Edward Champagne Sr.

St. Martinville - Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., on Friday, March 14, 2008, at Pellerin Funeral Home Chapel in St. Martinville, for Edward Champagne, Sr., 80, who passed away on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at his residence. Interment will follow at St. Michael Cemetery, in St. Martinville. Rev. Fr. Louis Allen Breaux, will conduct the funeral service. ?The readers will be Patsy Costas and Sandra Romero. Mr. Champagne was a veteran of Korean Conflict having honorably served his country in the United States Army. ?After retiring from the railroad, he started his own construction business and raised race horses as a past-time. Survivors include one son, Edward ""Eddie"" Champagne, Jr., and his wife, Kathy, of Breaux Bridge; four daughters, Brigitte Jean McCain, of Youngsville, Cara Wolfe and her husband, Dennis, of New Iberia, Carla Verret and her husband, Ferril, of Catahoula, and Donna Lynn Champagne, of St. Martinville; four brothers, Harris ""Mick"" Champagne, of Breaux Bridge, Linden Champagne, Harold Champagne, and Oleus Champagne, Jr., all of St. Martinville; three sisters, Emma Lou Serrette, of Breaux Bridge, Mazel Dwyer, of St. Martinville, and Elise Verret, of Parks; eight grandchildren, Corey Stanfield and his wife, Jen, Aaron Stanfield, Brenna Johnson, Victoria ""Tori"" Johnson, Lilly Kay Romero, Angela Scallan and her husband, Brady, David Champagne and his wife, Jodie, and Denise Domingues and her husband, John; and eight great grandchildren, Kaley, Kennedy, and Drake Stanfield, Ayden Linden, Andrew and Austin Domingues, Hannah Ferguson, and Ty Champagne. He was preceded in death by his parents, Oleus and Elise Gauthier Champagne; his wife, Barbara Scott Champagne; his father-in-law, Willie Scott; two brothers, Mac and Earl Champagne; and two sisters, Verna Guidry and Maudrey Landry. The family requests that visiting hours be observed at the funeral home from 11:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. on Thursday and continue at 7:00 a.m. on Friday until time of service. ? A rosary will be recited at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Pallbearers will be Ed Champagne, Jr., Linden Champagne, Sr., Corey Stanfield, Aaron Stanfield, David Champagne, and John Domingues. Honorary pallbearers will be Kenneth Tauzin, Harris ""Mick"" Champagne, Harold Champagne, Dennis Courville, Oleus Champagne, Jr., Richard LeBlanc, Eric Dwyer, and Oleus Champagne, III. Pellerin Funeral Home of St. Martinville is in charge of arrangements.