Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Earline Lulu Elliott
Aug 27, 2011
Earline "LuLu" Elliott, 60, of Westlake entered into rest, Saturday, August 27, 2011 from the comfort of her home.
"Born, August 27, 1951, Ms. Elliott was given back to the Lord on the day he gave her to us".
Ms. Elliott was a life long resident of Westlake and a graduate of Westlake High School. She worked most of her life in...
Elizabeth Sissy Trahan
Aug 27, 2011
Elizabeth Ola Trahan, 53, of Lake Charles died at 10:46 PM Saturday, August 27, 2011 in a local hospital.
Mrs. Trahan was born in Oakdale, Louisiana and has lived in the Lake Charles and Lafayette area for the past seven years. She spent most of her life growing up in the Abbeville area. She worked for several years as a currier...
Grace M. Carpenter
Aug 25, 2011
Grace Mary Carpenter, 85, of Labadieville, LA entered into rest, Thursday, August 25, 2011 from a healthcare facility.
Mrs. Carpenter was born and raised in Plaucheville, LA and was a graduate of Evergreen High School. She lived in Goudeau, Labadieville and most of her adult life in Lake Charles. She retired a real estate agent, having worked for Holly Heard and...
Ruby Ann Sudderth
Aug 25, 2011
Mrs. Ruby A. Cohron Sudderth, 97, of Lake Charles passed away at 5:40 AM, Thursday, August 25, 2011 in a local care facility.
She was a native of Throckmorton, TX and lived many years Denver and Pueblo, CO area prior to moving to Lake Charles over ten years ago.
Survivors include one daughter, Patricia Landreneau and husband James of Lake Charles; five...
Wanda Mae Mosley
Aug 24, 2011
Wanda Mae Mosley, 71 of Lake Charles went to be with our Lord Jesus Christ Wednesday, August 24th, 2011. She died peacefully at home surrounded by her family after a courageous battle with cancer.
She was born in Harlingen, Texas but has called Louisiana her home since 1957. She
Was a 1980 graduate of McNeese State University earning a BS...
Edward Ashton Hebert
Aug 24, 2011
Edward Ashton Hebert, 81, of Sulphur, passed away on August 24, 2011. Funeral services will be held on Friday, August 26, 2011 at 1:30 pm at Robison Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Doug Cain officiating. Burial will follow in Graceland Cemetery, Abbeville, LA. Visitation will be held on Thursday, August 25, 2011 from 4pm " 9 pm at Robison Funeral...
Evelyn E. Brooks
Aug 23, 2011
Evelyn E. Brooks, 55, of Sulphur passed away on August 23, 2011. Funeral services will be held on Friday, August 26, 2011 at 10 am at Robison Funeral Home Chapel with Deacon Johnny Mounce officiating. Burial will follow in Mimosa Pines-North Cemetery. Visitation will begin on Thursday, August 25, 2011 from 3pm " 9 pm at Robison Funeral Home. Evelyn...
Ronald Lee Kershaw
Aug 23, 2011
Ronald Lee Kershaw, 39, of Lake Charles, LA died at 3:23 PM on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 in a local hospital.
Born March 7, 1972 in Sulphur, La, Mr. Kershaw was raised in Hackberry, LA and lived most of his adult life in Lake Charles. He was a graduate of Hackberry High School and served his country in the U.S. Army...
Joyce Ardoin Devall
Aug 23, 2011
Joyce Ardoin Devall, 82, passed away Tuesday, August 23,2011, at a local hospital.
She was born August 12, 1929,to Sydney and Elda Fontenot Ardoin in Duralde, La. She grew up in Mamou, but lived the majority of her life in Lake Charles. She loved traveling with her husband, Earl, in their RV, and traveling to visit her grandkids every chance she...
James Glen Croker
Aug 23, 2011
James "Glen" Croker, 77, of Lake Charles died Tuesday, August 23, 2011 in a local healthcare facility.
