Kenneth R. Bilodeau
Nov. 5, 1947-Sept. 28, 2025
Palo Alto, California

Ken Bilodeau was born in Riverside, California, to Kenneth R. Bilodeau and Delores Bonngard. (He later enjoyed tracing the lineage of French Canadians on his father’s side and German immigrants on his mother’s side.) Ken earned a B.A. in economics from Claremont Men’s College and a B.S. in electrical engineering and an M.B.A. from Stanford. He married Ann Lawson in 1969. Ken worked in a number of high tech start-ups; built a second story on their house; and formed the investment management company AKJ Asset Management with Paul Resnick. Ken was a superb woodworker; a private pilot; and owner of a Jaguar E-type and a two-passenger railcar. He is survived by his wife; his daughter and son-in-law, Katie and Jim Hart; his granddaughters Elizabeth and Eleanor; and his sister, Cheri Werbeck.

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