Carol Ann Bloom, 69, passed away Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, at Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d'Alene. Carol Ann Derflinger was born Aug. 15, 1942, in Morocco, Ind., to Ralph and Georgia (Roadruck) Derflinger.

She attended grade school and high school in Morocco. Later in life, Carol attended classes at Spokane Falls Community College.

Carol worked her entire life in the hospitality industry, as a waitress, bartender, hostess and a restaurant manager. She retired in 1994 for health reasons. She moved from Cheney, Wash., to Plummer in 1993, making her home there since.

She was a member of the Idaho Senior Companions Program and a lifetime member of the Bass Fisherman of America. She was an avid needle crafter that loved to crochet, knit and count cross stitch. She also loved to care for her yard, visit with friends of all ages and go fishing whenever she had the opportunity. She had said the greatest joy of her life was having the opportunity to watch her grandsons, Blaine and Bryce Tee, become young men and to see her daughter Barbara graduate as an RN.

Carol had accumulated a very eclectic circle of family and friends which included people of all ages, races and backgrounds and was based on the motto "everyone deserves a second chance."

Carol had been married and divorced several times, including to Toney Cotner in Morocco, to Grover Wood in Winter Haven, Fla., and to Harold Bloom Sr. in Orofino.

Survivors include her children, Etta Marie (Cotner) Russell of Indianapolis, Ind., Kimberly A. Wood of Neenah, Wis., Barbara (Wood) Tee of Latah, Wash., Grover Wood II of Spokane, Harold Bloom Jr. of Nampa and Cathy Randal of Plummer; siblings, Maynard Derflinger of Morocco, Eugene (Butch) Derflinger of Brook, Ind., David Derflinger of Pine Village, Ind., and Rena Derflinger Grant of Joplin, Mo.; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Ralph and Georgia Derflinger; and siblings, Ronald Derflinger, Gaylord Derflinger, Gordon Derflinger, Doris Marshall and Lois Bean.

A memorial service and family gathering will be held at a later date. Kramer Funeral Home, Tekoa, Wash., is handling the arrangements.