Loretta Ann Fontenot

Loretta Ann Weekly Fontenot, 81, of Lake Charles passed away Friday, October 24, 2025 in a local healthcare facility.

Mrs. Fontenot was born in Crowley, LA and lived most of her life in Lake Charles. She was a 1962 graduate of LaGrange High School and went on to continue studies at Sowela Technical Community College. It was during this time she met her husband, Tyla. She later began working the State of Louisiana Department of Public Safety Motor Vehicle Division where she retired as Manager twenty-nine years later. She loved to sew, having made most all of her clothes, most of her life. She also loved sewing for her daughter and granddaughters, having made a lot of their clothes and continued the tradition with her great grandchildren as she made all their pajamas. Mrs. Fontenot also loved to cook, her Gumbo and Dirt Pudding being amongst her families’ favorites. She enjoyed every opportunity to go fishing for white perch and bass at she and her husband’s camp in Toledo Bend. As well as many years of cheering on the McNeese Cowboys at the home stadium from their season seats. Her down time was often spent watching the Price Is Right and Days of Our Lives. Mrs. Fontenot was a lady of faith, attended Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church where she was a volunteer for the church and the carnival. She will be most remembered for her love and devotion to her family and her special relationship with her granddaughters and much-loved visits with her great-grandchildren.

She leaves to cherish her memory, her beloved husband of sixty-two years, Tyla John Fontenot of Lake Charles; two granddaughters, Kati Wood Joiner and husband Kenneth Tyler Joiner and Madison Leiann Hebert and husband Richard Trey Hebert, all of Montevallo, AL and three great-grandchildren, Emalie Lind Joiner, Harper Leiann Joiner and Oakley Lynn Joiner.

She was preceded in death by her daughter, Lisa Lynn Fontenot Wood; parents, Vernice and Lena LeBlanc Weekly; sister, Betty Weekly Newman and niece, Patricia Newman Thibodeaux.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 AM Tuesday, October 28, 2025 in the Chapel of Johnson Funeral Home in Lake Charles. Interment services will follow at Consolata Cemetery. Visitation Monday will be from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM and will continue Tuesday from 9:00 AM until the time of service in the funeral home.