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Norman Champeau Obituary

Name: Calling hours for Norman S. Champeau
Start: 2019-01-05T19:00:00.000Z
End: 2019-01-05T22:00:00.000Z
Location: Anthony Funeral & Cremation Chapels - Brighton/Rochester Chapel

ENFIELD, N.H./BRIGHTON, N.Y. -- Norm is survived by daughters, Jenny, Susan, Christine, and Belinda; sister, Nancy LeBoutillier; and 5 grandchildren.

Norm is a U.S. Air Force veteran; he was a beloved Physical Education Teacher and Coach at Brighton High School. After retiring, Norm followed his passion for the sea to Eastport, ME where he became a commercial fisherman and spent happy times together with his partner, Sue.

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Published by Union Leader on Jan. 6, 2019.

Memories and Condolences
for Norman Champeau

14 Entries

February 5, 2019

am so sorry for your loss, please accept my sincere condolences. May God bring everlasting comfort to your hearts and give you the strength to endure this difficult time.
(2 Thessalonians 2:16,17)

January 4, 2019

Condolences to the Champeau family. May you draw consolation and strength from the God of all comfort during this time of sorrow.

January 3, 2019

Please.accept my heartfelt sympathy in the loss of your loved one May the God Who mourn Sustain your Family during this difficult time Isaiah 61:1,2

January 3, 2019

May ALMIGHTY GOD who binds up the broken-hearted" and "comfort all who mourn " sustain the family during this challenging time (Isaiah 61:1,2)

January 3, 2019

I am so sorry for your loss. May the God who "binds up the brokenhearted" and "comforts all who mourn," strengthen you during this difficult time. Isaiah 61:1, 2.

D S

January 3, 2019

Extending my sincerest condolences to the family and friends, for the passing of Norman. May the God who binds up the broken hearted and comforts all those who mourn, sustain you during this challenging time.-Isaiah 61:1,2

January 3, 2019

My deepest condolences are with the family and friends during this difficult time. May the comfort from our loving God bring peace and warmth. Continue to cherish the wonderful memories. (Jeremiah 29:11 2 Thessalonians 2:16,17.)

Johnson

January 3, 2019

M.y thoughts and prayers are with the family. I hope that God
God promise at 1Thessalonians 4:13,14 bring you comfort and
Knowing that theres a hope for our love ones.

Mark Shulman

January 1, 2019

January 1, 2019

Coach Champeau was a role model throughout my life. I remember how I stopped by to say hello to him in May 1977. I told him that I had just graduated from medical school and that I was on my way to California to start my anesthesia residency at Stanford. He said wow that is a lot of water under the bridge. Coach Champeau instilled in me a love of swimming like no other coach. He will be missed by all.

Mark Shulman, BHS 69
Sudbury, MA

John Martin

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John Martin

December 31, 2018

Norm was my swim coach at Brighton High from 1966-1969. My brother, Rick, also swam for Norm. I am certain that two of the most memorable swim seasons for Norm as a coach were 1968 and 1969, much to the dismay of our arch rivals; the vaunted Pittsford finmen.

Norm did have nicknames for many of his students and athletes. He called me "YaYa," in remembrance of a certain song, and knowing that New York Giants quarterback Y.A. Tittle was a personal favorite.
I also remember Norm's girls at practice on Saturday mornings. Their mom, Bonnie, was frequently busy changing diapers in the stands. He was proud of them all, as they were of him.

On behalf of my brother Rick and myself; our sincere condolences to the entire Champeau family. Norm will be greatly missed by many Brighton friends, students, and athletes.

John Martin, BHS '69
DeKalb, Illinois

Your neighbor..

December 31, 2018

Our sincere condolences to the Champeau family in the loss of your dear love one. Our prayers are as yours, that God provide his care and comfort you each day.
- Psalms 145:18,19

The Coach & His Captains

Ward Silver

December 31, 2018

If we're fortunate, we may have a very few true mentors in our lives. Coach was surely one of mine.

Norm taught us what sport (swimming) was truly about, and by extension, how one should live one's life - lessons learned over time, remembering/realizing "how we got here, where we came from."

We all loved him, unconditionally, like the young pups we were. He gave approval in an understated way that made you feel you could do even better...and would, with him at the helm.

"...there'll be other 23.1's," he wrote in my yearbook, 50 years ago, "but never a better use of one's potential than you displayed." That says it all.

So many others like me, who followed under his tutelage, and in his daily life, are surely saddened by his passing. Yet we're also blessed by his enduring spirit, the confidence he instilled in us, and the happy memories we shared while striving for a common purpose.

Love you, Coach

Carlyle Miller

December 31, 2018

I still think of Mr. Champeau when I do yoga. He was the first person to teach me how to do a salute to the sun--must have been third grade or something, but I still remember it and am grateful!

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