Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Freddie Joe Qualls
Oct 12, 2025
Freddie "Fred" Joe Qualls, a beloved father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully at his home in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on October 12, 2025, at the age of 80. Born on August 17, 1945, in Wichita Falls, Texas, Fred dedicated his life to his work as a telecommunications tech in the offshore oil industry. He also Honorably served his Country...
Cari Lynne O'Brien
Oct 11, 2025
Ms. Cari Lynne O’Brien, 63, of Sulphur passed away Saturday, October 11, 2025, in a local hospital.
Mrs. O’Brien was born April 1, 1962, in San Antonio, TX to Joseph Clinton O’Brien and Mary Ann Sterling O’Brien. Ms. O’Brien worked many years as a Nurse’s Aide, utilizing her vibrant personality and sense of humor to care for patients of High Hope...
Kemble Lee Guillory
Oct 11, 2025
Kemble Lee Guillory, 70, of Moss Bluff, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, October 11, 2025, surrounded by his loving family.
Mr. Guillory was born on August 20, 1955, in Jennings, Louisiana, and was raised in Sweetlake. He moved to Lake Charles in 1981 and later settled in Moss Bluff in 1997, where he made his home.
He was a...
Reverend Harry Sommers Jr.
Oct 11, 2025
Reverend Harry Stearns Sommers, Jr., passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by his family on Saturday, October 11, 2025. Harry was born October 25, 1937, in Washington D.C. to Harry and Alice McCracken Sommers. Harry was raised on the family's dairy farm in Paeonian Springs, Virginia, where the day began very early. Harry learned how to milk cows, cut hay,...
Kathy Prudhomme
Oct 11, 2025
Kathy Prudhomme, of Westlake, passed away on October 11,2025 surrounded by her loving family. She was born on December 11, 1958, in Mobile, Alabama, to Gerald Kent Dolley Sr. and Vera Faye Pearson Dolley.
Kathy loved to go shopping and had a deep affection for country music, especially Gary Allan, whom she was thrilled to see live before she passed. She...
Artemon Fruge Jr.
Oct 9, 2025
Artemon "A.J." Fruge Jr., 98, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 9, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on August 7, 1927, in Eunice, Louisiana, to Oline Courville and Artemon Fruge Sr.
A proud veteran, A.J. served honorably in the U.S. Army as a mechanic. His career spanned many years in the oil field service industry, including...
Haley Spicer
Oct 8, 2025
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Haley Nicole Spicer, age 37, who peacefully went to be with the Lord on October 8, 2025, in Hackberry, Louisiana.
Haley was born on April 17, 1988, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to Randy Wright and the late Ruby Wright. She was raised in the close-knit community of Hackberry, Louisiana, where...
Sidney LeJeune
Oct 8, 2025
Sidney Paul LeJeune, 67, passed away on Thursday, September 25, 2025. He was born in Jennings, Louisiana, to Betty Guidry LeJeune Hardee and Oria LeJeune on January 11, 1958.
Sidney was a proud graduate of Jennings High School, where he met the love of his life, Linda. He went on to earn degrees in Instrumentation Technology and Electronics Engineering Technology from...
James LeBlanc
Oct 7, 2025
James Milton LeBlanc of Lake Charles passed away on October 7, 2025. He was born on December 10, 1944, to Dalton LeBlanc and AnnaBell Stelly LeBlanc in Lake Charles.
James was a 1965 graduate of Lake Charles High School and a 1970 graduate of McNeese State University. He spent six years in the U.S. Naval Reserve before going on active duty...
Sherry Dale Ryder Micelle
Oct 6, 2025
Sherry Dale Ryder Micelle, 86, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 6, 2025, in her home at Lake Charles, Louisiana. She was born on December 22, 1938, in Jennings, Louisiana, to Eula Sonnier and Kenney Ryder.
Sherry graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Port Arthur, Texas, and later attended Durham Business School in Beaumont, Texas. She worked at the Better...
Gloria Margaret Trahan
Oct 5, 2025
Gloria Margaret Clement Trahan, 99, passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 5, 2025 at home with her children by her side. She was born in New Orleans on May 20, 1926 to L. Kenneth and Himelda Bahan Clement.
She moved to Lake Charles in 1939 where she graduated from Lake Charles High School. She then attended McNeese before transferring to L.S.U....
Stephanie Verret Guidry
Oct 5, 2025
Stephanie Nicole Verret Guidry, 43, passed away on October 5, 2025. Stephanie was a loving wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt and grandmother. She loved her family and friends. Her personality was bubbly (like a flickering butterfly). She would be somewhere and automatically a conversation would start. Stephanie never met a stranger. Her children never went without, and her granddaughter was...
Mark Tallman
Oct 4, 2025
Mark T. Tallman, 75 of Lake Charles, LA passed away at home on October 4, 2025 surrounded by loving family.
He was born in Lake Charles in 1949 to John T. Tallman and Hazel (White) Tallman. Mark graduated from LaGrange High School before joining the Navy and then retiring from Conoco Phillips.
Mark was preceded in death by his parents John T....
Fern Veuleman
Oct 4, 2025
Fern Dale Goos Veuleman, age 87, passed from this life on October 4. She was born April 20, 1938, to Patrick McCoy Goos, Sr. and Lena Bourque Goos. She was raised on the "Hill" on Goos Ferry Road in Moss Bluff. In July 1956 she married the love of her life, Donald Veuleman. They had one child, Kathy Veuleman Sullivan...
Clyde Richard
Oct 2, 2025
Clyde Adam Richard, 79, of Lake Charles, passed away peacefully at his home on October 2, 2025.
Born on November 18, 1945, in Welsh, Louisiana, to Louis and Izil Morine Richard, Clyde grew up with strong roots in family and faith. He was a proud graduate of Fenton High School. Shortly after, he was drafted into the U.S. Army, where...
Carolyn DeWolf
Oct 2, 2025
Beloved wife, mother, mawmaw, aunt and friend was welcomed home into Jesus’ loving arms on Thursday, October 2, 2025, at the age of 84. Carolyn was born on February 10, 1941, in Ohio. She is a graduate of Sulphur High School and McNeese State of University. She began her teaching career at Lake Arthur High School in the fall of...
John Foster DeRosier
Oct 2, 2025
John Foster DeRosier, 78, longtime District Attorney for Calcasieu Parish, died Thursday morning.
He was born in Eunice, Louisiana, and graduated from St. Edmund High School.
John DeRosier attended undergraduate school at the University of Southwest Louisiana in Lafayette, Louisiana, and entered Louisiana State University Law School in 1967. While in law school, Mr. DeRosier enlisted as a United States Marine, serving...
Carol Ann Denger White
Oct 1, 2025
Carol Ann Denger White, 68, peacefully went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, October 1, 2025. Born in Hampton, Iowa, on May 13, 1957, to Mary Ann and Ray Daniel “Dan” Denger, Carol lived a life filled with faith, music, and love.
From an early age, Carol discovered the joy of music and could play the piano by ear....
Tollie Juanita Gillard
Oct 1, 2025
Tollie Juanita Gillard, 87, of Westlake, Louisiana, passed peacefully into eternal life on October 1, 2025. Tollie was a devoted wife, a loving mother, and a cherished Mawmaw, who left this world surrounded by the same love she so freely gave throughout her life. She was married to her husband, Bobby Gene Gillard Sr., for 65 wonderful years. She worked...
