Uteva Selfridge

Uteva Louise Selfridge, 83, was called to her heavenly home on Tuesday, June 4, 2013.

Born and raised in Canute, Oklahoma to Howard Dale Booher and Ruby Gayle Hollis Booher, Mrs. Selfridge was a devoted mother and grandmother who enjoyed quilting and sewing. She delighted in serving her Lord through her Baptist faith, teaching Sunday School, actively participating in the Woman's Missionary Union, and working in the church library. Upon her move to Lake Charles in 1996, she made Trinity Baptist Church her church home. She was the Hotel Chain Manager for Stratford House Inn in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and in Monroe, Louisiana for fifteen years, retiring in 1996, when she moved with her family to Lake Charles.

Mrs. Selfridge is survived by her three sons, Jim Selfridge and wife Carol, Phil Selfridge and wife Sandy, and Mike Selfridge and wife Carolyn, all of Lake Charles; ten grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of thirty-eight years, James Thomas Selfridge, Jr.; two sisters, Melba Matherly and Jan Prescott; and an infant brother.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 7, 2013, at Johnson Funeral Home. Rev. Cliff Smith and Rev. Steve James will officiate. Interment will be at Prien Memorial Park. Visitation will be on Friday from 11 a.m. until service time.

Memorial donations may be made to the Library Fund, Trinity Baptist Church, 1800 Country Club Road, Lake Charles, LA 70605.

The family would like to express their grateful appreciation for the compassionate care given their beloved mother to the doctor, staff and private sitters of The Gardens and The Guardian House.