Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Betty Jo Gaspard
Sep 9, 2020
Betty Jo Gaspard, 86, of Lake Charles passed away on Wednesday, September 9, 2020.
She was born on June 19, 1934 in Rayne, La to August and Agnes Bordes Leger and spent most of her life in Lake Charles. Mrs. Gaspard was a loving mother and grandmother. She worked in the food industry for many years until retiring from Picadilly.
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Charles Samuel Liggio, Sr.
Sep 9, 2020
Charles Samuel Liggio, Sr., 86, of Lake Charles passed away on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 in Zwolle, LA.
Mr. Liggio was born on April 12, 1934 in Lake Charles, LA to Sam and Josephine Pecorino Liggio.
Charles was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend. He will be remembered for his devotion to his family, and the Lake Charles...
Gwen Brignac
Sep 9, 2020
Gwendolyn Sue Frazier Brignac, 65, of Lake Charles passed away, Wednesday September 09, 2020 in a Baton Rouge hospital.
Mrs. Brignac was a lifelong resident of Lake Charles. She was a graduate of Barbe High School and McNeese State University where she attained a degree in Education following the loss of her husband. She began her career as a teacher...
Carolyn Eason
Sep 9, 2020
Carolyn May Bosworth Eason, 93, passed away on Sept. 9, 2020, in her granddaughter’s home in Prairieville, La., where she was evacuated from Hurricane Laura. After she endured five months of COVID isolation in her assisted living facility, the evacuation freed Carolyn to spend her last two weeks lovingly surrounded by her family.
Born on May 28, 1927, in...
W.H. "Bill" Mccurley
Sep 8, 2020
W.H. McCurley “Bill” left this earth and joined his wife Virginia and a host of family and friends in Heaven on the morning of September 8, 2020, while evacuated from Hurricane Laura at his Grandson's home in Nacogdoches, Texas.
Born to W. H. Sr and Alice Gisch McCurley on February 17,1929 in Beaumont, Texas. The family moved to Lake Charles...
Janice Marie Lebleu
Sep 8, 2020
Janice Marie LeBleu, 63, of Sulphur, passed away on September 8, 2020 due to health issues complicated by Hurricane Laura. She was born on January 16, 1957 in Church Point, LA.
She was preceded in death by her father, Pierre C. LeBleu, in 1973. She is survived by her mother, Shirley (Leger) East of Sulphur; sisters, Karen Sue LeBleu of...
Jessica Stutes Hulin
Sep 8, 2020
Jessica Ann Stutes Hulin, 77, passed away September 8, 2020 in Katy, Texas. She was born October 25, 1942 in Anniston, Alabama to Jesse J. and Rita G. Stutes.
She was a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt and friend.
Jessica will be remembered as a kind, loving, caring and sweet person. She was known for her love of...
Andrew Lafleur Iii
Sep 7, 2020
Andrew LaFleur, III, 39, of Moss Bluff, LA, died on September 7, 2020.
Andrew was born January 28, 1981 in Lake Charles, LA. He was a lifelong resident of Southwest Louisiana. He was a 1999 graduate of South Beauregard High School and served his country in the Louisiana Army National Guard. He served two tours in Iraq and one tour...
Aaron Brian Eagleson
Sep 7, 2020
Aaron Brian Eagleson, 57, of Lake Charles passed away at his residence on September 7, 2020 surrounded by his loved ones. He was born on June 8, 1963 to the late Claude Eagleson and his wife, Peggy Gilmore Eagleson.
He was a lifelong resident of Cameron Parish and graduate of Grand Lake High School. Throughout high school he helped his...
Mary Pauline Cormier
Sep 6, 2020
It is with great sadness that the Cormier family announces the passing of Mary Pauline LeBouef Cormier on September 6, 2020. Pauline was born July 19, 1929 in Sweet Lake, Louisiana to Joe and Edna LeBouef. She married John Eddie Cormier of Lacassine, Louisiana on February 28, 1948. She was a great mother to four children, a wonderful grandmother to...
William Lee "Bill" Andrus, Sr.
Sep 5, 2020
William Lee Andrus, Sr., 69, of Lake Charles passed away on Saturday, September 5, 2020 in Houston, TX.
Mr. Andrus was born on April 2, 1951 in Ville Platte, LA to Wilford and Suzette Andrus. He lived most of his life in Lake Charles. He graduated from Lagrange High School Class of 1970. He was a lifelong member of Emmanuel...
John Ray Gammage, Jr.
Sep 2, 2020
John Ray Gammage, Jr., 73, of Lake Charles entered passed away Wednesday, September 02, 2020 in Metairie, LA.
Mr. Gammage was a graduate of LaGrange High School and McNeese State University where he was Captain of the ROTC Precision Drill Team. He served in the United States Active Army and Reserves for a total of seventeen years. He went on...
Leroy J. Savoie, Sr.
Sep 1, 2020
Leroy J. Savoie, Sr.
Leroy J. Savoie, Sr., 77, of Lake Charles, LA, died at 4:55 AM on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 in a Baton Rouge care facility.
Mr. Savoie was born November 22, 1942 in Leonville, LA and lived the past forty years in Lake Charles. He worked for over twenty-five years offshore for Exxon Mobil. Following his retirement,...
Albert Herman Wegener
Sep 1, 2020
“As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. For I am already being poured as a drink-offering, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:5-7
It is with great sorrow and deep...
Donna Jean Constance
Sep 1, 2020
Donna Jean Constance, 70, of Lake Charles, LA, died on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 in her residence.
Ms. Constance was born October 6, 1949 in Lake Charles, where she was a lifelong resident of Johnson Bayou and Lake Charles. She worked as an LPN, spending most of her career at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital. Ms. Constance was a member of...
Sheila Amidon
Sep 1, 2020
Sheila Amidon, 55, passed away on September 1, 2020. Sheila was a graduate of Sulphur High (1983) and McNeese State (1986). In her early years, she touched numerous young girls’ lives through dance as an instructor at Cindy’s School of Dance in Sulphur. She quickly started her professional career immediately out of college at Premier Health Services where she soon...
Barbara Jean Broussard Calloway
Sep 1, 2020
Barbara Calloway
Barbara Jean Broussard Calloway, 88, of Moss Bluff, died September 1, 2020 at the home of her daughter and son-in-law in Lafayette where she had been evacuated by hospice before Hurricane Laura. Mrs. Calloway was born July 19, 1932 in Lake Charles. She graduated from LaGrange High School and attended McNeese State University. She met the love of...
David Allen Fruge
Aug 30, 2020
David Allen Fruge
David Allen Fruge, 64, of Lake Charles, LA, died on August 30, 2020 at his son’s residence.
Mr. Fruge was born December 26, 1955 in Lake Charles, LA, where he was a life-long resident. He was a graduate of LaGrange High School. He worked as an automotive mechanic and retired from the industries. Mr. Fruge was a...
Archie Donald Constance
Aug 29, 2020
Archie Donald Constance, 53, of Westlake, LA passed away Saturday, August 29, 2020 in Gulfport, MS.
Mr. Constance was a born raised and educated in Sulphur and lived most of his life in Westlake. He worked his younger years as a Police Officer for Westlake Police Department and nearly thirty years as an Airplane Mechanic for Northrop Grumman. He...
Eugene Joseph Trahan
Aug 29, 2020
Lake Charles
Funeral services for Mr. Eugene Joseph Trahan, 67, of Starks, LA will be held on Saturday, September 5, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Starks with Rev. Ron Butler officiating. Burial will follow in Miller Cemetery Annex under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home.
Visitation for Mr. Trahan will begin at 10:00 a.m. Saturday,...
