Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Ruth Bird Walker
Aug 7, 2012
Agnes Ruth Bird Walker, 82, of Lake Charles, LA, passed away in her home on the morning of Tuesday August 7, 2012. Ruth had been in hospice care for nearly a year and suffered with Alzheimer's disease. She was born March 13, 1930 in Marks, LA to Levert Bird and Elizabeth Marioneaux Bird. She had one sister Elizabeth Bird Mooney,...
Debra Debbie Lynne Cardinal
Aug 7, 2012
Debra Lynne "Debbie" Johnson Cardinal, 55, of Moss Bluff, LA died at 3:25 AM on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 in her residence.
Mrs. Cardinal was born July 10, 1957 in Lake Charles, LA and has lived most of her life in Moss Bluff. She was a 1975 graduate of Sam Houston High School. She worked as a secretary for the Police...
Jack David Shortt
Aug 7, 2012
Jack David Shortt, 77, of Lake Charles, LA died at 8:00 PM on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mr. Shortt was born November 11, 1934 in West Virginia, attended Lake Charles High School and was raised in the Baptist faith. He worked for ten years at KPLC as a camera operator, was a bookkeeper for V.J. Vending, and...
Sidney Louis Trahan
Aug 7, 2012
Sidney Louis "T-Boy" Trahan, 26, of Lake Charles passed away Tuesday, August 07, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mr. Trahan was a lifelong resident of Lake Charles. He was a graduate of Parkview Baptist High School and worked as Security Guard at many businesses throughout the local area. During his younger years, he enjoyed fishing and football. He also enjoyed cooking,...
Donnie Edward Jackson
Aug 6, 2012
The angels sang as Donnie Edward Jackson departed this life according to God's appointed time on Monday, August 6, 2012 and went to receive the reward of his baptism.
Donnie Jackson, the first of one sister and three brothers was born June 19, 1940 to Beatrice and Allen Jackson of Shreveport, Louisiana.
He was blessed with knowing God and His word since...
Rosalie Marie Royer
Aug 6, 2012
Rosalie Marie Royer, 84, of Lake Charles passed Monday, August 06, 2012 from the comfort of her daughter's home.
Mrs. Royer was born and raised in Lake Charles, lived twenty-two years in Jennings and forty years in Sulphur. She enjoyed embroidering, playing bingo and flower gardening. She and her husband Willis were very involved with V.F.W. Post 8107, both having served...
Talivaldis Meijers
Aug 6, 2012
Talivaldis "Talis" Meijers, 85, of Lake Charles, LA died at his home on Monday, August 6, 2012.
Born in Rujiena, Latvia, on December 17, 1926 to Mila and Ernests Meijers, he was active in his youth in the Latvian resistance movement against the German and Russian invaders. Forced to leave his country after the Soviet occupation in WW II, he...
James Farr Reed
Aug 5, 2012
The Reverend Dr. James Farr Reed, 81, born July 24, 1931, died Sunday, August 05, 2012.
Born in Bolton, Mississippi to Marguerite Farr Reed and Stevenson B. Reed, Dr. Reed grew up in Pinkneyville, Mississippi and attended school at Julius Freyhan High School in St. Francisville, Louisiana. He graduated from Louisiana State University with a BA in Physics. He worked as...
Joseph Roy Duhon
Aug 5, 2012
Colonel (ret USAF) Joseph Roy Duhon died on August 5, 2012, following a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM on Friday August 10, 2012 at Johnson Funeral Home, Lake Charles, LA. Rev. George (Sonny) Spurger will officiate. Interment will follow at Grand Lake Community Cemetery, Grand Lake, LA with full military honors. Visitation will be on...
Loree Joseph Cormier
Aug 5, 2012
Loree Joseph Cormier, 87, of Lake Charles passed away, Sunday, August 05, 2012 in his residence.
