Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Florence Davis
Sep 22, 2012
Florence E. Davis, 67, of Port St. Lucie, FL, died September 22, 2012 at St. Lucie Medical Center in Port St. Lucie, FL.
Born in Amesbury, MA, Florence was a resident of Port St. Lucie, FL since 2009. She attended Essex Agriculture Technical High School in Danvers, MA. Prior to retirement, Mrs. Davis was an Office Manager for Towle Silversmith Co....
Irene Mayer-Hoffpauir
Sep 22, 2012
Mrs. Hoffpauir passed away, Saturday, September 22, 2012 in a local care facility in Lake Charles.
Irene Marie Bonnet Mayer Hoffpauir was born in Lafayette, Louisiana on April 16, 1920 to Leo and Lifdie (Prejean) Bonnet. She graduated from Lafayette High School in 1938. For almost forty years she lived in Crowley where she and her first husband, Henry Roos Mayer,...
Luther W. Jack Carter, Jr.
Sep 22, 2012
Jack Carter, 83, of Sulphur passed away Saturday September 22, 2012 at 12:10 AM in a local hospital.
He was a native of South Carolina and lived in the Lake Charles/Sulphur area for over thirty years. Mr. Carter was a Veteran of the U. S. Army.
Survivors in clued his wife, Margaret Trahan Carter of Sulpur; one son, Luther W. Bill Carter...
Colonel Pete Airhart
Sep 21, 2012
Colonel E. Pete Airhart, 80 of Moss Bluff passed away at 10:15 PM Friday, September 21, 2012 in a local hospital.
He was born in Bel, LA on October 6, 1931 to Daniel E. and Cornelia Green Airhart and lived in the Lake Charles/Moss Bluff area for most of his life. He retired from Olin Corporation on December 31, 1990 after...
Edward Lynn Foret
Sep 20, 2012
Edward Lynn Foret, 89, of Lake Charles passed away at 8:00 PM, Thursday, September 20, 2012 in a local care facility.
Mr. Foret was a native of Lutcher, LA and lived in Lake Charles for sixty-five years. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Army serving during World War II in China, Burma, and India. Mr. Foret was a graduate...
Verna Mae Perry
Sep 19, 2012
Verna M. Perry, 72, of Sulphur, died September 19, 2012 at a local hospital surrounded by her family.
She was born February 14, 1940 in Richard, LA to Armond and Elsie Babineaux Royer. Mrs. Perry lived in Westlake for many years before moving to Sulphur and retired as a park attendant for Ponderosa Park in Westlake.
Preceding her in death...
Joyce Ninn Istre
Sep 19, 2012
Joyce Marie Ninn Romero Istre, 86, of Lake Charles, LA died at 10:25 AM on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 in her residence.
Mrs. Istre was born August 5, 1926 in Lake Charles, LA, where she was a life resident and was raised a member of the catholic faith. She loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. She will always...
Martha Gene Stroud
Sep 18, 2012
Martha Gene Thomason Stroud, 84 died on 18 September 2012 in her home in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Born in Shreveport, Louisiana on 11 August 1928, to Ernest M. and Laura Viola Fletcher Thomason, Martha was raised in the Shreveport Mangham, Louisiana area. She was a graduate of Byrd High School and attended college Texas State College for Women in Denton, Texas....
Josie H. Moreau
Sep 18, 2012
Josie Helen Burguieres Moreau, 73, of Lake Charles died on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 in her residence.
Mrs. Moreau was born on January 8, 1939 in Norco, LA and has lived in Lake Charles for over 35 years. She was of the catholic faith and attended Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church. Her passion was her family and loved working...
Lorraine "Willy" Mae Blake
Sep 17, 2012
Lorraine Willy Mae Blake, 83of Sulphur passed away on September 17, 2012 in her residence. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 11 a.m. at Robison Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Steve Shirley officiating. Burial will be at Mimosa Pines North in Sulphur, LA under the direction of Robison Funeral Home. The family will receive friends...
Lucille Catherine Smith Sievert
Sep 17, 2012
Lucille Catherine Smith Sievert of Lake Charles died Monday, September 17, 2012.
Mrs. Sievert was born January 6, 1924 in St. Martinville, LA to William Isaac Smith and Jeanne Webre Smith.
She graduated high school in 1940 from Sacred Heart Academy in New Orleans and attained a B.S. in Sociology from Loyola University, New Orleans, LA. She then married Fred H....
Robert Smith, Jr.
Sep 16, 2012
Robert Smith, Jr., 62, of Sulphur, LA died on Sunday, September 16, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mr. Smith was born October 1, 1949 in Sulphur, LA, where he lived all of his life. He was a graduate of Mossville High School and Southern University. He worked at Calcasieu Refining and was a lab supervisor at Louisiana Pigment. He was a...
Alton J. Royer, Sr.
Sep 15, 2012
Alton John Royer, Sr., 86, left this world to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, September 15, 2012.
Born in Houston River to Elwood and Eva Peltier Royer, Mr. Royer lived most of his life in Sulphur. He was a 1943 graduate of Sulphur High School and attended USL. He served his country during World War II in the...
Friley Joe Joseph Ford, Jr.
Sep 15, 2012
Friley Joe Joseph Ford Jr, 79, died Saturday, September 15, 2012, in his residence surrounded by his loving family.
He was born to Thelma Mae and Friley Joseph Ford Sr. on December 15, 1932 in Tensas, LA. After honorably serving his country in the United States Army, Mr. Ford retired having served 43 years as General Foreman for F. Miller...
Alexander Cruz Bradberry
Sep 14, 2012
Alexander Cruz Bradberry, 6 months, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, died Friday September 14, 2012 in a Jackson, Mississippi hospital.
Alexander was born March 7, 2012 in Jackson, Mississippi to Andrew and Keri Buller Bradberry. Since birth, Alexander touched many lives while courageously battling a congenital heart defect.
In addition to his parents, of Hattiesburg, he is survived by a sister, Ella Rose...
Robert Charles Lacombe
Sep 14, 2012
Robert Charles LaCombe, 71, of Lake Charles, LA died at 9:55 PM on Friday, September 14, 2012 in a local care facility.
Mr. LaCombe was born October 11, 1940 in Opelousas, LA and lived in a variety of places before moving to Lake Charles fifteen years ago to be close to his grandchildren. He graduated from Oklahoma Military Academy and served...
Ross Christopher Tremonte, Sr.
Sep 14, 2012
Ross Christopher Tremonte, Sr., 80, of Lake Charles died on Friday, September 14, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mr. Tremonte born on November 30, 1933 in Lake Charles, La and lived here all of his life. He was a graduate of Landry High School. Mr. Tremonte retired after 58 years from the Union Pacific as a locomotive engineer.
Those left to cherish...
Renza Taussig Junk
Sep 14, 2012
She was born September 22, 1928 in Natchez, Mississippi to Edward Holmes Taussig and Renza Brown. She passed on September 14, 2012 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in DeSoto, Missouri. She was a graduate of Natchez High School where she was a band majorette and Louisiana State University where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority.
She was very active...
