Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Vivian Cichowski
Apr 29, 2015
Our beautiful mother, grandmother, wife and friend, Vivian Broussard Cichowski, (86) entered Heaven on April 29, 2015. She was born on January 16, 1929 in Breaux Bridge, LA but was a resident of Lake Charles most of her life. Vivian was loving, outgoing and so passionate about life. She was a wonderful stay-at-home mom being room mother at school, chef...
Dorothy Ann Hinman
Apr 28, 2015
Dorothy Ann "Dot" Fontenot Hinman, 80, of Houston passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2015 in a Houston hospital. Mrs. Hinman was born and raised in Elton, LA and lived over thirty years in both Houston and Lake Charles. She worked as a cashier at Weingarten Grocery for twenty years where she made countless friends who looked forward to their visits...
Richard Cecil Laningham
Apr 28, 2015
Richard "Dick" Cecil Laningham, 90, of Lake Charles, LA died at 5:34 PM on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 in a local hospital. Mr. Laningham was born July 14, 1924 in Union Parish, LA and has lived the past seventy years in Lake Charles. He was a graduate of Ouachita High School and served his country during World War II in...
Mervin Paul Newman
Apr 28, 2015
Mervin Paul Newman, 75 of Sulphur passed away on April 28, 2015 in a local hospital. Paul was a caretaker for Ward 4 Parks and Recreation for 25 years. He was also a truck driver and rice farmer. Mervin was of the Catholic faith and enjoyed gardening, fishing and spending time watching "True T V". He loved making practical jokes....
Gregory Allen Woods
Apr 26, 2015
Gregory Allen Woods, 56, of Lake Charles passed away Sunday, April 26, 2015 in a local hospital. Mr. Woods was born, September 05, 1958, in Savannah, GA. He was a graduate of A.M. Barbe High School and McNeese State University where he was member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity and was a Kappa Sigma Alumnist Advisor from 1994 to 2002. He...
Blanche Beatrice Gibbs
Apr 26, 2015
Blanche Beatrice Potter Gibbs passed away peacefully Sunday, April 26, 2015 at the age of 94. She was born September 7, 1920 in Thornwell, Louisiana. Blanche Gibbs was a graduate of Lake Arthur High School in Lake Arthur, LA. She also attended Southwestern Louisiana University in Lafayette, LA. She loved her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and was a lifelong...
Patricia Jenkins Palmer
Apr 26, 2015
Patricia Jenkins Palmer, 66 of Lake Charles, LA died Sunday, April 26, 2015 in a local hospital surrounded by her loving family. Patricia was born on February 2, 1949 in Alcoa, TN to Delozier "D.H" and Dorothy Jenkins. She loved spending time with her grandchildren, cooking, and traveling. She is survived by her two children, Shannon Todd Palmer of Atlanta,...
Amy Arsement Bellard
Apr 25, 2015
Amy Lucy Arsement Bellard, 76, of Lake Charles, LA, died at 6:25 PM on Saturday, April 25, 2015 in a local care facility. Ms. Bellard was born August 25, 1938 in Abbeville, LA, was raised in Rayne, LA and lived in the Lake Charles area for the past fifty-six years. She worked for a number of years at Momma's Fried...
Terry Lynn Broussard
Apr 25, 2015
Terry Lynn Broussard, 52, of Lake Charles died on Saturday, April 25, 2015 in a local hospital. Terry was born on December 2, 1962 in Marianna, AR. She was a housewife and a good friend with a big heart. Those left to cherish her memory are her husband, Ricky Broussard; a daughter, Catherine Mitchell; two brothers, Gary and Kevin Lee;...
Betty Louise Duhon
Apr 25, 2015
Betty Louise Duhon, 79 of Hackberry passed away on April 25, 2015. She was born on March 23, 1936 in Alvin, TX to Albert Vernon Richie and Pearl Louise Flora Richie. Betty loved and enjoyed spending time and telling her stories with her family and friends. She liked to cook, bake, decorate for the holidays and read books. Betty is...
