Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Kenneth H. Hopper
Mar 24, 2012
Kenneth H. Hopper, 85, of Lake Charles transitioned from his worldly home at 1:30 PM on Saturday, March 24, 2012 to eternal life to be with his beloved wife, Carol Hopper who passed from this life on March 28, 2011.
Mr. Hopper was born in Dillard, Oklahoma on January 24, 1927 to the parents of Nettie and Nolan Hopper. Kenneth has...
Calvin J. Ledoux
Mar 23, 2012
Calvin J. LeDoux, 52, of Lake Charles passed away, Friday, March 23, 2012 while working in Waco, TX.
He was a native and life resident of Lake Charles recently moving to Waco for work purposes. Calvin was a Veteran of the U. S. Marine Corp and was working for L3 Communications in Waco, TX.
His is survived by his father...
Rosaline Ms. Rose Lafleur
Mar 23, 2012
Rosaline "Ms Rose" LaFleur, 73, of Moss Bluff passed away at 3:15 PM, Friday, March 23, 2012 in a local hospital.Ms Rose was born in Plaisance, LA and lived in the Lake Charles/Moss Bluff area for over fifty years. She retired from the Calcasieu Parish School Board after many years of service. Ms Rose loved the outdoors and cooking for...
Martha J. Winters
Mar 21, 2012
For I am now ready to be offered, and the times of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:6-7
Martha Janet Fitzgibbon Winters was promoted to glory on March 21, 2012.
She was a member of the 1941 Women's Mississippi State Basketball Championship team from...
Duplice Roy East
Mar 21, 2012
Roy East, 63 of Sulphur, passed away on March 21, 2012 in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 2 p.m. at Robison Funeral Home Chapel with Deacon Johnny Mounce officiating. Burial will be in New Hackberry Cemetery in Hackberry, LA. under the direction of Robison Funeral Home. The family will receive friends...
Glen Roya
Mar 21, 2012
Glen Ray Roya, 68, of Lake Charles passed away, Wednesday, March 21, 2012 in his daughter's residence.
He was born in Big Lake and lived most of his life in the Lafayette and Lake Charles areas. Glen was a Veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was a graduate of McNeese State University with a degree in Electrical Engineering and worked as...
Shirley Jean Ginbey Hoffpauir
Mar 20, 2012
Shirley Ginbey Hoffpauir, 81, of Lake Charles, LA died at 2:07 PM on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at Rapides Medical Center in Alexandria, LA
Mrs. Hoffpauir was born June 28, 1930 in Garnett, KS and was a graduate of Sulphur High School. She also graduated from SOWELA Technical College with her degree in bookkeeping. She started her career at Ed Taussig...
Joseph "Joey" Henry Mitchell
Mar 20, 2012
Joseph Joey Mitchell, 48 of Sulphur, LA passed away on March 20, 2012. There will be a graveside service on Friday, March 23, 2012 at 11 a.m. at Big Woods Cemetery in Edgerly, LA. Joey was born in El Paso, TX and a longtime Sulphur area resident. He loved to listen to music, watch movies and dance. Joey is survived...
Aaron John Meche
Mar 20, 2012
Aaron passed away on March 20, 2012 at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital.
He was born on September 8, 1934 to the late Elphege and Ailene Mire Meche of Duson, Louisiana.
He served in Calcasieu Parish as Ward 4 Marshal, Chief of Police of Westlake, and worked for the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Department. He was in Law enforcement for over forty years.
He was...
Doris Spillars Bradshaw
Mar 20, 2012
Doris Spillers Bradshaw joined her husband of 53 years, Earl Bradshaw, Sr., and beloved brothers and sister, Carlos, James and Dorothy Spillers in Heaven on Tuesday, March 20, 2012.
She had adopted and loved Westlake as her home twenty-three years ago after moving from Monroe, Louisiana, where she owned her restaurant and real estate properties and Bradshaw's Body Shop. Mrs. Bradshaw...
Joseph Webster Pilkerton, Jr.
