Peter Albert Champagne Jr.

Peter Albert Champagne Jr., 89, of Bad Axe, died Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at Ascension St. Mary’s Hospital in Saginaw.

Pete was born October 31, 1929 at home in Chandler Twp to the late Peter Sr. and Olive (O’Connor) Champagne. He served in the US Army in the Korean War. While stationed in Japan he met Hisako “Susie” Shirai and they married in Yokohama, Japan on June 18, 1953.

He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Along with others he was a founding partner of Thumb Tool and Engineering. He was employed at numerous Huron County manufacturing businesses and retired from Active Industries in Elkton.

Pete is survived by his wife Susie; children Nancy (Don) Bouck of Bad Axe and John (Cindy) Champagne of Bad Axe; son-in-law Ronald (Gerilyn) Landenberg of Bad Axe; grandchildren Brandon (Lisa), Wesley (Tracy), Ryan (Christine), Heather (Jason), Robin (Chris), and Jake; great-grandchildren Tobyn, Emma, Ayden, Brady, Bryce, Hunter, Remington, Quinton and Hisako; and brother Irvin (Alice) Champagne of Caseville.

He was preceded in death by his daughter Susan Landenberg and siblings: Annamae, Loretta, Joanne, Helene, Winnifred, Virgil, Jim, Russell, Grace, Lee, John, and Chuck.

A funeral mass will be 11:00am Tuesday March 12th at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Bad Axe with Fr. Rob Howe presiding. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery. Visitation will be 2-8pm Monday at the Champagne Funeral Chapel.

Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association and American Cancer Society.