Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
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...
Robert Lee Foreman
Apr 18, 2015
Robert Lee Foreman, 65, of Gillis passed away, Saturday, April 18, 2015 in a local healthcare facility. Mr. Foreman was born in Bayou Chicot, raised in Turkey Creek and has lived nearly forty-five years in the Gillis and Topsy area. He worked most of his life in the Oil Field, having retired a Sales Representative. He enjoyed working in his...
Brenda Gayle Gauthier
Apr 17, 2015
Evangelist Brenda Gayle Gauthier was born to the union of the late Lillian Anderson Bellard and the late Wallace Bellard, Sr. She was baptized by the late Rev. C. J. Jones at Macedonia Baptist Church in Ville Platte, LA. She later re-dedicated her life to Christ with the St. James Baptist Church in Vinton, LA under the leadership of Rev....
Zachary Mark Gaspard
Apr 16, 2015
Zachary Gaspard, 21, of Lake Charles, passed away suddenly on Thursday April 16, 2015 at his residence. Zachary was a native and lifelong resident of Lake Charles. He was a graduate of Barbe High School and attended SOWELA Technical School. His passion for entertaining others through his creative music and songwriting was always evident in the expressive RAP music he...
Doris Jean Daigle
Apr 16, 2015
Doris Jean Daigle, 79 of DeRidder passed away on April 16, 2015 in her residence. Doris was a member of the American Legion Womens Auxiliary Post 179 and was of the Catholic faith. She had many hobbies that she enjoyed which included, planting flowers, crocheting, deer hunting and painting murals on plywood. Doris will be greatly missed by all who...
Kelton Matthew Ledoux
Apr 15, 2015
Kelton LeDoux, 74, passed away on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at Harbor Hospice surrounded by his family. Kelton was born on February 6, 1941 in Sulphur to Roy and Mable LeDoux. He was a veteran of the United States Navy. After retiring from Cities Service, Kelton was self employed in the commercial smokehouse business. Kelton loved to fish. He was...
Lois Mae North
Apr 15, 2015
Lois Mae North, 87, of Lake Charles, died Wednesday, April 15, 2015 in the comfort of her home with her family at her side. Ms. North was a native of Ville Platte and longtime resident of Lake Charles. Proud of her Cajun heritage, she enjoyed dancing to French music, saying the rosary in Cajun French language, and was a member...
George Dixon
Apr 14, 2015
George Albert Dixon, 59 passed away at a local hospital. He was an avid outdoorsman, spending most of his time in the woods hunting and on the water fishing. George is survived by his two children, Chris Dixon and wife Jana and Dawn Dixon; four grandchildren, Emily Dixon, Andrew Napolitano, Loren Dixon, Jude Dixon; two brothers, his best friend Curtis...
Donna "Kaye" Brown
Apr 14, 2015
Donna "Kaye" Vinson Brown, 62, of Lake Charles, LA went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 surrounded by her children. Kaye was born May 11, 1952 in Alexandria, LA. She was a 1970 graduate of Marshall High School and worked for nine years at Christus Highland Clinic in Shreveport, retiring in 2008, where she helped everyone...
Murrel John Matte
Apr 13, 2015
Murrel John Matte, 69, of Lake Charles, LA, died at 1:40 PM on Monday, April 13, 2015 in his residence. Mr. Matte was born August 6, 1945 in Lake Charles, LA and was a life-long resident of Lake Charles. He retired as a supervisor for Lafayette Drug Company after thirty-five years of service. He loved to hunt and fish and...
Cecil Ray Romero
Apr 13, 2015
Cecil Ray Romero 70, passed away on April 13, 2015 in a local hospital. Cecil served his country in the Navy on the U.S. Wasp Carrier. He worked for the Sulphur Police Department for 4 years and retired from the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Department after 28 years. Cecil enjoyed tinkering and keeping things organized. Cecil is survived by his son...
Kenneth Wayne Lebouef
Apr 13, 2015
Kenneth Wayne LeBouef, 66, aka "Buddha" and "Lotto", of Lake Charles passed away at 4:29 PM, Monday, April 13, 2015 in a local hospital. He was a native and lifelong resident of the Lake Charles area. Mr. LeBouef worked as a Truck Driver for many years, most recently working as a Security Guard at L'Auberge. He served as an Usher...
Peggy Ann Stineff
Apr 12, 2015
Peggy Ann Stineff, 75, of Longville, Louisiana passed away Sunday April 12, 2015 in a local hospital. Ms. Peggy was born November 24, 1939, in Elton, Louisiana. She was a devoted Catholic and God was first in every decision she made. Her faith in God was unbelievably strong and her love for her family could never go unnoticed. She has...
James Edward Kelley
Apr 11, 2015
James "Jim" Edward Kelley, 68, of Lake Charles died at 6:50 AM on Saturday, April 11, 2015 in a local hospice facility. Mr. Kelley was born on September 19, 1946 in Oakdale, LA and lived in Lake Charles most of his life. He worked in the engineering field and was in high demand for his expertise which afforded James and...
Benjamin "Ben" Zaleski, Sr.
Apr 11, 2015
Benjamin "Ben" Alfred Zaleski, Sr., 83, of Lake Charles died at 12:15 AM on Saturday, April 11, 2015 in a local hospital. Mr. Zaleski was born on September 23, 1931 in Sayreville, NJ where he lived until he got a job transfer to Lake Charles, LA in 1979. He was a graduate of Sayreville High School before joining the US...
