Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Justin Thomas Newton
Mar 23, 2020
It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing from this world of our dear brother. Justin was a lover of motorcycles from the time he could walk. Riding was his passion, his community, and his way of life. He cherished his time on the highways and byways, making new friends who became family. He was...
Lina Steiner
Mar 22, 2020
Lina Duhon Steiner, 95, of Moss Bluff passed away on Sunday, March 22, 2020 at a local care facility. Mrs. Steiner was born September 18, 1924 in Castille, La and was one of 8 children born to Ulysse Miller and Merida Cormier Miller.
Mrs. Steiner liked writing poetry and sang many years in the choir at St. Theodore Catholic Church...
Edward Norris Labove
Mar 21, 2020
Edward Norris LaBove, 87, of Lake Charles, passed away Saturday, March 21 at his residence. His cremation has been entrusted to Simple Traditions by Johnson Funeral Home.
Betty Guillory
Mar 21, 2020
Betty Guillory, 86, passed away peacefully Friday, March 21, 2020 in a local care facility.
She was born on March 4, 1934 in Ville Platte, LA to Camely and Bessie Soileau Bondick. She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She enjoyed sewing and crocheting and cooking for her family. She also enjoyed working in her...
Samuel Stanley Schoolsky
Mar 21, 2020
Sam Schoolsky, 82, of Lake Charles passed away at 8:10 AM on Saturday, March 21, 2020 in a local hospital.
Born in The Bronx, NY to parents Ben and Marie Schoolsky, a graduate of Georgia Tech in Atlanta, GA where he lived most of his life and which he considered his adopted “hometown.” He retired and has lived in Lake...
Rebecca Mccomb
Mar 20, 2020
Rebecca McComb, 67, of Dequincy passed away Friday, March 20 at her residence. Her cremation has been entrusted to Simple Traditions by Johnson Funeral Home.
Joseph Weldon "Buddy" Bartlett Iii
Mar 20, 2020
IOWA - Joseph Weldon (Buddy) Bartlett III passed away unexpectedly at his Iowa residence on March 20, 2020. Buddy was born on November 10, 1965 in Sulphur, LA to Joseph Weldon Bartlett Jr. and Wanda Barrett Lamberth. Buddy attended school in Sulphur, graduating from Sulphur High in 1983. Throughout his school years he loved and participated in sports, especially basketball....
Richard David Landreneau
Mar 20, 2020
Richard David Landreneau, 78, of Lake Charles passed away Friday, March 20, 2020 following a brief illness.
Mr. Landreneau was a native of Lake Charles. He was a graduate of Marion High School and McNeese State University and proudly served the United States Navy aboard the USS Midway off the Coast of Vietnam. Following his service, Mr. Landreneau worked twenty-three...
Ginger Mcclain Beningo
Mar 20, 2020
Ginger K. Beningo passed away suddenly on Friday, March 20, 2020 in a local hospital.
Ginger was born on April 28, 1952 to Joseph and Lilah McClain in Mount Vernon, Ohio.
She was a 1970 graduate of Danville High School, in Danville, OH and obtained bachelor’s degrees in Political Science and History from the University of Wisconsin, Parkside in Kenosha,...
Steven Richard Wells
Mar 19, 2020
Steven “Steve/Papa Smurf” Richard Wells, 72, of Sulphur passed away on March 19, 2020 in a local hospital. He was a lifelong truck driver and was also the owner of the Smurf’s Den for many years. He enjoyed being around his family and his friends, loved to ride motorcycles and cheering on the New Orleans Saints.
He proudly served his...
Doris Sue Dorroh
Mar 19, 2020
Doris Sue Dorroh Passed away on Thursday, March 19, 2020. She was born to Marion Sebasta Dorroh and Joseph Dickson Dorroh on September 8, 1955.
Sue graduated from LaGrange High School and McNeese State University. She was employed by the State of Louisiana at the Office of Family Support for twenty-five years. Sue accepted Jesus as her Savior as a...
Patsy Brown
Mar 17, 2020
Patsy Marie Armentor Brown, 89, of Lake Charles, LA, died at 9:00 PM on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 in her residence.
Mrs. Brown was born August 18, 1930 in Crowley, LA and lived most of her life in Lake Charles, where she was a 1947 graduate of Lake Charles High School and attended McNeese State University. She worked at Mullers...
James Chapman
Mar 17, 2020
James Anthony Chapman, 70, passed away in a local hospital on March 17, 2020.
He was born on March 18, 1949 in Kinder, LA to Orter and Eula Chapman.
He loved sports and enjoyed playing them when he was younger and watching them as he got older. He will be remembered for his good sense of humor, his love for...
Nevaeh Emily Faith Scott
Mar 17, 2020
Nevaeh Emily Faith Scott, two months, went to heaven to be with all the other little angels, on March 17, 2020. She is survived by her mother, Erica Melton; father, Jerimiah Scott; grandparents, Miranda and Eric Melton; uncle, Chris Melton; aunt, Felicia Smith; cousin, Mia Grace Desormeaux; and numerous other loving cousins.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March...
Lynn Joseph Lirette
Mar 17, 2020
Lynn Joseph Lirette, 77, of Lake Charles passed away at 8:59 PM on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 in his residence.
Mr. Lirette was born on July 25, 1942 in Marrero, LA and was raised in Houma, LA before moving to Lake Charles in 1966. He served in the US Air Force before beginning his career in the oil field. Mr....
Harriett Eileen Barker
Mar 17, 2020
Harriett Eileen Robinson “Nana” Barker, 84, of Sulphur passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 8:49 pm at Landmark Care Center in Lake Charles.
Mrs. Barker was born on January 24, 1936 in Jacksonville, Florida and was the youngest of 14 children born to the late John, Sr. and Ellen Robinson. She moved to Louisiana in 1999 to be with...
Natilia Demaria Hebert
Mar 16, 2020
Natilia Demaria Hebert, age 80, died on March 16, 2020 in Harbor Hospice in Lake Charles, La. She was a loving and wonderful homemaker who, with her husband Edward James Hebert, raised two children Deadra Kaye Castille and Edward James Hebert Jr. Natilia was born and raised in Abbeville, Louisiana and was a Catholic nun in her teenage years, was...
Evelyn "Charlene" Flowers
Mar 15, 2020
Evelyn “Charlene” Flowers, 86, of Sulphur passed away on March 15, 2020 in Stonebridge Place in Sulphur. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Westlake Chapter #228 and past Mother Advisor of Westlake Assembly #79, the International Order for the Rainbow for Girls. Charlene was very creative and enjoyed cooking, baking, and needle work.
Charlene is...
Suzanne "Sue" Millet Perry
Mar 15, 2020
On March 15, 2020, the life of Sue Millet Perry ended on this earth and her first day in heaven began. According to an article in the Lake Charles American Press in June of 1943, Sue, a blue-eyed baby girl was born on late Friday afternoon, June 18, 1943 at about 6 o’clock to Professor and Mrs. Donald J. Millet,...
Thomas Anthony Guidry
Mar 15, 2020
Infant Thomas Anthony Guidry was born on Sunday, January 26, 2020 in Lake Charles, and went to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 15, 2020 at Children’s Hospital in New Orleans.
Survivors include his parents, Carla Jean Cone Istre and Thomas William Guidry; his grandmother, Diane Taylor Cone; his brothers, Chandler Guidry, William Gabriel Cone, and Taylor James Istre;...
