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Obituary: E. Marie Campeau, 100, Croghan
Published: December 02, 2025
By: Provided by Scanlon Funeral Home
E. Marie Campeau
 CROGHAN, NY- E. Marie Campeau,
100, of Main St., Croghan, the last of her family, died on Sunday, November
30, 2025, at her home where she was under the care of her loving family and
Lewis County Hospice.
Marie was born on
September 12, 1925 in Croghan, NY, a daughter and
one of eleven children of Claude 0. and Hilda H. (Andre) Davoy, and step-daughter of Edward DesChambeau, who married her
mother after the death of her father in 1936. She was a 1942 graduate of
Fr. Leo Memorial School in Croghan at the age of 16, and
later attended machinery school in Utica.
She married
William J. Campeau, Jr. on October 26, 1946 in St.
Stephen's Catholic Church with the Rev. Amadeus Burke, OFM, officiating.
Mr. Campeau died on January 11, 1999.
During the late
1930's until 1942, Marie worked in various capacities at the former DesChambeau's Restaurant on Main Street and as a clerk
at the Croghan A&P Store. Later in 1942, after the beginning of WWII,
she moved to Hartford, CT where she went to work for the Veeder Root
Company, a war plant that specialized in making airplane parts, and remained
there until the end of the war in 1945 when she returned to Croghan.
Following her marriage, she was a full-time mother and homemaker taking
care of her large family until 1966, when she went to work as a cashier and
study hall monitor at Beaver River Central School, retiring in 1986.
She was a
life-long communicant of St. Stephen's Church in Croghan, was a member of
its Rosary Society and Parish Relations Committee, and for many years was
an active volunteer for its annual Lawn Social and Christmas Bazaar. She
was also a life member of the Beaver River Memorial Post 1663 American
Legion Auxiliary in Croghan.
Her many favorite
pastimes included bowling, playing cards (especially Euchre), doing daily
crossword puzzles and more recently, traveling to the Turning Stone Resort
and Casino.
She is survived
by seven children and their spouses, Florence M. Updegraft,
of Glenfield, Kathleen J. and Thomas Tooker, of Carthage, Diane M. and
Everett Lehman, of Dallas, TX, William J. and Tina Campeau, of Croghan,
Lawrence J. and Donna Campeau, of Lowville, Paul D. and Rhonda Campeau, of
Castorland, and Craig M. and Teresa Campeau, of West Monroe, NY; two
sons-in-law, Anthony Weaver, of Cleveland, NY, and Kim Lyndaker, of
Castorland; twenty-seven grandchildren, sixty-one great grandchildren, and
six great, great grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Eileen Lucille Davoy,
of Croghan, and Clara Davoy, of Lowville, and numerous nieces and nephews.
In addition to
her loving husband, Billy Joe, of 52 years, she was predeceased by two
daughters, Susan Jane Weaver, and Mary Ann Lyndaker; her son-in-law,
Kenneth E. Updegraft, Jr.; two great
grandchildren, Abigail Staats and Grayson Jude Zehr; five brothers,
William, James, Wilbur, Claude and Paul Davoy, and five sisters, Martha
Buckingham, Elizabeth Roberts, Kathleen Aucter, Rosie Boshart and Patricia
Golden.
Marie's funeral
will be held on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, beginning with a 10:15 a.m.
Family Prayer Service at Scanlon Funeral Home, Croghan, followed by an 11:00 a.m.
Mass of Christian Burial from St. Stephen's Catholic Church,
Croghan, with the Rev. Donald J. Manfred, Pastor, officiating. Burial will
take place in the spring in St. Stephen's Cemetery, Croghan.
There will be no
public calling hours.
In lieu of
flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Stephen's Church
Restoration Fund, or to Lewis Co. Friends of Hospice.
Condolence
messages at www.scanlonfuneral.com
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