Eva CHAMPAGNE

Eva Champagne Dufrene, 96, a native and resident of Gheens, died at 3:43 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005.Visitation will be from 5 to 10 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to funeral time Friday at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Gheens. Mass will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the church, with burial in Holy Savior Cemetery in Lockport.She is survived by five sons, Herman, Edmond, Harold, Howard and Jesse Dufrene Jr.; three daughters, Marion Walton, Mona Fonseca and Janet Chiasson; 23 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.She was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse Anthony Dufrene Sr.; her parents, Albert and Elmire Savoie Champagne; four brothers, Thomas, Wickless, Gustave "Gus" and Herbert Champagne; three sisters, Leontine Dufrene, Gertie Boudreaux and Elizabeth Schaubhut; and one grandchild.She was a member of the Ladies Altar Society and a parishioner of St. Anthony Catholic Church.