Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Bernice Cady Ayo
Apr 21, 2012
Agnes Bernice Ayo, 85, of Lake Charles passed away at 10:00 AM, Saturday, April 21, 2012 in a local care facility.
She was a native of Calcasieu Parish and lived in Lake Charles most of her life. Mrs. Ayo was a graduate of Iowa High School and worked as a secretary and insurance clerk. She was a former member of Epsilon...
Xavier N. Perez
Apr 21, 2012
Xavier N. Perez, 78, of Lake Charles passed away, Saturday, April 21, 2012 in his residence.
He was a native of Vera Cruz, Mexico and a lifetime resident of the Sulphur/Lake Charles area. Mr. Perez was a graduate of Sulphur High School and a member of the International Teamsters Union, and also served as an Electrical Inspector for the city of...
Armand J. Bill Primeaux
Apr 20, 2012
Armand Joseph Primeaux, 85, of Lake Charles passed away peacefully in a local hospital on April 20, 2012, after contending with a lengthy illness.
"Bill" or "paw-paw" was born on October 26, 1926, in Holmwood and was raised in Bell City. He lived in Lake Charles the majority of his life. He graduated from Bell City High School in 1944....
Kannon Guilbeau
Apr 20, 2012
Kannon Guilbeau, 11, of Grand Chenier passed away at 6:55 PM, Friday, April 20, 2012 at a local hospital.
Kannon was a fifth grader at South Cameron High School and loved his school, classmates, teachers, and his favorite Coach Amadee. He was a Junior Tarpon Football and Basketball player. Kannon was a member of the Cameron Parish Livestock Show Team, 4-H,...
Zachary Brandon Yoder
Apr 19, 2012
Our beloved son, brother, grandson, nephew and friend Zachary "Zac" Yoder has died. Zac was born on July 25, 1989, and passed away this past Thursday, April 19.
Zac is from a large, loving family in Lake Charles. He was a gregarious, fun-loving child, who grew into a wonderful young man. He attended St. Louis High School, and graduated from...
Margaret Mcfarlain King
Apr 19, 2012
Margaret McFarlain King, 85 of Sulphur passed away on April 19, 2012 in a local nursing home. Funeral services will be held on April 21, 2012 at 10 a.m. at Robison Funeral Home Chapel with Deacon Johnny Mounce officiating. Burial will be in Mimosa Pines Cemetery in Carlyss. LA under the direction of Robison Funeral Home. The family will receive...
Aaron Paul Guidry
Apr 17, 2012
Aaron Paul Guidry, 29, of Sulphur passed away on April 17, 2012. A Memorial service will be held on Friday, April 20, 2012 at 6 p.m. at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Day Chapel in Sulphur with Father Thomas Huhn, MS officiating. The family will receive friends at 5 p.m. at the chapel before the service. Aaron was a native...
Danny L. Moore
Apr 17, 2012
Daniel L. "Danny" Moore, 64, of Westlake passed away, Tuesday, April 17, 2012 in his residence.
Danny was a native of Cincinnati, OH and lived in the Westlake area for over forty years.
Survivors include his wife Ollie Mae Moore; four stepsons, Richard "Pumpkin", Eldridge "Tiger", Mike, and Dwight K. Bailey; one stepdaughter, Rita Bailey Spell; fifteen step grandchildren and numerous great...
Paul Bennet Fontenot
Apr 17, 2012
Paul Bennet Fontenot, 54, of Moss Bluff died at 10:50 PM on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 in his residence.
Mr. Fontenot was born on May 20, 1957 in Mamou, LA and lived in the Lake Charles area for the past 8 years. He took pride in his Cajun culture and loved everything about being a Cajun. Mr. Fontenot enjoyed cooking but...
Evelyn Trahan
Apr 17, 2012
Evelyn Kathrine Wilson Trahan, 84, of Kinder, LA, died at 4:25 PM on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 in her residence.
Mrs. Trahan was born April 4, 1928 in Sieper, LA, lived in Lake Charles for a number of years and has lived in Kinder since 1984. She was loved and will be missed dearly.
Mrs. Trahan is survived by her husband of...