Ora Ann Sims
Apr 25, 2015
Ora "Ann" Sims, 77 of Sulphur passed away on April 25, 2015 in her residence surrounded by her three loving children. She was a member of Henning United Memorial Methodist Church in Sulphur. Ann enjoyed spending time in her yard and taking care of all the animals and birds. She was the happiest when she was with her children and...
Ronald James Young
Apr 24, 2015
Ronald James Young, 68, of Lake Charles went to be with the Lord at 9:00 PM on Friday, April 24, 2015 in his residence. Mr. Young was a 1964 graduate of LaGrange Senior High School. He was a member of Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church and a past member of the Knights of Columbus. He loved and played...
Mary Frances Pickett Lejeune
Apr 24, 2015
Mary Frances Pickett LeJeune, age 69, passed away on April 24, 2015 at Harbor Hospice of Lake Charles, LA after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Born on February 9, 1946 in Derby, England, Mary grew up in Vinton, LA and was the oldest of nine children born to Warren Gray and Mary Pickett. After graduating from Vinton High...
Wilbert Fontenot, Jr.
Apr 23, 2015
Wilbert Fontenot, Jr., 66, of Moss Bluff passed away at 12:35 AM Thursday, April 23, 2015 in a local hospital. Funeral services will be Saturday, April 25, 2015 in the Johnson Funeral Home Chapel. Monsignor Charles Dubois will officiate. Interment will follow in LeBleu Cemetery.
Edmund Moerbe
Apr 23, 2015
Edmund Moerbe (Sonny), 76, was called home to be with our Lord on Thursday, April 23, 2015. Mr. Moerbe was a native of Port Arthur, TX and a resident of Lake Charles for most of his life. He was a graduate of Lagrange Senior High School and a Veteran of the United States Army. On March 18, 1961, he Married...
Ruth Bass
Apr 23, 2015
Ruth Bass, 86, of Houston, TX, died on Thursday, April 23, 2015 in a Houston hospital. Mrs. Bass was born September 29, 1928 in Pineville, LA, lived in Lake Charles for sixty years and moved to Houston eight years ago. She was a graduate of Bolton High School and attended Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, LA. Mrs. Bass worked as...
Doris Ann Franklin
Apr 22, 2015
Doris Ann Franklin, 62 of Sulphur passed away on April 22, 2015 in her residence. She was a member of Olivet Baptist Church in Sulphur. Doris is survived by her two sons, Preston Franklin and wife Stacey and Steven Franklin; her daughter, Mary Franklin Carlquist and fiancée Darrell Wilks, Jr.; 7 grandchildren, Dex Harris, Christina Russell, Matthew Harris, Haliegh Pousson,...
Maurice E. Wrigley
Apr 22, 2015
Maurice Edwin "Moe" Wrigley, 73, of Florien, LA passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2015 in Rosepine, LA. Mr. Wrigley was born in Lake Charles, lived most of his life in Shreveport and Lake Charles and retired to Toledo Bend. He attended LaGrange High School. He worked most of his life in Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, having owned and operated Air...
Heath Allan Royer
Apr 21, 2015
Heath Allan Royer, 36, of Lake Charles, LA died April 21, 2015 in his residence. Heath was born on September 15, 1978 in Lake Charles, LA, to Rodney Royer and Debbie Stroderd. He joined the United States Air Force and served one tour in Kuwait as well as two tours in Saudi Arabia. After nine years he was honorably discharged...
Khilee Grace Wheeler
Apr 19, 2015
Khilee Grace Wheeler, infant daughter of Kennesha Kopaddy and Antonio Wheeler, was taken into the arms of Jesus at birth on April 19, 2015 at a local hospital. Khilee Grace is survived by her parents; brother, Kaden Diggs; aunt Consuella Batiste; maternal grandmother, Romona Poullard; paternal grandparents, Michael and Mary Young; paternal great grandparents Donald and Virginia Cormier; maternal great...
