Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
June Rose Moss Clarke
May 2, 2022
June Rose Moss Clarke, 89 years old, passed away Monday, May 2, 2022. She was born on June 23, 1932 to William C. and Lona Mae Moss in Converse, LA.
June Rose grew up in Sulphur, LA. As the only daughter of four children, she was a Daddy’s girl and inherited her love for sports from him. She was an...
Dat Nguyen
May 2, 2022
Dat T. Nguyen, 51 years old, passed away Monday, May 2, 2022. He was born on October 21, 1970 to Dai and Lai Nguyen in Vietnam.
Dat moved to the United States when he was a little boy and was raised in Biloxi, MS. He met his wife of 30 years in New Orleans in middle school. He loved to...
Iva Stanfield Wier
May 2, 2022
Iva Lois Stanfield Wier, 90, of Lake Charles, LA, passed away peacefully at 8:03 PM on Monday, May 2, 2022 in a local care facility.
Mrs. Wier was born April 4, 1932 in Longville, LA and was a graduate of the Ragley School. She lived most of her life in Lake Charles, LA and worked as a secretary for the...
Celeste Anne Deshotel
Apr 30, 2022
Celeste Anne Deshotel, 57, of Sulphur, passed from this life on Saturday, April 30, 2022. Celeste was always the life of the party where she was sure to make everyone laugh. She loved her yardwork and was the “Queen of the weed eater”. Celeste shared her bounty from her yard with anyone who wanted to grow their own. She was...
Catherine "Cathy" Richard Lowry
Apr 29, 2022
I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:7
Catherine “Cathy” Richard Lowry died on Friday, April 29, 2022. She felt blessed with a life filled with a loving family and dear friends. Cathy was a parishioner of Our Lady Queen of Heaven Church and loved her Catholic faith. ...
Margaret Ann Carter
Apr 29, 2022
Margaret Guillory Carter,82, of Sulphur, LA passed away on April 29, 2022, surrounded by her loving family. Margaret was born in Vinton, LA to David and Beulah Trahan. She loved her pets, flowers, and most of all loved being with her family and will be dearly missed by all. Margaret was of the Catholic faith and was a member of...
Liz Trotti
Apr 28, 2022
Liz Trotti, 63, passed away peacefully in her home with her family by her side Thursday, April 28, 2022.
Liz was born on November 13, 1958 to Raleigh and Letrecia Eggers Reeves in Sulphur, La. She was a 1976 graduate of Sam Houston High School. She enjoyed watching TV, shopping, car rides with her husband and spoiling her beloved grandchildren.
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Evelyn Bernice Smith
Apr 28, 2022
The doors of Heaven have opened welcoming its newest member. Evelyn Bernice Smith, 93, passed away peacefully April 28, 2022, at 4:05 PM surrounded by her family at her side.Born November 20, 1928, in Toomey, La., Bernice was welcomed by her parents Arthur E Broussard Sr and Amelia Olivia Moss Broussard. She was a "cowgirl" by heart, instilled by her...
Ronnie Swire
Apr 28, 2022
Ronnie Dewey Swire, 71, of Carlyss, LA passed away on April 28, 2022, at a local hospital. Ronnie was born on November 16, 1950, to Joseph “Dewey” and Nellie Swire in Hackberry, LA.
Ronnie loved collecting guns, competing in shooting matches, and was a proud NRA member. Ronnie worked at the Petroleum Reserve in Hackberry, but his true passion...
Harry Clayton Northrop Iii
Apr 27, 2022
Harry Clayton Northrop, III, 65 years old, passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2022 in Westlake, LA. He was born on May 21, 1956 to Lyle James and Lois Lavergne Northrop in Provencal, LA.
Mr. Northrop was active in the Masonic Fraternity. He was a perpetual member of Magnolia Lodge #238, Vinton Lodge #364, Sulphur Lodge #424, where he served as...
