Submitted by: Dan Rich

Lucien A. Santerre

March 2, 1924 - Feb. 8, 1994

South Bend Tribune 2/10/1994

SOUTH BEND - Services for Lucien A. Santerre, 69, of 1629 E. Ewing Ave., who died Tuesday afternoon in his home of natural causes, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in St. Matthew Cathedral. Burial will be in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in Guisinger Colonial Chapel Funeral Home, where a rosary will be said at 4 p.m. by Knights of Columbus Santa Maria Council 553. Memorial contributions may be made to the church.

Mr. Santerre retired in 1989 from the University of Notre Dame as a sound engineer at the Joyce Athletic & Convocation Center. He was born March 2, 1924, in Fall River, Mass.

On Aug. 26, 1950, in South Bend, he married Ruth E. Hannon. She survives, with five daughters, Terri McDowell of Cincinnati, Colleen DiPiro of Elkhart, Pauline Beutel of South Bend, Jan Tenneriello of Brooking, S.D., and DeeDee Sudarshan of Baton Rouge, La.; six sons, Robert of Cincinnati, Tom of Adrian, Mich., Bernie of Aurora, Ill., Paul of Albuquerque, N.M., Donald of Elkhart and Rick of Indianapolis; 25 grandchildren; seven sisters, Irene Desruieaux of Port Charlotte, Fla., Beatrice LaMontagne of Lincoln, R.I., Blanche Bacon of Southbridge, Mass., Terry Sevigny of Swansea, Mass., Betty Squillace of Fall River and Pauline Berube and Jackie Chase, both of South Swansea, Mass.; and four brothers, Roland of Ellenton, Fla., Rene of St. Petersburg, Fla., Gerald of New Brunswick, N.J., and Raymond of Tucson, Ariz.

He was past grand knight of 3rd Degree and past faithful navigator 4th Degree, both of Knights of Columbus Santa Maria Council 553, and past president of USS Farenhold Association. He was a member of the parish council and eucharistic minister of St. Matthew Cathedral, where he was a past choir member and commentator. He was a veteran of World War II.