha Peter; one grandchild, Stormy Fowler, and by her beloved husband of 38 years, Georg Bluhm.

In her younger years, Mrs. Bluhm was a teacher, but after the family moved to the United States for her husband's career as a university professor, she focused on raising her five children and tending to a riotous garden in Shawnee Estates. As her children grew older, she provided childcare in her home for several WKU families,  before taking a job at the Service One Credit Union. In 2018, she left Bowling Green to move to Wheaton, Illinois to be closer to family.

Mrs. Bluhm was a lifelong member of Holy Spirit Catholic Church, where she was active in Bible Study; in later years, she belonged to St. Michael's parish in Wheaton. She loved flowers and green spaces, and made friends where ever she went.

She is survived by her five children --  Maria-Josepha Skean (Tom), of Wheaton, IL; Thomas Bluhm (Tedra), of Ventura, CA; Edith Bluhm, of Nashville, TN; Anni Robertson (James), of Brooklyn, NY; and Michael Bluhm, of Oscoda, MI – and four grandchildren, Linus Bluhm, Samuel Skean, Emma Bluhm and Adair Robertson, as well as by Ava Fowler and Annie Huelefeld.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held in Bowling Green at Holy Spirit Catholic Church on Friday, May 16 at 1:30 p.m. with burial to follow at St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will begin  at 12:00 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Patrick's Residence in Naperville, IL, which provided Mrs. Bluhm with excellent and loving care – as well as a beautiful garden to enjoy – in the final years of her life.