Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Catherine Leger Courville
Aug 21, 2019
Catherine Leger Courville, 76, of Holmwood, LA passed away, Wednesday, August 21, 2019 in the comfort of her home, surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Courville was a native of Iota, LA and has lived most of her life in Holmwood. She was a graduate of Bell City High School where she played basketball and softball. Following graduation, she went on...
Coco Rossitto
Aug 20, 2019
Hugh Guy “CoCo” Rossitto died August 20, 2019, following a lengthy illness.
Born in New York to Hugo Gaetaeno Rossitto and Yolande LeMotte Rossitto, CoCo moved to Louisiana at a young age. He was a 1966 graduate of LaGrange High School and a 1971 graduate of McNeese State University, where he played football and baseball. He had many friends and...
Ray Badon
Aug 19, 2019
Ray Badon, 85, of Johnson Bayou passed away on August 19, 2019 in a local hospital. He was a member of Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Johnson Bayou. Ray worked as a heavy equipment operator for a lifelong career, also a dragline operator and was awarded “Older Worker of the Year” in 2013 by Cameron Council on Aging....
James Kibodeaux
Aug 18, 2019
James D Kibodeaux, 79, of Vinton passed away on August 18, 2019 in his residence surrounded by his family. James enjoyed fishing, eating, and spending time with family and friends.
James is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Velma Kibodeaux of Vinton; son, Charles Allen Kibodeaux; 4 grandchildren, Amy, Alicia, Bridgette, and Andrew; and sister, Jane Bergeron of...
Pearl Louise Leger
Aug 17, 2019
Pearl Louise Hursey Leger, 88, of Lake Charles, passed away peacefully in the comfort of her home on Saturday August 17, 2019 with her family at her side.
Pearl was a native and life-long resident of Lake Charles. She was a homemaker and a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. She was very involved for forty plus years with her...
Lesa Cormier
Aug 17, 2019
Lesa Cormier, 88, of Lake Charles, LA, died at 11:38 AM on Saturday, August 17, 2019 in a Lafayette, LA hospital.
Mr. Cormier was born August 30, 1930 in Gueydan, LA and raised in the Elton area, where he graduated from Elton High School. He served his country in the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1953 where he worked as...
Randy Owen Wilfer, Sr.
Aug 15, 2019
Randy Owen Wilfer, Sr., 67, of Lake Charles, LA, died at 3:27 PM on Thursday, August 15, 2019 in a Lafayette hospital.
Born March 6, 1952 in Orange, TX, Mr. Wilfer was raised in Vinton, LA, where he was a 1970 graduate of Vinton High School. He has been a resident of Lake Charles for the past fifty years and...
Susan Kathleen Duhon Ferris
Aug 15, 2019
On Thursday, August 15, Susan Kathleen Duhon Ferris passed away at the age of 77. She was born in Welsh, Louisiana on July 3, 1942. She spent most of her childhood in Jennings, before moving to Lake Charles as a young adult. She worked at Calcasieu Marine National Bank in Lake Charles during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Susan...
Barbara Jean Alleman
Aug 14, 2019
Barbara Jean Alleman, 74, of Sulphur passed away on August 14, 2019 in a local hospital. She was a member of Our Lady of LaSalette Catholic Church. Barbara enjoyed sewing, quilting, and going to flea markets. She loved watching her grandchildren and their sporting events, and spending time with family and friends.
Barbara is survived by her three children, Teddy...
Harold Hoelzer
Aug 14, 2019
Harold Hiram Hoelzer, 79, passed away on August 14, 2019 at a local care facility surrounded by his family. Harold was born on February 11, 1940 in Choupique, LA. He enjoyed making knives, saddle making and building things. He worked at PPG and Ron Williams Construction.
Harold is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Mary Ann Hoelzer;...
Emilie Scott Wallace
Aug 14, 2019
Though not in a time frame imagined by those who loved her dearly, Emilie Scott Wallace achieved her highest goal on August 14, 2019, when she drew her final breath on earth, and moved with love and wonder into the arms of her Heavenly Father, the One she sought to understand and know more fully, all the days of her...
