Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Ellia Mae "Ms. Tee" Gaunt
Jul 31, 2020
Ellia Mae Gaunt, 74, of Lake Charles passed away at 9:37 AM on Friday, July 31, 2020 at her home.
Mrs. Gaunt was born on August 22, 1945 in Jennings, LA to Stanley and Marie Landry Vidrine. She was a lifelong resident of the Lake Charles area. She graduated from Fenton High School. She enjoyed bingo, and video poker. She...
Judie Cagle "Coca" Kohler
Jul 31, 2020
The Family of Judie Cagle Kohler announces her passing into Glory on Friday, July 31st. Judie was born on December 9, 1948 in Lake Charles, Louisiana to Louise Bradford Cagle and Robert Brantley Cagle. She is a 1966 graduate of Lake Charles High School, where she was active in The Kilties as a tenor drummer, Mariners Club, and Library Club. ...
Craig A. "Saph" Smith
Jul 30, 2020
Craig A. "Saph" Smith, 58, of Lake Charles, passed away on July 30, 2020 at a local care facility.
Craig was a lifelong resident of Lake Charles. He was a graduate of LaGrange High School and studied at San Jacinto Junior College where he was a talented baseball player. He began his love of the game playing little league and...
Winston Randall Mader
Jul 29, 2020
Winston Randall Mader, 78, of Lake Charles, passed away at his home on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. He was born in Corpus Christi, TX on June 7, 1942 to the late Burton and Bennie Mader.
Winston grew up in Crowley, LA and graduated from Crowley High School. After high school, he attended USL in Lafayette. On October 14, 1961, he...
Lane C. Cox
Jul 29, 2020
On Wednesday July 29, 2020 Lane Carlos Cox passed from this life to enter into eternal rest. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 73 years, Rose Louise Cox, parents Rev. & Mrs. E. L. Cox, brother, Levon (Helen) Cox, Sister, Mary Helen (Thomas) Perkins. He is survived by his Son Johnny Lane Cox of Sulphur Louisiana,...
Elaine Chapman
Jul 29, 2020
Elaine Chapman, 78, of Sulphur passed away Wednesday, July 29, 2020 in\ a local hospital.
She was a Lake Charles native and has lived in Sulphur for many years. She loved playing Bingo and spending time with family.
Left to cherish her memory are her husband of 58 years, Robert L. Chapman; two daughters, Bobbie Deville of Lake Charles, and...
Lillian Cecile Gobeil Morris
Jul 29, 2020
Lillian Cecile Gobeil Morris, 89, of Lake Charles, LA died at 6:13 AM on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 in her residence.
Mrs. Morris was born January 8, 1931 in Lake Charles, LA, where she was a lifelong resident. She was a graduate of St. Charles Academy and still attended her VIP luncheons with her classmates. She worked as a secretary...
Hal Wood
Jul 29, 2020
Thomas Halliburton (Hal) Wood passed away on July 29, 2020, in the comfort of his home.
He was born in Monroe, La on August 20, 1955. His childhood years were in Jackson, Mississippi; Austin, Texas and Nashville, Tennessee. Hal was on the River Hills swim team in Jackson and on the wrestling team where he graduated at Hillwood High in...
Joyce Arabie Mccomb
Jul 29, 2020
Joyce Arabie McComb, 93, of Moss Bluff passed away at 5:30 AM on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 in a local care facility.
Mrs. McComb was born on March 19, 1927 in Elton. She was a lifelong resident of the Lake Charles/Moss Bluff area and a member of St. Henry Catholic Church. Mrs. McComb had many hobbies including gardening, camping,...
Nola Lee Greer Saxby
Jul 28, 2020
Nola Lee Greer Saxby, aka Snookie, Mom, NuNu, MawMaw, Aunt Nollie and friend, passed away July 28, 2020 at the age of 87.
Nola was a lifelong resident of Lake Charles, graduating from LaGrange High School. She worked for BellSouth for eighteen years during which time she met and married Jay Dean Saxby. In 1967 they moved to Moss Bluff. ...
