ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. Obituary for: CHAMPAGNE, CHARLES JOSEPH Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. Source: The St. Tammany News, St. Tammany, La. Published on Friday, May 27, 2011 ======================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ======================================================================= NOTE: If a Photo is available for an obituary record, a reference note will be included with the record. =========================================================== CHAMPAGNE ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/sttammany/obits/dateobits/2011/st1105.htm and click to view list of photos. ========== Charles Joseph Champagne, age 82, passed away May 23, 2011, from complications of COPD. He was a native of New Orleans and resident of Slidell for the past 16 years. The beloved husband of the late Elaine Champagne, he is survived by his son Charles J Champagne Jr.; daughters Dorothy Fullilove, Charlotte Gerhold, Cathy Stroupe, and Linda Strassel; 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. He was a longtime supervisor for New Orleans Novelty/Arcade at Lakeside Mall and a U.S. Navy veteran where he served as a deep sea diver. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a funeral Mass at 1 p.m. today from the New Orleans Funeral Home of Jacob Schoen & Son, 3827 Canal St. at N. Scott St., New Orleans. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. until service time. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery. ===================