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The Downey Eagle
January 23, 1998 Volume 5 Number 48

Mass for former resident Elmer James Menard, 79
ARROYO GRANDE-A Mass of Christian Burial was heard Saturday, Jan. 17, at St. Patrick's Catholic 
Church in Arroyo Grande for Elmer James Menard, a former longtime resident of Downey, who died 
Jan. 13 at his Arroyo Grande home. 
He was 79, born Jan. 1, 1919 in San Fernando, and was a combat veteran of World War II and the 
U.S. Navy. He liked the wilderness and adventure, loved to fish and was very supportive of his family 
in both times of need and achievement. 
He was a past member of the Elk's Lynwood Chapter, and was a member of the International 
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. 
He moved to Arrroyo Grande from Downey in 1976. 
Survivors include his wife, Katherine M. Menard; two children, Jim Menard and wife, Theresa, of San 
Bruno, and Donna Radoumis of Walnut; two step-sons, Kurt Carlsen of South Lake Tahoe and Mark 
Carlson of Grover Beach; five sisters, Tillie Smith of Bakersfield, Valerie Thormahlen of Arizona, Grace 
Kukuczka of Big Bear Lake, Dorothy Beaulieu of Sylmar, and Anita Fusano of San Fernando; three 
brothers, Julius Menard of Bellflower, Harold Menard of Diamond Springs, and Ralph Menard of 
Granada Hills; nine grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. 
He was preceded in death by his wife, Donna Marie Gordon Menard in 1986, and two brothers, 
Clarence and Raymond Maynard. 
Arrangements were by the Marshall-Spoo Sunset Funeral Chapel in Grover Beach.