SADIE A. CHAMPAGNE (CHAVIS)

  Sadie A. (Chavis) Champagne, 88, of Auburn, died Sunday, in Lanessa Extended Care Center in Webster after an illness.

  Her husband Arthur D. Champagne, died in 1987. She is survived by her children: Arthur D. Champagne and his wife Judy, of Roland, NC, Beatrice Foster and her husband Cody of Casper, WY, Dixie Maloof, of Roland, NC, Virginia LaBranche, and her husband Bernard of Auburn, and Sandra Robidoux, of Worcester; a sister, Lydia Jacobs of NC; 15 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. A son, Bernard C. Champagne and a sister, Marie Duhamel predecease her. She was born in Roberson County, NC, the daughter of the late Eli and Fannie (Goins) Chavis. Mrs. Champagne was a homemaker. She loved to garden, sew and crochet.

  Relatives and friends are invited to attend visiting hours on Thursday from 11:00 AM-12:30 PM in the Britton-Wallace Funeral Home, 91 Central St., Auburn. Her funeral will be held Thursday, 1:00 PM in the funeral home. Burial will follow in Worcester County Memorial Park.