From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Aug 24 22:08:55 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k7P48tjb018262; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 22:08:55 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7P48rvw024184 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 22:08:53 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k7P1SeFI023473 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:28:40 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k7P1Se9O023472 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:28:40 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k7ONbZFI023222 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:37:35 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k7P2Hb8u032716 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:17:37 -0600 X-Envelope-From: paul_odlesr@yahoo.com Thu Aug 24 20:17:36 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k7P2Hajb032704 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:17:36 -0600 Received: from web60915.mail.yahoo.com (web60915.mail.yahoo.com [209.73.179.4]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k7P2HXgu017718 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:17:34 -0600 Received: (qmail 10958 invoked by uid 60001); 25 Aug 2006 02:17:30 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=hcx08d8ijtNgjGoTZLWZo/dE27ISHFuqbkJCSBlvGKRO5v/0Ct5YgnFLNTq6G/n1T7qpf69BXIYs5Qf2KWNj5QuSzmDXwKMuDKP1fugmqPZsHQNOyTdIJJOjKscMGfvrcFGXgbnPYr9GvfIa1Yvo8pZhCPJOhYhMEyyTsryRmAA= ; Message-ID: <20060825021730.10956.qmail@web60915.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [66.141.90.216] by web60915.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:17:30 PDT Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:17:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Paul Odle To: Roots Webb MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by lists5.rootsweb.com id k7P2Hb8u032716 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by roots-l.rootsweb.com id k7ONbZFI023222 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] S/Sgt. Raymond Louis Champoux S/Sgt. Raymond Louis Champoux Raymond Louis Champoux born October 19, 1932 in Woonsoket, Rhode Island son of Ovila Champoux and Gladys La Ville/ Champoux. He had three brothers Robert, George, and Henry Champoux. He had one sister Constant Louch. Ray was baptized in the St. Anthony Catholic Church in Woonsoket, Rhode Island. In 1939 he was in first grade in Providence, Rhode Island. Ray Champoux attended Roger Williams Junior High School in Providence, Rhode Island. His favorite subjects were Math and History. Ray went to the 10th grade at Hope High School in Providence, Rhode Island. Ray was a Line Backer on the Hope High School Football team. Ray got his GED in the service. In 1947 at age 15 Ray Champoux joined the Marine Corp Reserve. He served two years as a Pfc. In 1949 Ray joined the US Air Force in Providence, Rhode Island. He went to Radio School in Boloxi, Mississippi. He attended Language School at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. S/Sgt. Raymond ¡°Ray¡± Louis Champoux total service time was 8 years. He received the Sharp Shooters Metal and the Good Conduct Metal. Ray was in the Restaurant business after he got out of the Service. In 1954 Ray was 21 when he married his first wife. Ray dose not remember that wives name. They were only married one year. Ray was going to Electrical School in Angola, Indiana. To that union one son Raymond Louis Champoux was born in 1955 in Angola, Steuben County, Indiana. Ray Champoux dose not recall his second wives name. To this union 6 children were born. Rays 3rd wife Joan worked for him in New Port, Rhode Island. To that union they had 2 children. Ray Champoux 4th wife was Wanda Ward. They both worked for Pizza Inn Corp.Wanda Ward Champoux was the daughter of Jesse James Ward a Circuit Rider Baptist Minister. Ray Champoux received a BS & BA Degree in Business Administration from Bryant College, Provindence, Rhode Island. Mr. Raymond ¡°Ray¡± Louis Champoux was Vice President of Franchise Services for Pizza Inn Corp. Ray was living in Duncan, Oklahoma before he moved to the Lawton/ Fort Sill Veterans Center. Ray is a fairly new resident at our VA Center. If you have not met S/Sgt. Champoux you will want to meet him and make him feel welcome and at home. Let¡¯s give S/Sgt. Raymond Louis Champoux a big Lawton, Oklahoma Salute and thank him for his service to our country. Ray Champoux has 10 grandchildren and 14 Great Grandchildren. Ray¡¯s father Ovila Champoux served his Country in the US Army during World War 11 until he was wounded in battle in France. Grandfather George Champoux served in the US Army in World War 1. Ray is of French Nationality. By Paul L.Odle, Sr. Lawton/Fort Sill Veterans Center P.O. Box 849 Lawton, Oklahoma 73502 1-580-354-3287 Paul_OdleSr@yahoo.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.