Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Myrna Bond
Jan 19, 2012
Dr. Myrna Bond, 86, of Lake Charles died at 7:30 PM on Thursday, January 19, 2012 in a local care facility.
Dr. Bond was born on December 21, 1925 in Eastland, TX and lived most of her life in Lake Charles. She was a graduate of Lake Charles High School and earned her under graduate degree and a Doctor of Education...
Vinita Joy Wallace
Jan 19, 2012
Vinita Joy Wallace, 52, of Lake Charles died on Thursday, January 19, 2012 in a residence in Channing, TX.
Mrs. Wallace was born in Amarillo on September 14, 1959 and grew up and graduated in Abbeville in 1978. She was a restaurant cook for over 30 years as well as working at home raising her children. Mrs. Wallace's life was filled...
Nellie Stoma Maxey
Jan 19, 2012
Nellie Stoma Maxey, 96, of Lake Charles died on Thursday, January 19, 2012 in Lafayette at her daughter's residence after a brief illnesss.
Mrs. Maxey was born in Mansfield, LA on November 26, 1915 to Habib Ramus and Katoun Stoma of Daher Safra, Syria. She lived in Lake Charles for 66 years. In her earlier years she and her husband managed...
Eddie John Murphy
Jan 18, 2012
Eddie John Murphy, 81, of Lake Charles, LA died at 10:30 PM on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mr. Murphy was born September 8, 1930 in Lake Charles, LA, where he was a lifelong resident. He served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. During his younger years, he worked as a salesman for Lake...
Randall Benoit
Jan 18, 2012
Randall Benoit, 41, of Sulphur passed away Wednesday January 18, 2012.
Mr. Benoit was a life long resident of Sulphur, LA and a 1988 graduate of Sulphur High School. He has served as a Deputy for the Calcasieu Parish Sherriff's Department since 1989 serving in the CPSO Jail, Patrol, Warrant Division, the Safe School Program, and at the time of his...
Charles Virgil Lebleu
Jan 17, 2012
Charles Virgil LeBleu, 83, of Sweetlake, LA, died at 12:37 AM on Tuesday, January 17, 2012.
Mr. LeBleu was born September 16, 1928 in Houston, TX and was raised and lived most of his life in Sweetlake, LA. He was the owner / operator of LeBleu's Dairy for a number of years and worked as a roughneck in the oil field...
John Joey Joeseph Tarasiewicz, Jr.
Jan 17, 2012
John Joey Joseph Tarasiewicz, Jr., 51, of Sulphur died on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 in a car accident in Baton Rouge.
Joey was born on October 3, 1960 in Lake Charles to John Joseph "Yash" and Anita Tarasiewicz. He was a 1978 graduate of LaGrange High School and a 1982 of McNeese State University.
After graduation from McNeese he worked...
Charles L. Shreve, Sr.
Jan 17, 2012
Mr. Charles L. Shreve, Sr., 84, of North Augusta, SC and a former longtime resident of Lake Charles, LA, husband of the late Julia Donaldson Shreve, entered into rest peacefully, on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012, with his family at his side.
Born in Crowley, LA, he was a son of the late O.P. and Lydia A. Fruge Shreve. He...
Ernest G. Stone
Jan 16, 2012
Ernest Stone, 89, was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He was a veteran of World War II serving in the U. S. Army Air Corps and Signal Crops.
He was an electrician and a former member of Local #284 I.B.E.W.
He was a member of St. Luke Simpson Methodist Church and a life member of V. F. W. Post 2130.
Survivors...
Carolyn Arcement Conner
Jan 16, 2012
Carolyn Claire Arcement Conner, 75, died at 5:50 AM, on Monday, January 16, 2012, in a local care facility.
Born in Morgan City, LA to Dewey and Maggie Driskill Arcement, Mrs. Conner lived most of her life in Lake Charles. She was a faithful member of Victory Baptist Church. She retired as a Certified Nurses' Aide at W. O. Moss Regional...
