Irene Romero Champagne

Erath – A Mass of Christian Burial for Mrs. Irene Romero Champagne, 80, will held at 1:00PM on Friday, November 22, 2024 at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church with Fr. Emmanuel Hernandez officiating . Interment will follow at Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Frioux-David Funeral Home of Erath on Friday, November 22, 2024 beginning at 9:00AM until the time of the services with a recitation of the rosary at 11:00AM. Mrs. Irene Romero Champagne died on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, at 2:20 PM.Irene was cherished by her many family members and friends. She was a fixture of Erath, due to her continued support and contributions to the community. Irene grew up in Youngsville, Louisiana as the fifth child of Osa and Edia Romero. She graduated from Youngsville High School in 1962. In 1966, Irene married Lester Champagne. She was instrumental in the openings of Champagne’s Supermarket of Erath in 1968 and Delcambre sixteen years later, along with the Delcambre Fuel Depot in 1998. While a working mother, she managed to raise four sons: Brentley, Jude, Clint, and Cotty. She currently has eleven grandchildren and 13 great-grandkids She loved her family, friends, and community, and will be greatly missed. Irene is survived by three sons, Jude and his wife Julie, Clint and his wife Amy, and Cotty and his wife Valerie, all of Erath; two sisters, Shirley Broussard and her husband Larry of New Iberia, and Linda Zeringue and the late Tommy of Breaux Bridge; eleven grandchildren, Brodie Champagne, Trevor Champagne, Tristan Champagne, Hunter Champagne, Hannah Champagne, Lillian Champagne, Kate Champagne, Cade Mickal Francis, Margaret Champagne, Matthew Champagne, and Kale Champagne; and thirteen great-grandchildren, Layla, Carter, Camden, Cooper, Codah, Charli, Wyatt, Luca, Lux, Blakely, Grayson, Marlie-Cole, and Luke. Irene is preceded in death by her husband Lester Champagne, her son Brentley Champagne, her parents Osa Romero and Edia Hollier Romero, and siblings Cecile Labit, Cora Domingue, Brenda Grow, Purvis Romero, and Alton “Pete” Romero. Serving as pallbearers will be Brodie Champagne, Trevor Champagne, Tristan Champagne, Hunter Champagne, Matthew Champagne, Kale Champagne, Cade Mickal Francis, and Carter Champagne. The family would like to thank Darlene “Sissy” Menard and the staff at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, as well as the staff at Hospice of Acadiana. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations are to be made to Hospice of Acadiana: www.hospiceacadiana.com/hoa/donate (337) 232-1234 ; 2600 Johnston Street, Lafayette, LA 70503. Frioux-David Funeral Home of Erath at 209 E.Putnam St. (337)937-0405 will be handling the arrangement.