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Joyce DeSoto Champagne, 77, of Orange, died Monday, September 19, 2005.
A native of Alexandria, Louisiana, she had been a former resident for fifty-five years of Lumberton and Beaumont having recently moved to Orange, and was a retired LVN.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Felix Eskind and one granddaughter.
Survivors include her daughters, Gloria Maxwell of Port Neches and Theresa Francois and her husband Jesse of Orange; sons, Ellis Kitchen of Alexandria, Louisiana, Joseph Cicardo and his wife Donita of Gladewater and Steven Champagne and his wife Debbie of Simonton; seven grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.
Cremation arrangements were handled under the direction of Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin, Beaumont.