Local Obituaries

for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana

Rose Grace Jelly Lady Lofaso Brocat Cooper

Rose Grace Jelly Lady Lofaso Brocat Cooper

May 11, 2012

Rose Grace Lofaso Brocato Cooper, 89, of Lake Charles died at 9:51 AM on Friday, May 11, 2012 in her residence.

Mrs. Cooper was born on August 6, 1922 in Lake Charles, LA. As a young woman she worked as a car hop for Joseph's Drive-In, did clerical work for Magnolia Life Insurance Company for three years, was a secretary to...

Virgil Perry Hamberlin

Virgil Perry Hamberlin

May 10, 2012

Virgil Perry Hamberlin, 86, died Thursday, May 10, 2012, in a local hospital.

Born, raised and educated in Colfax, LA and has lived the past forty-five years in Lake Charles. Mr. Hamberlin served his country in the U. S. Navy during World War II in the Pacific Theater. Following his tour of duty, he made Lake Charles his home. He was...

Ferdinand J. Hebert

Ferdinand J. Hebert

May 8, 2012

Ferdinand J. Hebert, 84, of Lake Charles died at 7:16 PM on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in a local hospital.

Mr. Hebert was born on September 8, 1927 in Cankton, LA and lived in Lake Charles for the past 60 years. He served in the U.S. Navy and was a member of American Legion Post #1. He worked many years for...

Ferdinand J. Hebert

Ferdinand J. Hebert

May 8, 2012

Ferdinand J. Hebert, 84, of Lake Charles died at 7:16 PM on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in a local hospital.

Mr. Hebert was born on September 8, 1927 in Cankton, LA and lived in Lake Charles for the past 60 years. He served in the U.S. Navy and was a member of American Legion Post #1. He worked many years for...

Edith Marie Harrington Lyons

Edith Marie Harrington Lyons

May 7, 2012

Edith Marie Harrington Lyons, 90, of Lake Charles died at 6:35 AM on Monday, May 07, 2012 in her residence.

Mrs. Lyons was born on December 18, 1921 in Kaplan, LA and lived in Lake Charles for the past 66 years. She worked many years as a volunteer for St. Margaret Catholic Church where she belonged to the Ladies Altar Society....

Theresa L. Nugent

Theresa L. Nugent

May 6, 2012

Theresa Lampirez Nugent, 58, of Hecker passed away, Sunday, May 6, 2012 in her residence.

She was a native of Vinton and lived in the Lake Charles/Iowa area most of her life. Mrs. Nugent worked for Wal-Mart for many years and she was a faithful member of Lake City Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband of forty-two years Irvin L. Nugent...

Wilma Agnes Erbelding

Wilma Agnes Erbelding

May 6, 2012

Wilma Agnes Erbelding, 89, passed away on May 6, 2012 in Baton Rouge, LA. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 11 a.m. at Robison Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. David Holder officiating. Burial will be in Mimosa Pines Cemetery in Carlyss under the direction of Robison Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Tuesday,...

Arlene Adaway Queen Fontenot

Arlene Adaway Queen Fontenot

May 6, 2012

Arlene "Queen" Adaway Fontenot, born Arlene Jacklyn Price, 59, died Sunday, May 06, 2012 in a local hospital.

Born in Philadelphia, PA, to Laudice and Martha Litwack Price, Arlene graduated from South Philadelphia High School. In 1976, she moved to Westlake, Louisiana, and she made that community her home. She worked in those early years as a telephone operator for South...

Lou Anna Young Hebert

Lou Anna Young Hebert

May 6, 2012

Lou Anna Young Hebert, 84, of Sulphur died Sunday May 6, 2012 in a local hospital.

Mrs. Hebert was born, raised and educated in Eunice, lived nearly fifty years in Lake Charles and has lived the past year in Sulphur. She enjoyed sewing, collecting dolls and visiting on the phone. Mrs. Hebert was a member of St. Margaret Catholic Church.

She will...

Hazel Mae Oglethorpe Pierce

Hazel Mae Oglethorpe Pierce

May 6, 2012

Hazel Mae Oglethorpe Pierce, 86, of Ragley, LA died on Sunday, May 6, 2012 in a local hospital.

