Lena Champagne, 88, of Port Arthur died Monday, January 23, 2006 at Memorial Herman Baptist Hospital in Orange.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 AM Friday at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Nederland with Dan Malain officiating. Interment will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Groves under the direction of Broussard’s in Nederland. A gathering of family and friends will be 5 to 8 PM Thursday evening at the mortuary.
Mrs. Champagne was a native of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana and lived in the Port Arthur area since 1938. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Nederland.
Mrs. Champagne was preceded in death by her husband, Andrew Joseph Champagne, and son, Glendale Champagne, two sisters, Corine Wajdak and Bernice Landry and brother, Herman Mulherin. She is survived by her six sons, Larry Champagne and wife Gwen of Bridge City, Russell Champagne of Port Arthur, Albert Champagne and wife Pam of Orange, Newman Champagne of Sour Lake, Douglas Champagne and wife Kala of Nederland, and Chris Champagne and wife Michelle of Lumberton; three daughters, Mary Decuir and husband Glenn of Ft. Meyers, Florida, Linda King and husband Frank of Arcadia, and Rita Terracina and husband James of Raleigh, North Carolina; one sister Betty Cunningham and husband Billy of Winnie, fifteen grandchildren, and twenty great grandchildren.
