Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Betty Jean Soileau
Dec 12, 2012
Betty Jean Wright Soileau, 77, of Lake Charles passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2012 in the comfort of her home.
Mrs. Soileau was a life resident of Lake Charles. She attended Lake Charles High School. She enjoyed playing bingo and visiting the casinos. Mrs. Soileau was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, having devoted her life to caring for her family....
Hilda Beilin Perry Landry
Dec 11, 2012
Hilda Beilin Perry Landry died peacefully at home on the morning of December 11, 2012. She was born in New York, New York on September 24, 1925 to Samuel and Pauline Beilin. Hilda came to Louisiana after marrying Gordon Perry, and she worked for Columbia Southern in the 1950s. After Gordon Perry's death, she married James O. Landry, Jr. and...
Helen Simien Pasnik
Dec 11, 2012
Helen Mary Simien Pasnik, 76, of Lake Charles passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2012 in the comfort of her home.
Mrs. Pasnik was born and raised in Lake Charles, lived forty-six years in San Francisco, CA and returned home to be near her family two years ago. She worked twenty years as a Matre for the Fairmont in San Francisco. She...
Claudia Pipkins
Dec 10, 2012
Westlake-Claudia Parsons Pipkins 87 of Westlake died on December 10, 2012 at Grand Cove Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after an extended illness. Claudia was well known for helping others. She and her husband started the first medical Transportation C C' Medical Transportation in the 5 Parish area. She also ran the Elderly Feeding Program for many years. She was instrumental...
Frank Lee Gaspard
Dec 10, 2012
Frank Lee Gaspard, 72 of Sulphur passed away on December 10, 2012 in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held on Friday, December 14, 2012 at 11 a.m. at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Carlyss, LA with Father Joe Aquino officiating. Burial will be in Mimosa Pines Cemetery in Carlyss, LA under the direction of Robison Funeral Home. The...
Steve George Benglis
Dec 9, 2012
Steve George Benglis, 62 of Sulphur passed away on December 9, 2012. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 10 a.m. at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Carlyss with Father Joe Aquino officiating. Burial will be in Mimosa Pines Cemetery in Carlyss under the direction of Robison Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Wednesday,...
James Charles Domino
Dec 9, 2012
James Charles Domino, 64, passed away, Sunday, December 09, 2012 peacefully after a brief battle with cancer.
Mr. Domino was born August 05, 1948, eldest son of James C. and Geraldine Watts Domino. He moved to Lake Charles in 1967 and was a graduate of LaGrange High School. Mr. Domino worked many years in the Construction Industry, having worked primarily for...
Maurice Sonny Jessen, Jr.
Dec 8, 2012
Maurice Sonny Emil Jessen, Jr., 75, of Westlake died at 5:06 AM on Saturday, December 8, 2012 in his residence.
Mr. Jessen was born on May 19, 1937 in Lake Charles and resided in Westlake since 1968. He was a graduate of LaGrange High School. Mr. Jessen retired from Citgo as chief operator after over 30 years. He was a member...
Ernest Joseph Castille
Dec 7, 2012
Ernest Joseph Castille, 85, died Friday, December 7, 2012, in Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston, Texas.
Born in Church Point, Louisiana, to Onezime and Laura Guidry Castille, Mr. Castille served his country in the US Army Corps of Engineers during the World War II era. He moved to Lake Charles in 1966, where he owned and operated...
Stanley Bucky Harold Reeder
Dec 7, 2012
Stanley Harold Bucky Reeder, 64, of Sulphur, LA died at 2:05 PM on Friday, December 7, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mr. Reeder was born September 27, 1948 in Williamsport, PA and has lived in Sulphur, LA for the past twenty years. He had a heart of gold and loved everyone.
Mr. Reeder is survived by his wife of nineteen years, Jennifer...
Marie Granger
Dec 7, 2012
Marie Granger, 85, died Friday December 7, 2012 in a local care center with her family at her side.
Marie was born June 4, 1927 in Fenton, LA to Tom and Helen Magnus Hebert. She was of the Catholic faith and a loving and caring mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She will be missed by all who knew her.
Preceding...
Jean Ciddie Eaglin
Dec 7, 2012
Jean Ciddie Eaglin, 69 of Sulphur passed away on Friday, December 7, 2012 at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church in Sulphur with Father Edward Richard officiating. Burial will be in Perkins Cemetery in Westlake under the direction of Robison Funeral...
Betty Jane Jensen
Dec 7, 2012
Betty Jane Jensen, 80, of Lake Charles died at 7:10 AM on Friday, December 07, 2012 in a Sulphur care facility.
Mrs. Jensen was born in Lake Charles on February 22, 1932 and lived here all of her life until Hurricane Rita moved her to Westlake with her daughter. In her later years, Mrs. Jensen worked at The Fair. She attended...
Wanda Gary
Dec 5, 2012
Wanda Maddox Gary, 65, of Lake Charles, LA passed away at 4:55 AM on Wednesday, December 5, 2012 in her residence.
Wanda Gary was born September 23, 1947 in Bunkie, LA, where she was raised, and has lived in Lake Charles for almost fifty years. She previously worked at Avis Rent-A-Car for over ten years, where she transported vehicles. She worked...
Nelly Gray Bernard
Dec 5, 2012
Nelly G. Whipp Bernard, 80, of Lake Charles passed away Wednesday December 5, 2012 in her residence.
Mrs. Bernard was born in Marks, MS and raised in Mere, LA by her parents Clarence E. Whipp and Thyra Colvin Whipp, where her father was the former principal of Mere Elementary School. She was a graduate of Rayne High School and McNeese...
O'Neal Daniel Tower
Dec 5, 2012
ONeal Daniel Tower, 77 of Sulphur passed away on December 5, 2012 in his residence. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 2 p.m. at Robison Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery in Edgerly, LA under the direction of Robison Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Saturday, December 8, 2012 from...
Michael David Holladay
Dec 4, 2012
Michael David Holladay, 46, died Tuesday, December 4, 2012, in his home.
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Michael lived most of his life in Lake Charles. He was a 1985 graduate of Barbe High School and attended McNeese State University, Nichols State University, and Mississippi College. Michael was a cheerleader at each college and member of TKE fraternity at Nichols State....
Anthony Jimmy James Mallett
Dec 3, 2012
Anthony James Jimmy Mallett, 70, of Lake Charles, LA died at 3:45 PM on Monday, December 3, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mr. Mallett was born August 11, 1942 in Hathaway, LA, raised in Sulphur, LA, and lived in Lake Charles for the past fifty years. He worked at R. E. Heidt Construction as a heavy equipment operator for over thirty-five...