Mrs. Pierce was born May 13, 1925 in Kingsville, TX and lived in Ragley, LA for the past forty-three years, where she attended Squyres United Methodist Church for thirty-five years. She was a Girl Scout for forty-five years and started the first cadette...

Charles Wilson Blake

Charles Wilson Blake

May 6, 2012

Charles Wilson Blake, 81 of Sulphur passed away on May 6, 2012 in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 11 a.m. at Robison Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Steve Shirley officiating. Burial will be in Mimosa Pines Cemetery in Sulphur, LA under the direction of Robison Funeral Home. The family will receive...

Kayla Vincent Rosetta

Kayla Vincent Rosetta

May 5, 2012

Kayla Vincent Rosetta went with the angels to her heavenly home on May 5, 2012. A native of Sulphur, Louisiana, she lived in Monroe, Louisiana for the past several years.

Kayla was born to Leroy and Peggy Sweeney Vincent on November 13, 1962 in Sulphur, Louisiana. She attended St. Louis High School and graduated from Sulphur High School in 1982. She...

Elizabeth Liz Huesers Tate

Elizabeth Liz Huesers Tate

May 4, 2012

Elizabeth "Liz" Huesers Tate, 52, of Lake Charles passed away Friday, May 04, 2012 from the comfort of her home.

Mrs. Tate was born in Jennings, LA and lived most of her life in Lake Charles. She was a graduate of Lake Charles High School where she was a Kiltie. She worked thirty years for Bell South Telephone having retired as...

Steve Pelot Bruney

Steve Pelot Bruney

May 4, 2012

Steve "Pelot" W. Bruney, 90, of Moss Bluff died at 9:15 PM on Friday, May 4, 2012 in a local hospital.

Mr. Bruney was born on September 12, 1921 in Indian Village, Louisiana and has lived in Moss Bluff for most of his life. He served in the National Guard and the United States Navy during WWII and also during the...

Robert Stakely Vignaud

Robert Stakely Vignaud

May 4, 2012

Robert Stakely Vignaud, age 60, amazingly gifted musician, beloved husband, incredible father, brother and friend passed away on May 4, 2012 after a valiant battle with gallbladder pancreatitis and complications due to liver disease. He died in Dallas at Robert's Hospital in The Baylor University Medical Center.

Mr. Vignaud was born on May 8, 1951, in New Orleans, LA. He was...

Patricia Ann Labiche

Patricia Ann Labiche

May 4, 2012

Patricia Ann "Patsy" Thibodeaux LaBiche, 60, of Lake Charles passed away Friday, May 04, 2012 in the comfort of her home surrounded by family.

Mrs. LaBiche was born in Rayne, LA and has lived most of her life in Lake Charles. She attended LaGrange High School. Mrs. LaBiche worked as a Medical Instrument Technician for Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Gauthier Campus....

Nancy Dalovisio Nezzio

Nancy Dalovisio Nezzio

May 3, 2012

Nancy Dalovisio Nezzio, 95, of Lake Charles died on Thursday, May 3, 2012 in a local hospital with her loving family at her side.

Mrs. Nezzio was born on August 9, 1916 to the parents of Joe and Pasque Maggiore Dalovisio. She was a life-long resident of Lake Charles, and a 1934 graduate of Lake Charles High School. She worked for...

Chad James Morrow

Chad James Morrow

May 2, 2012

Chad James Morrow, 20 of Sulphur passed away on May 2, 2012 in a local hospital. A grave-side service will be held on Friday, May 4, 2012 at 10 a.m. at Mimosa Pines Cemetery in Carlyss, LA with Dr. David Holder officiating. Chad was a longtime resident of Sulphur. He graduated from Jake Drost School for Exceptional Children. Chad is...

Glen Edgar Sharpe

Glen Edgar Sharpe

May 2, 2012

"Lord it's hard to be humble, with my fishing pole in hand.

And, forgive me when I stretch the truth, I'm just an ordinary man.

We both know the ones that got away.

Are still in the lakewaiting to be caught another day.

Lord, please help me think up a story to tell that family of mine.

I told them I'd be home...

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