From The Catholic Northwest Progress newspaper, 22 Jan. 2009, p. 26. Posted as a courtesy.

Elaine Meunier Mazonna, wife of Deacon Alvin Mazonna, and a skilled cook and baker who'd invite lonely soldiers home for dinner, died Dec. 23, 2008, at Madigan Army Hospital [Tacoma, WA] of sarcoma. She was 68.

"She was a great cook, baker, homemaker and an x-ray technician and most importantly a wife, mother, grandmother, friend and a big kid at heart," said her family in a funeral eulogy. A member of Ss. Cosmas and Damian Mission in Orting [Pierce Co., WA], Mrs. Mazonna was active in the prayer group, prayer shawl ministry and Divine Mercy ministry. She taught knitting and crochet and was a eucharistic minister to the local soldier's home.

Born Elaine Meunier in Barton, VT, she met her future husband at Fitzsimmons General Hospital in Denver while both were working as x-ray technicians for the Army. They married in Denver in 1963. Mrs. Mazonna left the military the same year at the rank of E-5 and went on to work as a radiologic technologist at various hospitals and clinics, retiring in 2000. The Mazonnas moved to Graham [Pierco Co., WA] from Fairbanks, Alaska five years ago.

Mrs. Mazonna loved picking berries and then sharing her bounty with others through the jams, pies, breads and biscuits she made. She'd invite soldiers to dinner and other activities. She also enjoyed gardening, knitting, crochet and traveling, especially to shrines and beaches. Other favorite pastimes included puzzles, dominoes, Yahtzee, photography and blowing bubbles.

She was preceded in death by her siblings Yvette, Madeline, Lucille, Elizabeth, Doris and Robert. She is survived by Deacon Alvin, her husband of 45 years; sons Thomas and Tony; a daughter, Delia; a brother, Alfred; and seven grandchildren. A funeral Mass was celebrated Jan 2. at Ss. Cosmas and Damian Church.