POWER OF ATTORNEY


		KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:  That the
undersigned officer and/or director of Camco Financial Corporation (the
"Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Larry A. Caldwell, Richard C.
Baylor or Mark A. Severson as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
Securities and Exchange Commission Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
securities of the Company beneficially owned by the undersigned, any and
all amendments thereto, and to file the same, and other documents relating
thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each
of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or substitutes full power and
authority to do each and every act and thing requested and necessary to be
done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things that each
of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or substitutes may lawfully do and
seek to be done by virtue hereof.

		This Power of Attorney shall be
valid until such time as it is revoked by the undersigned in writing.


		IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this
__26__ day of September, 2005.




				Signature:/s/ John Timothy
Young

				Print Name: John Timothy Young

				Capacity:
Director