Mr. Croker was a lifelong resident of Lake Charles and a graduate of LaGrange Senior High School. He served the United States Army. He worked as an Outside Sales Representative, many years for Hebert Lumber Company, having retired after fifteen years with Cintas. During...
Shirley Mae Rhoden
Aug 23, 2011
Shirley Mae Rhoden, 57, of Lake Charles died at 5:57 PM on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 in a local hospital.
Mrs. Rhoden was born on October 7, 1953 in Houston, TX and lived in Lake Charles for the past 25 years.
She enjoyed many things in life, including crafts, crocheting, and she was an amateur interior decorator. Mrs. Rhoden loved her family...
Marilyn Guzman Bourque
Aug 22, 2011
Marilyn Guzman Bourque, 65, of LeBleu Settlement passed away at 9:14 PM, Monday, August 22, 2011 in a local hospital.
She was a native and life resident of the Lake Charles area. Mrs. Bourque worked many years as Secretary of the Pipeline Construction Local #692 and retired from Sears. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.
Survivors include her...
Ruby Rae Richard
Aug 21, 2011
Mrs. Ruby Rae Richard, 86, slipped away peacefully into eternal rest during the late evening hours of August 21, 2011.
Mrs. Richard was born to the late Raleigh and Mary Louise Spell on April 15, 1925, the oldest of twelve children. She wed the late Mr. Warner "Pie" Richard on May 30, 1941 and they resided in Lake Charles. Their sixty-nine...
L. Irene Platt Stewart
Aug 21, 2011
"Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith and not by sight. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body and be present with the Lord. 2 Corinthians 5:6-8
L. Irene Platt Stewart, 81, of Lake Charles,...
Doris Ann Manuel
Aug 21, 2011
Doris Ann Manuel, 68, of Sulphur, passed away on August 21, 2011. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 10 am at Robison Funeral Home Chapel with Deacon Johnny Mounce officiating. Burial will follow in Big Woods Cemetery. Visitation will begin on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 from 3 pm " 9 pm at Robison Funeral Home...
Johnny Ellender
Aug 20, 2011
Johnny Ellender, 61, of Sulphur, passed away on August 20, 2011. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 11 am at Robison Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Lonnie Gothrup officiating. Burial will follow in Mimosa Pines Cemetery, Carlyss, Louisiana. Visitation will begin on Monday, August 22, 2011 from 10 am " 9 pm at Robison Funeral...
Warner Ray Bertrand
Aug 20, 2011
Warner R. Bertrand, 82, of Lake Charles died at 1:16 PM on Saturday, August 20, 2011 in his residence.
Mr. Bertrand was born on July 19, 1929 in the town of Sulphur, LA. He was a graduate of LaGrange Sr. High School and attended college at Southwest Mississippi Jr. College on a football scholarship. Mr. Bertrand served his country in the...
Jordynn Jade Schiele
Aug 18, 2011
Jordynn Jade Schiele, infant daughter of JoLynn Johnson and Preston Schiele went to be with the angels on Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 10:10 PM in a Lake Charles hospital.
Jordynn was loved and will be missed by all.
Those left to cherish her memory are her parents; her grandparents, Tammy and Donny Johnson of Westlake and Pamela and Stanley Schiele of...
Charlotte Levingston Metcalf
Aug 18, 2011
Charlotte Levingston Metcalf, 62, of Lake Charles entered into eternal rest on Thursday, August 18, 2011.
A lifelong resident of Lake Charles, but recently a resident of Lafayette, Charlotte was born to William Edward and Gloria Loraine Levingston. She was a 1967 graduate of Lake Charles High School and a true LCHS Wildcat. She had friends all over America and she...
William (Billy) Cryer
Aug 18, 2011
William (Billy) Cryer, 80, of Sulphur, passed away on August 18, 2011. Funeral services will be held on Monday, August 22, 2011 at 10 am at Robison Funeral Home with Minister Brian Spicer officiating. Burial will follow in Mimosa Pines Cemetery, Carlyss, LA. Visitation will begin on Sunday, August 21, 2011, from 4 pm " 8 pm at Robison Funeral...