Joseph L. Joe Clark
Apr 15, 2012
Joseph L. "Joe" Clark, 64, of Port Arthur, TX, died Sunday, April 15, 2012 in a Texas healthcare facility.
Mr. Clark was born and raised in Lake Charles. He was a graduate of Opelousas High School and Louisiana Tech University where he attained a Bachelor's Degree in Business. He worked most of his life in Industrial Coating, having worked his younger...
Eva Lagrange Carter Ortego Williams
Apr 14, 2012
Eva LaGrange Carter Ortego Williams, 101, of Lake Charles, La died at 7:05 AM on Saturday, April 14, 2012 in her daughter's residence.
Mrs. Williams was born February 7, 1911 in Lake Charles, LA, where she was a lifelong resident. She worked for Borden's and Runte Lake Cleaners for a number of years before she worked out of her residence as...
Glenn Istre
Apr 14, 2012
Nelton Glenn Joseph Istre, 60, of Lake Charles died at 4:36 PM on Saturday, April 14, 2012 in his residence.
Mr. Istre was born on September 18, 1951 in Lake Charles and lived here all of his life. He was a graduate of Lake Charles High School. Mr. Istre was a dedicated night time support manager for the Highway 14 location...
Charlie Hall
Apr 14, 2012
Charlie Hall, 57, of Vinton, LA died at 5:00 PM on Saturday, April 14, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mr. Hall was born December 18, 1954 in Newton, TX, where he lived most of his life until moving to Vinton, LA five years ago. He worked as a cross country truck driver for LandStar / Sears for over thirty years. He...
Joshua Shane Reeves
Apr 14, 2012
Joshua Shane Reeves, 25, of DeRidder, LA, died on Saturday, April 14, 2012 in Cotulla, TX.
Josh was born September 15, 1986 in Lake Charles, LA and lived in Reeves, LA, Tulsa, OK, and the last fifteen years in DeRidder, LA. He was a graduate of Christway Academy. He served his country as a specialist in the U.S. Army, including a...
Wilbert Derouen
Apr 13, 2012
Wilbert "T-Boy" Derouen, 75, of Lake Charles, died Friday afternoon in a Houston, Texas hospital after a brief illness.
Mr. Derouen was a native and life resident of Lake Charles. He was a 1954 graduate of LaGrange Senior High School where he met many life-long friends. He worked at Cit-Con retiring in 1998 with 26 years of service. He was...
Thomas A. Moilanen
Apr 13, 2012
Thomas A. Moilanen, 67, formerly of L'Anse, MI passed away April 13, 2012 at home in Lake Charles, LA, surrounded by his family, after a 5-year battle with renal cell carcinoma.
Tom was born September 3, 1944, to Ed and Elsie (Karkanen) Moilanen of L'Anse at St. Joseph's Hospital in Hancock.Tom was graduated from L'Anse High School in 1962, where...
Claudine Simmons Nichols
Apr 13, 2012
Claudine Simmons Nichols, 85, of Lake Charles, LA died at 11:25 AM on Friday, April 13, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mrs. Nichols was born November 15, 1926 in Beaumont, TX and was raised in DeRidder, LA, where she graduated from DeRidder High School in 1943. She also graduated from Southwest Louisiana Institute in Lafayette, where she was the #1 Beauty...
Justin Wayne Vassar
Apr 13, 2012
Justin Wayne Vassar, 30, of Moss Bluff died at 2:01 PM on Friday, April 13, 2012 in a local hospital.
Justin was born on January 31, 1982 in Corpus Christi, TX. He lived in Lake Charles and surrounding areas all of his life, moving to Moss Bluff one year ago. Justin attended LaGrange High School.
He attended Open Door Baptist Church...
Wanda L. Pierson
Apr 12, 2012
Wanda Lorene Pierson, 80, of Lake Charles passed away Thursday, April 12, 2012 in a local hospital.
Miss Pierson was born in Kinder, LA, the youngest of thirteen children, to Ray and Ida Pierson. Raised in Kinder, she lived in Lafayette, Shreveport, Houston and has lived ___ years in Lake Charles. She worked forty-one years as an Accountant for United Gas...
