Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Rebecca Lou Vidrine
Dec 18, 2012
Rebecca McCauley Vidrine, 67, of Grand Chenier passed away at 10:10 pm Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at St Patrick's hospital in Lake Charles, La.
Becky was born on April 10, 1945 in San Diego, CA. She grew up in Oberlin, La, the eldest of five children, graduating from Oberlin High as salutatorian in 1963. She graduated from McNeese State University...
Vivian L. Schultz
Dec 17, 2012
Vivian L. Schultz, 86, passed away on December 17, 2012, in a local care center.
Vivian was born to Robert R. Schultz and Elizabeth Schultz on April 5, 1926, in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Vivian worked as a cook in the Calcasieu Parish school system. She loved country living especially gardening, farming, and raising chickens. Her dog, Major held a special place...
Alfred Martin Cogbill
Dec 16, 2012
Alfred Martin Cogbill, 79, of Lake Charles died at 9:45 PM on Sunday, December 16, 2012 at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Cogbill was born in Pine Bluff, AR on July 30, 1933 and was raised in Logan, WV. He has lived in Lake Charles since 1971. He was a Petroleum Engineer and had his own business, Petroleum Engineering Association, Inc....
Jeremy Alan Smith
Dec 16, 2012
Jeremy Alan Smith, 35, of Lake Charles passed away at 12:15 PM on Sunday, December 16, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mr. Smith was born on May 4, 1977 in Nederland, TX and lived in Lake Charles most of his life. He was a 1995 graduate of Alfred M. Barbe High School, where he was a varsity basketball player. He served...
Lou Anna Colbert
Dec 16, 2012
Lou Anna Colbert, nee Duplechin, 82, of Lake Charles died on Sunday, December 16, 2012 in Columbia, MD.
Mrs. Lou Colbert was born on March 5, 1930 in Elton, LA and lived in Lake Charles for 72 years until moving to Columbia, MD last July to be with her son. She graduated from St. Charles Academy. Shortly after World War II,...
Dorothy C. George
Dec 14, 2012
Dorothy Chaisson George, 82, of Lake Charles passed away, Friday, December 14, 2012 in a Houston hospital.
She was born in Rayne, LA and has been a life long resident of Lake Charles. Mrs. George worked as Manager at Abe's Grocery for twenty-eight years.
Survivors include three daughters, Phyllis McDonald Cormier and husband Warren, Jr., Jamille Manino, and Barbara George Leger and...
Louis Joseph Mere, Jr.
Dec 14, 2012
Louis Joseph Mere, Jr., 63, of Moss Bluff passed away Friday, December 14, 2012 in a local healthcare facility.
Mr. Mere was born and raised in Lake Charles and has lived the past thirty-six years in Moss Bluff. She was a graduate of LaGrange High School and Sowela Technical School. He retired, Senior Machinist with Citgo Petroleum after thirty-eight of service....
Carmen Marie Landry
Dec 14, 2012
Carmen Marie Landry, 96 of Sulphur passed away on December 14, 2012 in her residence. Funeral services will be held on Monday, December 17, 2012 at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church in Sulphur with Father Edward Richard officiating. Burial will be in Nibletts Bluff Cemetery in Vinton under the direction of Robison Funeral Home. The...
Richard "Rick" Benton Nogle
Dec 14, 2012
Richard Rick Benton Nogle, 67, of Newton, TX, passed away on December 14, 2012 in Sulphur, LA. He was born on February 18, 1945 in Port Arthur, TX. Richard is survived by his wife, Catherine Crouch Nogle of Newton, TX; son, Jacob Guillory and wife Aryn of Houston, TX; brother, Harold Bailey Nogle , Jr. and wife Gail from Dallas,...
Charles E. Mckelvey, Sr.
Dec 13, 2012
Charles Everett McKelvey, Sr., 77, of DeQuincy, LA died at 12:52 AM on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at DeQuincy Hospital.
Mr. McKelvey has lived in DeQuincy for the past fifty years. He was a former employee at PPG and worked as a pipefitter.
Mr. McKelvey is survived by his wife of fourteen years, Margie R. McKelvey; and daughter, Janice McKelvey Williams.
His service...
Mildred Manuel
Dec 13, 2012
Mildred Manuel, 80, of Lake Charles passed away at 7:47 AM on Thursday, December 13, 2012 in her residence.
Mrs. Manuel was born on February 1, 1932 in Mamou, LA. She was an extraordinary woman with many amazing qualities. Her entire life was devoted to her husband and children. Mrs. Manuel had a passion for cooking and enjoyed feeding everyone. Her...
Goldie C. Miller
Dec 13, 2012
Goldie C. Miller, 87, of Lake Charles, LA died at 1:06 PM on Thursday, December 13, 2012 in a local care facility.
Mrs. Miller was born January 1, 1925 in Lacassine, LA, where she was a 1944 graduate of Lacassine High School. She lived all of her adult life in Lake Charles, and retired from J.C. Penney's, where she was a...
Lilly Belle Higginbotham
Dec 13, 2012
Lilly Belle Cropper Higginbotham, 75, of Lake Charles passed away Thursday, December 13, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mrs. Higginbotham was born, raised and educated in Opelousas, LA. She was a graduate of Opelousas High School and attended training classes at Louisiana Tech University. She worked thirty years in the Cafeteria, primarily at Oak Park Middle, before retiring with the Calcasieu...
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...
