Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
David Glenn Washburn
Sep 24, 2020
David Glenn Washburn, 67, of Lake Charles, LA, died on Thursday, September 24, 2020 in his residence.
Mr. Washburn was born August 3, 1953 in Lake Charles, LA, where he was a life-long resident. He was a 1971 graduate of LaGrange High School and graduated from McNeese State University with his bachelor’s degree in business administration. He was a member...
Jon T. Lee
Sep 24, 2020
Funeral services for Jon T. Lee, 36, will be at 2:00 PM Saturday, October 3, 2020, at University Baptist Church. The Rev. Phil Carpenter will officiate. Cremation is entrusted to Johnson Funeral Home of Lake Charles.
Jon died September 24, 2020, in a Lake Charles hospital.
He was a native and life resident of Lake Charles and graduated from LaGrange...
Ivan John Hebert
Sep 22, 2020
Ivan John Hebert, 49, of Gillis passed away on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at his residence.
Ivan was born on November 3, 1970 in Belle Chasse, LA and was raised in Grand Lake before moving to Gillis. He attended Grand Lake High School. Ivan was skilled with many trades and was able to use them in his working career. He...
Aldon "Sonny" Soileau, Jr.
Sep 22, 2020
Aldon “Sonny” Soileau, Jr., 86, of Moss Bluff passed away on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at his residence surrounded by his loved ones following a brief illness.
He was born on July 20, 1934 in Ville Platte, Louisiana to Beatrice Sensat Soileau and Aldon Soileau, Sr. Mr. Soileau was a loving father, grandfather and family man. He worked as a...
Diana Martini
Sep 22, 2020
Diana Mary Nowak Martini, of Lake Charles, LA, passed away on her 73rd birthday on September 22, 2020.
Diana was born September 22, 1947 in Central Falls, RI. She was raised in Rhode Island, where she married her husband. They traveled for his work, but lived in Orange, TX for thirty-four years, before moving to the Verandah Retirement Community in...
Pierrette Brown
Sep 22, 2020
Pierrette L. Brown, 82, passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2020 while evacuated due to Hurricane Laura. She was a resident of Westlake, Louisiana for the last 59 years.
She was born September 26,1937 in La Rondelle du Rochereau, France to Pierre and Madeleine Brault. While working as a translator on an American Air Force base in France she met the...
Joyce Elaine Peoples
Sep 20, 2020
Joyce Elaine Peoples, 83, of Lake Charles passed away Sunday, September 20, 2020 in Crowley, LA.
Mrs. Peoples was born on October 07, 1936 to Lawrence and Bernice McGee Granger. She was a lifelong resident of Lake Charles. She worked her younger years at the service desk and cash office at K-Mart. She met and married her second husband and...
Jerrie Ann Moyer Benoit
Sep 20, 2020
Jerrie Ann Moyer Benoit, 73, of Sulphur, LA entered into Heaven Sunday, September 20, 2020 from a care facility in Crockett, TX.
Mrs. Benoit was a native of Lake Charles and lived most of her life in Sulphur and Grand Lake.
She was a graduate of Grand Lake High School and later, Demmons School of Beauty. She owned and operated...
Gayle Marie Folks
Sep 20, 2020
Gayle Marie Folks, 77, of Lake Charles, LA, passed away on September 20th, 2020 in Rio Rancho, NM, surrounded by her family. Gayle was known for her ready smile and gift of encouragement. She loved to laugh. She will be dearly missed by all who knew her.
Gayle was born in Port Arthur, TX to Thomas Anderson Sr. and Indiana...
Margie Kuttner Hebert
Sep 19, 2020
Margie Docia Kuttner Hebert, 93, of Lake Charles passed away at 12:12 AM on Saturday, September 19, 2020 while evacuated in Alexandria.
Mrs. Hebert was born on November 20, 1926 in Lake Charles where she lived until moving to Eunice from 1955 to 1968 and returning to Lake Charles. She enjoyed working alongside her husband in their family owned business,...
Shyla "Sugar" Coleman
Sep 19, 2020
Shyla “Sugar” Coleman, 71, of Lake Charles passed away at 5:45 PM on Saturday, September 19, 2020 in a local hospital.
