| | In 1928, Bonin wed the former Gertrude Steckler, the daughter of the former Paula Muller and the [[New Orleans]] feed and seed merchant Joseph Steckler, Elmore and Gertrude had three children: Elmore, Jr. (born 1930), Joseph (born 1936), Margaret (born 1942). From 1930 to 1942, he was a member of the St. Martinville City Council and from 1942 to 1952 sat on the St. Martin Parish School Board, his last year as the board president.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site19.php|title=Bonin, Elmore F.|publisher=A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography|accessdate=September 21, 2017}}</ref> | | In 1928, Bonin wed the former Gertrude Steckler, the daughter of the former Paula Muller and the [[New Orleans]] feed and seed merchant Joseph Steckler, Elmore and Gertrude had three children: Elmore, Jr. (born 1930), Joseph (born 1936), Margaret (born 1942). From 1930 to 1942, he was a member of the St. Martinville City Council and from 1942 to 1952 sat on the St. Martin Parish School Board, his last year as the board president.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site19.php|title=Bonin, Elmore F.|publisher=A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography|accessdate=September 21, 2017}}</ref> |
| − | Bonin was affiliated with the St. Martin de Tours [[Roman Catholic|Catholic Church]] parish. He died at the age of fifty-seven and is interred in St. Martinville at St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery.<ref name=bio/> | + | Bonin was affiliated with the St. Martin de Tours [[Roman Catholic|Catholic Church]] parish. He died at the age of fifty-seven and is interred, along with his parents, at St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery in St. Martinville.<ref name=bio/> |