Arthur Neal Broussard
Apr 26, 2022
Arthur “Art” Neal Broussard, 36, of passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2022, in Austin, Texas.
Arthur was born in West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital on September 13, 1985. He was baptized and raised in Henning Memorial United Methodist Church. Art was an Acolyte and participated in mission trips to San Antonio and Peru. Art could always be seen at SPAR ballfields;...
Shirley Roth Owens
Apr 26, 2022
It is with great loss and heavy hearts that the family of Shirley F. Roth Mayfield Owens announces her passing on April 26, 2022 at the age of 82 after a short illness.
Shirley F. Roth was born on August 16, 1939 in Lake Charles, Louisiana to Robert F. Roth and Lovice L. Caldwell Roth. From the beginning, Shirley was...
Lilly Sittig
Apr 26, 2022
Lilly Ann “Annie” Sittig of Sulphur, LA, was born on July 28, 1943, to Eraste and Zelma Billedeaux. Annie was a graduate of Marion High School and a member of Our Lady of LaSalette Catholic Church.
Besides working outside the home in many capacities, her greatest passion and talent in life was being a homemaker, cooking, and feeding the...
Richard Lanier Pickett
Apr 25, 2022
Richard Lanier Pickett, 73, passed away on Monday, April 25, 2022 in a local hospital.
He was born on August 16, 1948 in Jennings, Louisiana to Lanier and Dorothy Pickett. He enjoyed watching football, especially the Pittsburgh Steelers. He also enjoyed woodworking and attending services at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church. He will be missed by a lot...
Morris Francis Ward
Apr 25, 2022
Morris Francis Ward, 95, of Lake Charles passed away on Monday, April 25, 2022 in his residence.
Mr. Ward was born to John Baylor and Frances Morris Ward in Haines, AK on April 15, 1927. The Morris and Ward families were pioneers in the Chilkat Valley of Alaska. At the age of seventeen he enlisted in the Navy...
Jason Lee Cox
Apr 24, 2022
Jason Lee Cox, 50, of Sulphur, passed away surrounded by his loving family on Sunday, April 24, 2022. Jason was a well-respected man, everyone who knew him loved him. He was a machinist at Gulf Machine shop, where he was bragged on by his co-workers and bosses alike for his quality and work ethic. Jason was a shooting enthusiast, worked...
Charles "Charley" Ray Moore
Apr 23, 2022
Charles Ray Moore, 50, of Sulphur, La passed away April 23, 2022, in Shreveport, LA. He was a native and lifelong resident of Sulphur and worked in the construction industry.
Survivors include two sons; Dustin Craig Moore and Cody Ray White; one daughter; Lexy Moore all of Sulphur; one sister, Kristy Lynn Moore; a brother, Jason Paul Moore both of...
Mayona Steed
Apr 22, 2022
Mayona Paula Steed was one of two children born to Thad and Nellie Fontenot. She was born January 28, 1936 in Kinder, LA.
She attended Kinder High School, then began working at a dry cleaners in Lake Charles. It was here she would meet Rodney Steed, a young serviceman from Portland, Oregon stationed at Chennault Air Force Base
Together they...
Lura Johnson
Apr 22, 2022
Lura Johnson, 61, of Ragley, passed away suddenly at her home on Friday April 22, 2022.
Lura was a longtime resident of Crosby, TX and relocated last year to Ragley, LA with her husband, Brent, to be closer to their children and grandchildren. She retired last year from Insurica in Baytown, TX after 30 years. Lura enjoyed the outdoors, gardening...
Olaf Joseph James John Virgadamo
Apr 22, 2022
James Virgadamo, 80, of Sulphur, passed away on April 22, 2022, in a local hospital. A Lake Charles native, James was a retired Sergeant with the Department of Transportation Weights and Standards. He was also a veteran of the U. S. Marine Corps, having served two tours in the Vietnam War as a radio operator with 7th Communications Battalion attached...
