{"id":2545,"date":"2006-10-15T15:40:31","date_gmt":"2006-10-15T20:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/framingham.com\/news\/?p=2545"},"modified":"2010-08-14T03:00:39","modified_gmt":"2010-08-14T08:00:39","slug":"state-rep-debby-blumer-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/2006\/10\/15\/politics\/state-rep-debby-blumer-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"State Rep. Debby Blumer Passes Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2546\" style=\"width: 175px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/ddb11.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2546\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2546\" title=\"Debby Blumer, MA State Rep\" src=\"http:\/\/framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/ddb11.gif\" alt=\"Debby Blumer, MA State Rep\" width=\"165\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MA State Rep. Debby Blumer, dies of apparent heart attack while driving, Friday, October 13, 2006.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>FRAMINGHAM, MA<\/strong> - On Friday, October 13th, fresh from one meeting and on her way to the next, State Rep. Debby Blumer apparently suffered a heart attack while at the wheel of her car, which rolled into a guard rail on Dudley Road.<\/p>\n<p>A police officer working a detail nearby ran to the car and administered CPR. A second officer left a nearby funeral procession and used a defibrillator but was unable to revive her. Blumer had had a mild heart attack some years ago and was taking medication and regular stress tests, and was under a doctor's care.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, October 16 at 10:30 a.m. family and friends will gather for services at Temple Beth Am, 300 Pleasant St., Framingham. The Blumer family home will have a memorial observance from Monday after the burial through Wednesday from noon to 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts State Representative Debby Blumer Donations in Blumer's memory can be made to the Angel Fund at 649 Main St., Wakefield, MA 01880; Danforth Museum of Art at 123 Union Ave., Framingham, MA, 01702-8291; or the American Heart Association, 20 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701.<\/p>\n<p>Blumer was elected as one of Framingham's two state representatives in 2000 and was running unopposed for re-election this year. According to Secretary of State William Galvini's office, it is too late to put a replacement name on the ballot and Blumer's seat could be won by anyone eligible and willing to serve who gets the most votes on election day through a write-in campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Blumer was a full-time representative, always available to help her constituents. She was an active, valuable participant in several Framingham organizations and committees and a familiar face at area events. She leaves a big hole in the community and legislature and will be missed for her smiling, positive presence as well as her contributions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRAMINGHAM, MA &#8211; On Friday, October 13th, fresh from one meeting and on her way to the next, State Rep. Debby Blumer apparently suffered a heart attack while at the wheel of her car, which rolled into a guard rail on Dudley Road. A police officer working a detail nearby ran to the car and administered CPR&#8230;. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/2006\/10\/15\/politics\/state-rep-debby-blumer-passes-away\/\">[read more]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,21],"tags":[676,1242,387,1243,1244],"class_list":["post-2545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-interest","category-politics","tag-676","tag-death","tag-debby-blumer","tag-obituary","tag-october-13"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2545"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2548,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2545\/revisions\/2548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}