LEWISTON – Fernande Margurite Champagne, 84, of Lewiston, formerly of Chesterville, died Friday, Oct. 26, at D’Youville Pavillion.

She was born April 9, 1923, in New Brunswick, Canada, the daughter of Michel and Anna (Bard) Theberge. She worked at Bird and Son’s for 13 years in Auburn. She also lived in Littleton, Mass. for five years and worked in Digital Computer Inc. in Maynard, Mass. She moved to Chesterville in 1967, and worked at Forster Manufacturing in Wilton for 18 years. Fernande retired in 1984 to pursue a few hobbies such as dry flower arrangements, fishing, hunting, sewing, and loved cats. She was an active member of Jehovah’s Witness of Farmington.

Fernande is survived by two sisters, Jean Foley of Washington and Gertrude Parkhurst of York; three brothers, John, Alphonse and Norman Theberge; many nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was predeceased by her husband, Russell; a sister, Dot Langzin; two brothers, Lorenzo and Harold Theberge.