Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Lana Dronett Kyeer
Jun 4, 2017
Lana Dronett Kyeer, 67, of Fenton, LA passed away Sunday, June 4, 2017 in a local hospital.
Mrs. Kyeer was born and raised in Lake Charles and attended LaGrange High School. Upon marrying over fifty years ago she and her husband made Fenton their home. She worked her younger years as a waitress at Emery’s Restaurant in Welsh. ...
Iva Ruth Riddle Maynard
Jun 4, 2017
Iva Ruth Maynard, born Riddle, 82, of Lake Charles passed away at 5:50 AM on Sunday, June 4th in her daughter’s residence.
Mrs. Maynard was born on November 17, 1934 in Winfield, WV and had lived most of her life in Portage, IN. She was a dedicated member of Portage Church of God. She worked in Chicago, IL for...
Phyllis Carol Leeth
Jun 2, 2017
Phyllis Carol Leeth, 51, of Ragley passed away at 3:45 PM on Friday, June 2, 2017 in the comfort of her home surrounded by her loving family after a lengthy battle with cancer.
Phyllis was born on February 25, 1966 in Beaumont, TX and was a graduate of A & M Consolidated High School in College Station, TX. Phyllis...
Earl Guthrie, Jr.
Jun 2, 2017
William Earl Guthrie, Jr., 63, of Cameron, LA passed away Friday, June 02, 2017.
Earl was born in Lake Charles and was a lifelong resident of Cameron. He was a graduate of South Cameron High School where he was an All Star athlete. He attended four years at McNeese State University where he studied Kinesiology. Cattle ranching has...
Betty June Lee Wolfe
Jun 2, 2017
Betty June Lee Wolfe, 85, of Lake Charles passed away on Friday, June 02, 2017 in her residence.
Mrs. Wolfe was born on March 16, 1932 in Washington, KY. She was a graduate of Rantoul High School in Illinois where she was a member of the quartet and had the privilege to sing in the All State Chorus. Mrs....
Erick Dwayne Granger
Jun 1, 2017
Erick Dwayne Granger, 52 of Lake Charles passed away Thursday, June 01, 2017 in a local healthcare facility.
Erick was born in Lake Charles and lived most of his life in the Lake Charles and Iowa area. He attended Iowa High School. He worked many years as a laborer for contractor, Gulf Gates telephone company. He loved music...
Lester Bourque
Jun 1, 2017
Lester Bourque, 78, of Lake Charles, Louisiana passed away on Thursday, June 1, 2017 surrounded by the love of his family.
Mr. Bourque was born on August 11, 1938. He graduated from Youngsville High School in Youngsville, Louisiana where his mother’s family resides. He is well known in the Lake area for his expertise and excellence as a...
Marie Ann Abate Rider
Jun 1, 2017
Marie Ann Abate Rider, 87, of Lake Charles passed away at 2:45 PM on Thursday, June 1, 2017 in a local hospital.
Mrs. Rider was born on February 7, 1930 in Lake Charles where she was a lifelong resident. She was a graduate of LaGrange High School and in her later years enjoyed reuniting with school mates for the...
Veronica "Pookie" White
Jun 1, 2017
Veronica “Pookie” White, 63, passed away peacefully at the home of her sister on Thursday, June 1, 2017, surrounded by family.
Daughter of Rose Marie Vincent and Homer White, Pookie was raised in Lake Charles but spent most of her adult life in New Orleans, the city that she loved. Known for her generous and accepting nature, she will...
Barbara Sue Robinson Karkalits
Jun 1, 2017
Barbara Sue Robinson Karkalits, 80, of Lake Charles, passed away on Thursday June 1, 2017.
Barbara was born and raised in Houston, Texas and moved to Lake Charles when her husband was recruited to start the engineering department at McNeese State University. She was a graduate of Texas Christian University where she was active in the Delta Gamma...
Jack Edward Sullivan
May 31, 2017
Jack Edward Sullivan, 79, of Lake Charles, LA, died at 4:00 PM on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 in his residence.
Mr. Sullivan was born August 27, 1937 in Lake Charles, LA, where he was a life-long residence. He was a graduate of LaGrange Senior High School, where he played football. He retired in 1995 from Local #106 after thirty-five...
Jenny Lynn Wilson
May 31, 2017
Jenny L. Wilson, 63, of Sulphur passed away on May 31, 2017 in a local hospital. She was employed at the Isle of Capris for the past 20 years and prior to that worked for Market Basket in Moss Bluff in the bakery department. Jenny was of the Catholic faith and loved animals, especially horses.
Jenny is survived by her...
Russell Jude Bordelon
May 31, 2017
Russ Bordelon, 67, died on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 in a local hospital.
A native of Bordelonville in Avoyelles Parish, Bordelon moved to the Lake Area in 1976. He was employed as an account executive at KPLC Television from 1977 until his retirement in 2008. He graduated from USL in 1971 and earned a Masters in Business...
Norris Joseph Duhon
May 30, 2017
Norris Joseph Duhon, 88, passed away peacefully on May 30, 2017 at his residence surrounded by his loving family.
Mr. Duhon was born in Kaplan on December 11, 1928 to Lastie Duhon and Olympe Duplantis Duhon. In his youth, he worked in the rice and cotton fields of southwest Louisiana. At the age of seventeen, he married the...
Timothy Carl Thompson
May 29, 2017
Timothy Carl “Tim” Thompson, 59, of Ragley passed away at 12:50 PM on Monday, May 29, 2017 in his residence.
Mr. Thompson was born on December 9, 1957 in Lake Charles. He lived most of his life in Ragley where he was a graduate of South Beauregard High School. Mr. Thompson began his career as an electronics technician with...
Trevelyn Abshire Russo
May 28, 2017
Trevelyn Abshire Russo, 89, left this world and entered into the presence of the Lord on Sunday, May 28, 2017 in her daughter’s residence in Boerne, TX.
She was a longtime resident of Westlake.
Those left to cherish her memory are two daughters, Linda Loftin Little (Len) of Boerne, TX and Kina Loftin Trahan of Lake Charles; a...
Gerald Wayne White
May 28, 2017
Gerald Wayne White, 40, of Carlyss, passed away on Sunday, May 28, 2017 at his residence surrounded by his loved ones. He was born on September 29, 1976 to parents Lawrence and Sheryl “Mama White’. He loved to hunt, fish, camping, riding horses, and learned to build a shop and kill a deer with one arm. He enjoyed fixing and...
Abbie Lewis
May 28, 2017
Abbie Paul Lewis, AKA “Bobbie” and “Big Boy”, 77, of Ville Platte, Louisiana inherited his wings on May 28, 2017.
He was born to Mary LaFleur Martin and Abbie Lewis on December 22, 1939. Abbie graduated from James Stephens High School, and attended Southern University. He was united in marriage on March 18, 1961 to Barbara Antoine in...
Mona Gene Murray
May 27, 2017
Mona Gene Murray, 80, of Westlake, LA, died at 2:40 PM on Saturday, May 27, 2017 in a local hospital.
Ms. Murray was born October 24, 1936 in Melville, LA, where she lived there and the Lake Charles area all of her life before settling in Westlake, LA over twenty years ago. She was a member of Glad Tidings...
