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The Downey Eagle
January 5, 2001 Volume 8 Number 46

Carl William Mundt remembered at age 82
DOWNEY-Services were held Thursday, Jan. 4 at the Downey Zrelak Family Mortuary Chapel for 
Carl William Mundt, a 30 year resident of Downey and for 60 years the self-employed owner of 
Mundt & Son, a paint contracting company. 
He was 82, born Sept. 27, 1918 in Ottunwa, Iowa, the son of Frederick Mundt and Mary Mabel 
Jennings Mundt. 
He loved to garden and care for more than 1,200 rose bushes around his home. He loved horse 
racing and sports of all kind. He knew many details of sports trivia. In his younger days he managed 
a softball team. He was also an excellent cook. He served his country during World War II in the U.S. 
Navy as a cook. 
Survivors include his wife, Maxine Mundt of Downey; his son, Jimmy Gene Mundt (Rosalie Karen) 
of La Palma; a daughter, Karen Eileen Smith of Downey; brothers Donald Mundt of San Diego, Bob 
Mundt of Colorado; sisters Marlene Morris of Texas, Ellen Spencer of Michigan; and grandsons Jeffrey 
Allen Mundt and Douglas Alan Bidinger. 
Pastor Douglas Aldridge officiated. Burial was private. 
Arrangements were by the Downey Zrelak Mortuary.