Mrs. Coleman was born on August 21, 1949 in Lake Charles and lived most of her life in Moss Bluff. She was a long-time beautician in the Lake Charles area.
She took pleasure in doing yardwork and taking...
Kenneth "Ken" Hoffpauir
Sep 18, 2020
On Friday, September 18, 2020, Kenneth Hoffpauir, husband of Marilyn Barbara Hoffpauir and life-long resident of Lake Charles, LA, passed away surrounded by his family.
Ken was born November 19, 1936, to Raymond Jesse Hoffpauir and Odessa Guidry Hoffpauir. He was preceded in death by his sisters Dorothy Leach and Evelyn Carr and his brother Raymond Hoffpauir.
He...
Dr. Charles M. Smith
Sep 15, 2020
Dr. Charles M. Smith passed away September 15, 2020. He was born August 24, 1930, in Bogalusa, located in southeast Louisiana on the Pearl River, which borders Mississippi. His father, Miah Smith, was a postmaster, and his mother, Viola Jenkins Smith, a schoolteacher, in nearby Franklinton. Before Dr. Smith’s birth, they moved 20 miles to Bogalusa for work. Bogalusa was...
Russell J. Aguillard
Sep 14, 2020
Russell J. Aguillard, 62, who went to be with his Lord and Savior September 14, 2020 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas surrounded by family. Born to Clarence and Lizzie Kibodeaux Aguillard. Russell was a lifelong resident of Moss Bluff, Louisiana and graduated from LaGrange High School. He was a Poker Dealer by trade and loved spending time with...
Johnny Marvin Fuller
Sep 14, 2020
Johnny Marvin Fuller, 83, of Westlake, LA, died at 11:49 AM on Monday, September 14, 2020 in a Jennings care facility.
Mr. Fuller was born January 27, 1937 in Ada, Oklahoma. He was raised in Westlake, lived several years in Galveston, TX and moved back to Westlake following his retirement. He was a graduate of Westlake High School, here he...
Staff Sgt. Michael J. Thomas, Sr.
Sep 14, 2020
Staff Sgt. Michael Joseph Thomas, Sr. received his wings on Monday, September 14, 2020.
Honoring his life, Michael was born in Prichard, AL on November 17, 1978 to Ethel Mae Thomas and Harold Thomas into a tight knit family. He was raised in Prichard, AL, where everyone grew up together and looked out for each other. He graduated from Mattie...
Elias Burton Swire
Sep 14, 2020
Elias Burton “Burt” Swire, 88, of Hackberry passed away Monday, September 14, 2020.
Burt was a lifelong resident of Hackberry and a member of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church. As a United States Army Veteran, he served his country during the Korean Conflict. Burt was a heavy equipment operator for Citgo Refinery retiring after 30 years of service. ...
Alice Clare Taussig
Sep 13, 2020
Alice Clare House Taussig passed away peacefully on September 13, 2020. Alice was born on April 12, 1936 to Walter R. And Catherine H. House. She graduated from Lake Charles High School in 1954 and attended Louisiana State University from 1954 to 1956.
She was active in Lake Charles community service as a member of the Junior League for ...
Andrew Jeanise Iii
Sep 13, 2020
Andrew Jeanise, III, 67, of Lake Charles passed away on Sunday, September 13, 2020 in his residence.
Mr. Jeanise was born on December 25, 1952 in Ozark, AL and was raised in Jennings where he graduated from Jennings High School. Following graduation, he joined the US Army in 1971 and was honorably discharged from Vilseck, Germany in 1974. Mr. Jeanise...
Sharon Rozas
Sep 13, 2020
Sharon Kay Rozas, 76, of Moss Bluff passed away on Sunday September 13, 2020 in a local hospital. Mrs. Rozas was born on October 7, 1943 in DeQuincy, La to Werner Lee Land, Sr. and Sylvia G. Bergeron Land.
Mrs. Rozas is survived by her daughters; Lisa Organski (Curtis) of Ragley, La and Stacy Decker Hutches (Roger), grandsons; Zachary Organski...