Ronald Joseph Vezinat
Aug 13, 2019
Ronald Joseph Vezinat, 76, of Lake Charles, LA, died at 11:25 AM on Tuesday, August 13, 2019 in a local hospital surrounded by his family.
Born August 16, 1942 in Lafayette, LA, Mr. Vezinat was raised in Mamou, LA and lived most of his adult life in Lake Charles. He served his country in the U.S. Marine Corp from 1959...
Juanita Soileau
Aug 13, 2019
Juanita D. Soileau, 90, of Sulphur, LA passed away on Tuesday, August 13, 2019 in a local care facility.
Juanita was born on September 24, 1928, in Mittie, LA, to Joe and Rilla Darbonne. She enjoyed cooking, raising her garden, and most of all raising her loving family. Juanita also loved quilting as a past time.
Survivors include four...
Betty Hazi Roberts
Aug 12, 2019
Betty Hazi Roberts, 89, of Sulphur passed away from this life August 12, 2019 in a local hospital. Betty was born on November 20, 1929. She worked for Lakeside National Bank from 1960 as a PBX operator and worked her way up to Assistant VP before retiring in 1995. Her Lakeside family was very precious to her and to this...
Kevin Patrick Magill
Aug 12, 2019
Kevin Patrick Magill, 46, of Lake Charles passed away on Monday, August 12, 2019 after a long illness.
Kevin was born on December 22, 1972 in Worcester, MA. He was a graduate of Wachusett Regional High School in Holden, MA and furthered his education receiving an associate’s degree from Becker College in Worcester, MA and also a bachelor’s degree in...
Roy L. Price
Aug 12, 2019
Roy L. Price passed from this life at 9:14 AM, August 12, 2019. Roy was born to Joseph and Julia Ledet Price, May 16, 1932, in Voth, Texas. He arrived in Lake Charles at the age of 4 when his Dad took a job with Harless Lumber Company.
Roy attended Landry High where he lettered in football. Roy was recruited...
Maddox Ramiro Taylor
Aug 12, 2019
Maddox Ramiro Taylor, infant son of Linsi Copeland and Aaron Taylor, died on Monday, August 12, 2019 in a Lake Charles hospital.
Maddox leaves behind his parents; siblings, MaKayla, Raegen, and Baylie Hall, Joseph, Jacob, Ashtyn, Aubrie, Brooklyn, and Bentley Taylor; grandparents, Kelli Copeland, Ramiro Ramirez, and James and Ruth Taylor; and great-grandparents, Gary Dan Copeland and Kathie Yarbrough.
He...
Sabrina Michelle Bridgewater
Aug 12, 2019
Sabrina Michelle Bridgewater, 55, of Lake Charles, LA, died at 3:32 PM on Monday, August 12, 2019 at her residence surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Bridgewater was born March 15, 1964 in Rocky River, Ohio, to Brenda Spencer. She was a kind, compassionate, hospitable, selfless, generous, and faithful best friend. She loved people, and loved God with all her heart. ...
Linda Domingue Wettemann
Aug 11, 2019
Linda Domingue Wettemann, 73, of Carlyss passed away on August 11, 2019 in a Houston Hospital surrounded by her family. She enjoyed traveling, going to water aerobics at SPAR, and cooking. Linda loved spending time with family, friends and going to the Senior Center to play bingo and cards.
Linda is survived by her loving husband of 21 years,...
Diane Marie Granger
Aug 11, 2019
Diane Marie Granger, 80, of Bell City, LA, died at 10:45 AM on Sunday, August 11, 2019 at a local care facility.
Mrs. Granger was born July 11, 1939 in New Orleans, LA, to Edward Joseph Manuel and Nellie Emma Manale. She loved to fish almost as much as she loved shopping. She enjoyed hosting gatherings in her home for...