Mr. Cormier was a native and lifelong resident of Calcasieu Parish and worked as Warehouse Supervisor at Citgo for over thirty years retiring in 1988. He attended Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. Mr. Cormier was an avid outdoorsman enjoying fishing, duck hunting, gardening,...
Edwina Dennis
Aug 4, 2012
Edwina Mildred Aguillard Dennis, 88, of Lake Charles, LA died at 11:35 AM on Saturday, August 4, 2012 in a local care facility.
Mrs. Dennis was born July 25, 1924 in Eunice, LA and lived in Lake Charles for most of her life. She worked as a supervisor for the clothing chain, Kenwin Dress Shop, for some thirty years. She was...
Gary Lynn Chiasson
Aug 4, 2012
Gary Lynn Chiasson, 51of Sulphur passed away on August, 4, 2012 in Beaumont, TX. Gary was a native and lifelong resident of Sulphur. He served his country in the US Navy aboard the USS Nimitz during the Iranian Crisis. Gary enjoyed hunting, fishing and cooking. Gary is survived by his three sisters, Pamela East and husband, Leroy of Sulphur, Denise...
Delores Ann Miller
Aug 3, 2012
Delores Ann Miller, 58, of Lake Charles died at 2:05 PM on Friday, August 3, 2012 in her residence.
Mrs. Miller was born on January 1, 1954 in Lake Charles, LA where she spent all of her life.
Those left to cherish her memory are a son, Robert J. Ezell of Lake Charles; a daughter, Brandy Butts of Houston; two granddaughters, Madison...
Roberta Mary Bouquet Joslin
Aug 2, 2012
Roberta Mary Bouquet Joslin, 85, of Lake Charles died at 6:50 PM on Thursday, August 2, 2012 in her residence.
Mrs. Joslin was born on September 1, 1926 in Lake Charles, LA and was a graduate of LaGrange High School. As a teenager, she worked at St. Patrick's Hospital and also The Delta Theater as a ticket clerk. In her...
Anne Kelman Sicks
Aug 1, 2012
Anne Kelman Sicks, 92, passed away Wednesday, August 1, 2012 in her home. Born in Mount Hope, New Jersey on December 13, 1919, she lived in California and Texas before moving to Lake Charles with her husband, Ralph in 1955. For 25 years she assisted him in the day-to-day operations at Kayouche Coulee Golf Course where he was the golf...
Ira Richard Richardson, Sr.
Jul 31, 2012
Ira Richard Richardson, Sr., 80, of Lake Charles passed away on Tuesday, 31 July 2012, during an afternoon nap at the VA War Veterans Home in Jennings, LA. God was merciful. He was a great man of love, grace and faith.
Richard was born in Lake Charles LA on 22 January 1932. After graduating LaGrange High School in 1951, he was...
Charlene Gail Lanier
Jul 30, 2012
Charlene Gail Lanier, 65, died on July 30, 2012 at a care facility in Southaven, MS.
Ms. Lanier was born March 31, 1947 in Lake Charles, LA, where she lived most of her life. She was a 1965 graduate of LaGrange High School and graduated with her Bachelors' degree from McNeese State University. She worked for the Calcasieu Parish School Board,...
Virginia Larocca
Jul 28, 2012
Virginia L. LaRocca, 79, of Lake Charles died on Saturday, July 28, 2012 in a local care facility with her loving family at her side.
Mrs. LaRocca was born on September 28, 1932 to the parents of Edward and Edith Manuel in Lake Charles.
She is preceded in death by her husband Charles J. LaRocca, Jr., her parents, and seven siblings....
Jennifer Marie Keene
Jul 28, 2012
Jennifer Marie Keene, 25, of Lake Charles, LA went to be with Angels on
July 28, 2012.
Jennifer is survived by her loving mother, Pannee "Bonnie" Madith Keene, her brother, Terry Thompson and his son Ian Michael of Lafayette, LA, her sister Judy Thompson Norwood, and her husband Stephen and their children Russell and Ryan, her Uncles Long Madith, his wife Nong,...