Mar 20, 2012
Joseph Webster Pilkerton Jr., 79, of Lake Charles entered eternal rest at 6:10 AM Tuesday, March 20, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mr. Pilkerton was born in Washington, D.C. to the parents of Joseph and Olive Pilkerton on February 13, 1933. He was a 1951 graduate of Anacostia High School. After High School he joined the United States Air Force to...
Jerry C. Hillebrandt
Mar 19, 2012
Jerry C. Hillebrandt, 82, of Lake Charles, LA died at 10:30 PM on Monday, March 19, 2012.
Mr. Hillebrandt was born October 21, 1929 in Lake Charles, LA, where he was a lifelong resident. He worked at Barbe High School and SOWELA TECH as a Mechanics Instructor. He was a member of Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church and a...
Judith Judy Foulk Polansky
Mar 18, 2012
Judith Foulk Polansky
Judith Belle Foulk Polansky, 54, of Lake Charles passed away Sunday, March 18, 2012 in her home.
Mrs. Polansky was born in Bowling Green, OH, raised in many areas of the United States and overseas during her father's military career, and has lived 25 years in Lake Charles. Having attained a cum laude BA degree in English, she was...
Lt. Joel A Bolton
Mar 18, 2012
Lt. Joel A. Bolton entered into God's Heavenly Eternal Kingdom, in the presence of his wife and four year old daughter, unexpectedly and peacefully on Sunday morning at 6:00 am, March 18, 2012 at their home in the Washington DC Metro area. Lt. Bolton was born on August 24, 1954 in DeRidder, Louisiana to Ruth and Thomas W. Bolton. Joel...
Lt. Joel A Polton
Mar 18, 2012
Lt. Joel A. Bolton entered into God's Heavenly Eternal Kingdom, in the presence of his wife and four year old daughter, unexpectedly and peacefully on Sunday morning at 6:00 am, March 18, 2012 at their home in the Washington DC Metro area. Lt. Bolton was born on August 24, 1954 in DeRidder, Louisiana to Ruth and Thomas W. Bolton. Joel...
Theodore Ted Russell James Blanchette
Mar 18, 2012
Theodore Russell James "Ted" Blanchette, 83, of Sulphur, LA died at 3:25 AM on Sunday, March 18, 2012.
Mr. Blanchette was born January 13, 1929 in Orange, TX. He served his country for 1 1/2 years in the U.S. Navy during World War II, where he was part of the U.S. Navy boxing team. He retired in 1984 from the Lake...
Charles R. Duke Duplechain
Mar 18, 2012
Charles Richard "Duke" Duplechain, 70, died Sunday, March 18, 2012, in a local hospital.
Born in Oberlin, Louisiana to Cammie and Mary Lois Carrier Duplechain, Duke attended school in Kinder and then joined the U. S. Army. He took great pride in serving his country for 21 years, retiring as 1st Sgt. Major in 1981. He received the National Defense Service...
Lt. Joel A. Bolton
Mar 18, 2012
Lt. Joel A. Bolton entered into God's Heavenly Eternal Kingdom, in the presence of his wife and four year old daughter, unexpectedly and peacefully on Sunday morning at 6:00 am, March 18, 2012 at their home in the Washington DC Metro area. Lt. Bolton was born on August 24, 1954 in DeRidder, Louisiana to Ruth and Thomas W. Bolton. Joel...
Margaret Thibodeaux
Mar 17, 2012
Margaret Young Thibodeaux, 93, of Lake Charles, LA died on Saturday, March 17, 2012 in a local care facility.
Mrs. Thibodeaux loved her church and enjoyed dancing in her younger years and cooking for her family. She adored her grandchildren and always maintained a great sense of humor.
Mrs. Thibodeaux is survived by her sons, Claby Mere, Jr. and wife Julia of...
Mary Rena Derouen
Mar 15, 2012
The life of Mary Rena Fontenot DeRouen, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, came to an end at the age of 93 on Thursday, March 15, 2012. She was a native of Branch, Louisiana, grew up in the Fenton and Eunice areas, and lived most of her life in Lake Charles until 2000, when she moved to The...