Charles Wilton Ardoin, Jr.
Jul 26, 2020
Charles W. “Charlie” “Tuna” Ardoin, Jr., 68, of Corpus Christi, TX passed away unexpectedly Sunday, July 26, 2020 in a hospital near his home.
Mr. Ardoin was born in Jennings, LA, lived most of his life in Lake Charles and the past twenty-five years in South East Texas. He was a 1970 graduate of Lake Charles High School where he...
Theodore Claude Woods
Jul 26, 2020
Theodore Claude Woods, 94, of Lake Charles, passed away July 26, 2020 at a local nursing home.
Mr. Woods loved his beloved wife Mae and his daughter Natalie. Mr. Woods was a WWII U.S. Army Veteran. He loved telling us about World War II, and when he was stationed in Hawaii. He also enjoyed telling us how happy he and...
Felicitas Hizon Rectra Padua
Jul 26, 2020
In many families the matriarch is the bridge that keeps the family connected. She is a wife, mother, sister, friend, and prayer warrior. This is a role that is not given freely. She is shaped by the storms of life. The rains that fall upon our lives, she provides the shelter. Her heart is sculpted by the winds of change. ...
Sherril Lynn "Rose" Kebodeaux
Jul 25, 2020
Sherril Lynn “Rose” Kebodeaux, 65, of Lake Charles passed away Saturday July 25, 2020 in a local healthcare center.
Mrs. Kebodeaux was a native of Pasadena, TX and has lived most of her life in Lake Charles. She worked as a restaurant manager at the Prien Lake Mall Food Court. She was a talented artist of watercolor and acrylics paintings. ...
Mark Didelot
Jul 25, 2020
Mark Didelot passed away July 25th, 2020, at Methodist Hospital in Houston, after contracting COVID-19.
Mark was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on May 11th, 1955, to his parents, Phillip and Leatrice (Richard) Didelot, both deceased. He was raised in Lake Charles, Louisiana until his junior year in high school, when the family moved to Houston, where he graduated from...
John Michael Rytkonen
Jul 25, 2020
John Michael Rytkonen, 68, of Sulphur passed away Saturday July 25, 2020 in a local hospital.
Born in Cook, Minnesota, he has resided in Sulphur for 31 years. John served his country as a United States Air Force Veteran, retiring after 22 years with the rank of Master Sergeant. He enjoyed mowing his yard, taking great pride in its immaculate...
Kenneth James Allan
Jul 25, 2020
Kenneth James Allan, 43, of Lake Charles passed away, Saturday, July 25, 2020 in the comfort of his home.
Kenneth was born in Lake Charles, raised in Sulphur and lived most of his life in Lake Charles. He was a graduate of Sulphur High School and studied to be a hair stylist. He worked many years as a manager for...
Norman Lee Petitt
Jul 24, 2020
Norman Lee Petitt, 84, of Orange, TX passed away in a local hospital on July 24, 2020 in Sulphur, LA.
Norman was born on September 20, 1935 to Lonnie and Dorothy Petitt in Rio Hondo, TX. He enjoyed wood working, playing cards, and retired from Masonite a sawmill in California.
Those left to cherish his memory are his loving wife...
Richard Poole
Jul 24, 2020
Joseph “Richard” Poole, renowned family man and business owner of the Grand Lake community, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, July 24, 2020, at the age of 83.
Richard was born on April 4, 1937, in Lake Charles, LA, to William (Teen) Poole and Rose (Benoit) Poole. On August 10, 1957, he married Melva Dale (White) Poole,...
Lenore Mae Husser Airhart
Jul 24, 2020
Lenore Mae Husser Airhart, 90 of Moss Bluff passed away Friday, July 24, 2020 at Harbor Hospice in Lake Charles.
She was born in Husser, LA on January 26, 1930 to Theodore B. Husser, Sr. and Mae McDaniel Husser and lived in the Lake Charles/Moss Bluff area for almost 70 years. She retired as an elementary school music teacher,...
