Marie Mercedes Champagne

1907 - 2001  (94 years)

• Name	Marie Mercedes Champagne
  Born	1907	Breaux Bridge, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	10 Nov 2001	Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Buried	Y  [3]
  Person ID	I58953	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	Jean George Champagne,   b. 16 Jun 1877, Breaux Bridge, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 25 Dec 1954, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Laurence St. Germain,   b. 1885, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 27 Dec 1909, Louisiana, USA  (Age 24 years)
  Married	9 Oct 1905	Louisiana, USA
  Family ID	F26890	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charles Joseph Gary,   b. 12 Dec 1911, New Iberia, Iberia Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 0Nov 1967  (Age 55 years)
  Children	+ 1. Mimi Gary + 2. Robert Gary
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2019
  Family ID	F26889	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S24] 1920 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Mercedes Champagne Home in 1920: Police Jury Ward 4, St Martin, Louisiana Age: 12 years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1908 Birthplace: Louisiana Relation to Head of House: Daughter Father's Name: George Father's Birth Place: Louisiana Mother's Name: Cecile Mother's Birth Place: Louisiana Marital Status: Single Race: White Sex: Female Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Image: 258 [S25] 1930 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Marine C Champagne Home in 1930: Breaux Bridge, St Martin, Louisiana Age: 13 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1917 Relation to Head of House: Daughter Father's Name: George J Mother's Name: Cecile D [S927] Obituary. Funeral services for Mercedes Champagne Gary, a native and lifelong resident of Breaux Bridge, will be held at 10 AM Friday at a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Bernard Catholic Church in Breaux Bridge. The Rev. Michael Champagne will officiate. Entombment will follow at St. Bernard Mausoleum No. 1. Mercedes Champagne Gary, 94, died Saturday, Nov. 10, 2001, at Ollie Steele Burden Manor in Baton Rouge. She was a member of Catholic Daughters of America, St. Bernard Catholic Church Altar Society and Gary Memorial Hospital Ladies Auxiliary. Mrs. Gary was a board member of Gary Memorial Hospital, a former school teacher and a home service advisor for Gulf State Utilities. Survivors include a daughter, Mimi Gary Bargas and her husband, Gordon Bargas; a son, Robert "Bob" Gary and his wife, Barbara Chapman Gary; two brothers, Joe Champagne and his wife, Emily "Dusty" Champagne, and Leo P. Champagne Sr. and his wife, Lorraine; a sister-in-law, Yvonne Champagne; six grandchildren, Trey, Dottie and Charles Bargas and Tobey, Chap and Joseph Gary; and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Joseph Gary; her parents, George Champagne Sr. and Laurence St. Germaine Champagne; her brother, George Champagne Jr.; and sister and brother-in-law, Marie Champagne Bienvenu and Will Bienvenu. Rosaries will be recited at 3 PM and 7 PM today. Visitation will be held at Pellerin Funeral Home, 211 Berard St., Breaux Bridge, from 9 AM to 9 PM today and from 7 AM Friday, Nov. 16, until time of the services. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Bernard Catholic Church Altar Society or Catholic Daughters of America, 204 N. Main St., Breaux Bridge, LA 70517. Pellerin Funeral Home, 211 Berard St., Breaux Bridge, is in charge of the arrangements.