Gail Edward Pinney
Jan 14, 2012
Gail Edward Pinney, 66, of Lake Charles passed away Saturday, January 14, 2012.
Mr. Pinney was born to Woodrow and Lassie Brown Pinney in Houston, TX. He was a graduate of Marion High School and lived most of his life in Lake Charles. He served the United States Army during Vietnam. Mr. Pinney retired with the IBEW Local Union 861 after...
Adam Joseph Kershaw, Sr.
Jan 12, 2012
Adam Joseph Kershaw, Sr. 84, of Sulphur passed away on January 12, 2012 in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 1 p.m. in Robison Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Alan Weishampel officiating. Burial will be in Mimosa Pines Cemetery in Carlyss, LA. The family will receive friends on Friday, January 13, 2012...
Magdalene Petrea Piel
Jan 11, 2012
Magda passed peacefully from this life to the next at her home the afternoon of January 11, 2012.
The elder daughter of Laurene Hansine Jorgensen Miller of Horsens, Denmark and Maximillian Miller of Wheeling, W. Virginia, she was born May 6, 1913 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. A Graduate of Lake Charles High School, she was secretary-bookkeeper for Piel Construction Co.,...
Darrell Wayne Alexander
Jan 11, 2012
Darrell Wayne Alexander, 75, passed away on January 11, 2012 in a local nursing home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, January 13, 2012 at Robison Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Steve Shirley officiating. Burial will be held in Big Woods Cemetery in Edgerly, LA. The family will receive friends on Friday, January 13, 3012 at...
Inez Sally Scharrier
Jan 10, 2012
Mrs. Inez Scharrier has departed from this life on January 10, 2012. She was born on July 8, 1916 in Creston, LA to M. T. and Edith McCrory. She was preceded in death by her husband of 71 years, John Wesly Scharrier, her parents, M. T. and Edith McCrory, two brothers, Elize and M. T. McCrory, Jr., and sister, Jewel...
Judy Fuselier
Jan 10, 2012
Judy Fuselier, 93, of Lake Charles died at 7:17 AM on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 in her residence.
Those left to cherish her memory are a son, Kenneth Wait and his wife Sylvia of Lake Charles; a daughter-in-law, Patricia Wait of Houston; eight grandchildren; and a legacy of great grandchildren and great great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a husband,...
Duford James Henry
Jan 9, 2012
Duford James Henry, 68, Of Lake Charles passed away at 8:05 AM, Monday, January 9, 2012 in a local hospital.
He was a native of Midland, LA and lived in Lake Charles most of his life. Mr. Henry was a graduate of Midland High School, the University of Southwestern Louisiana now the University of Louisiana in Lafayette (ULL), the University...
Duford James Henry
Jan 9, 2012
Duford James Henry, 68, Of Lake Charles passed away at 8:05 AM, Monday, January 9, 2012 in a local hospital.
He was a native of Midland, LA and lived in Lake Charles most of his life. Mr. Henry was a graduate of Midland High School, the University of Southwestern Louisiana now the University of Louisiana in Lafayette (ULL), the University...
Edgar Mano Dale Stine
Jan 9, 2012
Edgar Dale "Mano" Stine, 79, of Lake Charles, LA died at 9:05 PM on Monday, January 9, 2012 in his residence.
Mr. Stine was born March 15, 1932 in Lake Charles, LA, where he has lived most of his life. He was a 1951 graduate of Iowa High School, where he was on the first six man football team and was...
Thelma Griffith Jinks
Jan 8, 2012
Thelma Griffith Jinks June 28, 1913 " Jan. 8, 2012 Thelma Griffith Jinks of Johnson Bayou, La. left this world to join her Heavenly Father on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012 at 3:45 a.m. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her. She was preceded in death by her parents John and Oreallye Griffith, brother Henry Griffith,...
