Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Marie Calloura Ryan
Jan 5, 2024
Marie Calloura Ryan, 89, passed away peacefully at her residence in Ramer, Alabama on Friday, January 5, 2024.
Marie was born in Lake Charles, LA on March 16, 1934. She was a 1952 graduate of LaGrange High School. In 1953 she married her high school sweetheart, Bennie Ryan. She worked for the Calcasieu Parish Sherrif Department as the Operator of...
Carolyn Lois Trahan
Jan 5, 2024
Carolyn Lois Trahan, born in Lake Charles on October 25, 1947, daughter of the late Christian Edwin and Lois (Vincent) Jessen, passed away Friday, January 5, 2024, at the age of seventy-six. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend to all. Her memory will live on in our hearts. Carolyn, a graduate of LaGrange High School, obtained a...
Rose Quebodeaux
Jan 5, 2024
Rose Marie Andrus Quebodeaux, 84, went to be with our Heavenly Father on Friday, January 5, 2024, after a short battle with cancer. She was born in Abbeville in 1939 but was a long-time resident of Sulphur after moving from Biloxi, Mississippi. She worked at Larry’s Tastee Freez in Sulphur for over 40 years as well as drove the school...
Martha Ruth Mccown Walters Shortridge
Jan 4, 2024
Martha Ruth McCown Walters Shortridge, born in Roanoke, Louisiana on March 18, 1932, daughter of the late Fred William and Hattie Turner McCown, passed away Thursday, January 4, 2024, at the age of ninety-one. Martha Ruth, as she was affectionately known, was a graduate of Iowa High School, and of the Baptist faith. She traveled the world with her first...
Frederick "Matt" Matthias
Jan 4, 2024
Frederick ‘Matt’ Matthias left us unexpectedly, Thursday, January 4, 2024. Born in Jersey City, NJ on August 22, 1933, raised in New York City, NY, Frederick Matthias, widely known as ‘Matt’ Matthias, enlisted in the US Air Force at 17 during the Korean War. Stationed at Lake Charles Air Force Base (Chennault), he met and married Cora Lognion, his lifelong...
Jerry Dean Fontenot
Jan 4, 2024
Lacassine – Jerry Dean Fontenot, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, born on February 7, 1953, passed away Thursday, January 4, 2024, surrounded by his loving family, at the age of 70. A graduate of Lake Arthur High, Jerry was a graduate of McNeese State University. He taught math at South Cameron High, Hackberry, Barbe, and Hathaway. He attended St....
Becky Martin
Jan 3, 2024
Mary Rebecca “Becky” Hopkins Martin, 77, of Sulphur, LA passed away Wednesday, January 3rd, 2023 in a local healthcare facility.
Ms. Martin was born April 24, 1946 to William Henry Hopkins and Flora Mae Jones Hopkins in Sapulpa, OK. She lived most of her life in Westlake. She was a graduate of LaGrange Senior High School and McNeese State University...
Kenneth Roy Ducote
Jan 3, 2024
Kenneth Roy Ducote (91), of Hackberry, passed away in his residence surrounded by family following a short illness. Kenneth was born February 13, 1932 to the late Roy Anthony and Etna Johnson Ducote. He was raised in Hackberry with his brother Lionel, twin sister Marilyn, and cousin Laurence Williams. As a teenager, Kenneth worked as a motion picture operator at...
Jennifer Rae Chesson Stewart
Jan 3, 2024
Jennifer Rae Chesson Stewart of Lake Charles, born on December 20, 1972, daughter of the late Walter and Dories (Hebert) Chesson, passed away after a lengthy illness on Wednesday, January 3, 2024, at the age of fifty-one. Jennifer was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend to everyone she met. She lived every day to the fullest. Jennifer was a...
Deborah Ann Trahan Bellard
Jan 3, 2024
Deborah Ann Trahan Bellard, 72, passed away peacefully at home in Bell City, LA on Wednesday, January 3, 2024 by the side of her cherished husband. She was born on September 17, 1951, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to Alvin and Ethel Higginbotham Trahan.
Her intellect and empathy led her into a career as a registered nurse. She thrived as a...
John Harry Courville
Jan 2, 2024
John Harry Courville, born in Oberlin on April 4, 1943, son of the late Shelby and Carrie (Reed) Courville, passed away in a local hospital on Tuesday, January 2, 2024, at the age of eighty. John was of the Catholic faith and attended St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. He never met a stranger, was a social butterfly and enjoyed...
Gary Lynn Broussard
Jan 2, 2024
Gary Lynn Broussard, 64, passed away unexpectedly in Beaumont, TX on January 2, 2024. Gary was born in Sulphur, LA to Emile Nolan and Viola Marie Broussard on October 4, 1959.
Gary Broussard found immense joy in crabbing and fishing. When Gary was out on the water, the cares of the world seemed to drift away with the tide. There...
Dianna Marie Roy Desselle
Jan 1, 2024
On January 1, 2024, our loving Mother, Grand & Great Grandmother, Dianna Marie Roy Desselle known as “Granny” passed away while at home. She was a remarkable soul who graced this world for 82 years. Her legacy echoes through the lives she touched with kindness, grace, and unwavering love shown to all.
Mrs. Desselle was a native of Mansura, LA...
John Herbert Troesser
Jan 1, 2024
John Herbert Troesser, 82 years old of Sulphur entered the gates of heaven on January 1, 2024. He passed away peacefully at his home. He was born on September 21, 1941, in Frankenstein, Missouri.
He was a LaSalette Priest until 1976. He offered Catholic Communion Services at the High Hope Care Center until 2020. He worked offshore on an oil...
Charles Edward Strahan
Jan 1, 2024
Charles Edward Strahan, 73, of Montgomery, LA passed away at 8:04 PM on Monday, January 1, 2024 in an Alexandria hospital.
Mr. Strahan was born on July 2, 1950 in Lake Charles and was raised in Iowa where he attended Iowa High School. He spent most of his life residing in Beauregard Parish before moving to Montgomery, LA to enjoy...
