Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
James Walter Liggett
Nov 13, 2023
James Walter Liggett, 77, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, passed away on November 13, 2023 at Harbor Hospice after a lengthy illness. He was born on September 17, 1946 in Atlantic, Iowa to Maurice and Doris Lent Liggett.
A graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa, James worked as a dedicated salesman for Nebraska Distributing. He worked for...
Agnes Lejeune Moreau
Nov 13, 2023
Agnes LeJeune Moreau, born on November 23, 1931, peacefully departed this life on November 13, 2023, at a local hospice care facility. A devoted CCD teacher, Agnes dedicated over 40 years to the Catholic Daughters and St. Theodore Altar Society. She was a faithful member of St. Theodore Catholic Church in Moss Bluff.
Agnes touched the lives of many as...
Pearl Marie Faulk Russell
Nov 13, 2023
Pearl Marie (Faulk) Russell, 80, passed away peacefully and went to be with the Lord on November 13, 2023 after a brief illness and hospice stay. Pearl was born on February 11, 1943, in Crowville, Louisiana to the late B.B. and Pearl Faulk.
Pearl grew up in “Old Maplewood” as she liked to call it and graduated from Sulphur High...
George Raymond Mcfatter, Sr.
Nov 12, 2023
George Raymond McFatter, Sr., 98, of Moss Bluff passed away at 1:47 PM on Monday, November 13, 2023 in his residence.
Mr. McFatter was born on March 12, 1926 in Fullerton, LA and was a 1945 graduate of Sugartown High School. He moved to the Lake Charles area in 1945 and began his 41 year career as an operator at...
William Anthony Verret
Nov 12, 2023
William Anthony Verret, 80, of Sulphur, LA passed away Sunday, November 12, 2023 in a local healthcare facility. Mr. Verret was born March 27, 1943 in New Iberia, LA to Howard Joseph Verret and Carolyn Colgin Verret. He was raised in New Iberia, lived many years in Mississippi and lived his later years in Sulphur. He graduated high school in...
Wanda Lee Lambert
Nov 12, 2023
Wanda Lee Farnell Lambert, 73 of Lake Charles, LA passed away Sunday, November 12, 2023.
Wanda was born March 17, 1950 in Brookline, Massachusetts. She was the second of seven children born to the late William J. and Josephine H. Klempa Farnell.
She was a graduate of LaGrange High School, then enrolled in McNeese State University where she obtained her...
Douglas Jamil "Duke" Rahbany
Nov 11, 2023
Douglas Jamil “Duke” Rahbany died Saturday, November 11 in a local hospital after a brief illness. He was born April 24, 1960, in Lake Charles, Louisiana to Raji S “Roger” and Leona Shirley “Comeaux” Rahbany.
Duke lived all his life in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He attended Oak Park Elementary and Oak Park Junior High Schools before moving on and graduating...
Susan Elizabeth Howard Reed
Nov 11, 2023
Susan Howard Reed, affectionately known as the ‘Little Silver Haired Lady’ around Lake Charles, died after an extended illness on November 10th 2023.
On June 27, 1045, Susan Elizabeth Howard was born in Austin, Texas to George Jefferson Howard and Mary Elizabeth Utsey Howard. She graduated from Lamar High School in Houston, Texas in 1964. She attended Gulf Park by...
Nicholas "Nick" Pizzolatto, Jr.
Nov 10, 2023
Nicholas “Nick” Pizzolatto, Jr., 76, of Lake Charles, passed away November 10, 2023, at a local rehabilitation facility with family and loved ones by his side. Nick was born in Jennings, LA. on July 20, 1947, to Nicholas, Sr. and Suzanne Pizzolatto.
Growing up in Jennings along with his 7 siblings, Nick became an incredible athlete having played football...
James Aaron "Buddy" Cleaton Iii
Nov 10, 2023
James Aaron “Buddy” Cleaton III, 80, passed away on November 10, 2023. He was born on August 18, 1943, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to James, Jr. and Gertrude Riling Cleaton.
Buddy attended Landry High School and joined the Navy shortly thereafter where he enjoyed the many facets of the military. Once returning to Lake Charles he began a career with...
Alcie "A.J." Joseph Hardy
Nov 10, 2023
Welsh – Alcie “A.J.” Joseph Hardy, born in Ardoin Cove on October 18, 1940, son of the late Joseph and Eva (Allemond) Hardy, passed away November 10, 2023, at the age of 83. A.J. was a rice and soybean farmer most of his life. He enjoyed shrimping and fishing. He is preceded in death by his parents; wife, Mary Hardy...
Charlene Duhon Baham
Nov 9, 2023
Charlene Duhon Baham was surrounded by her loving and devoted family when she returned to her Creator on the evening of November 9, 2023, at the age of 71.
She was born in Lake Charles to Corine Stutes Duhon and Otis Duhon, and later graduated from Lake Charles High. She was married to Dana Baham for 49 blessed years, with...
Louella Ann Alexander
Nov 8, 2023
Louella “Lou” Ann Doucet Alexander, 87, of Sulphur, left this earth to tend God’s flower garden on November 8, 2023, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Lou was a devout Catholic and a member of Our Lady of LaSalette Catholic Church. Most all her working career was in the banking industry. After her retirement she spent her time caring for...
Rawlond Dupre
Nov 7, 2023
Rawlond Dupre passed away in peace surrounded by loved ones on November 7, 2023 at the age 89. To say he means the world to us is to understate the profound and indelible impact he wove into the fabric of our lives.
“Paw Paw”, as he is affectionately known – was a devoted husband to Emma Jean for 73 years,...
