Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Elbert Whiteaker
Apr 1, 2021
Reverend Elbert Lee Whiteaker of Westlake, Louisiana passed away at the age of 91 on April 1, 2021, in a local hospital.
Reverend Whiteaker was born on January 13, 1930, to Joseph and Maud Whiteaker in Carrier Mills, Illinois. Elbert was their only child and was named after his mother's brother, Elbert.
He married Mildred Schwartz Metz, a widow with...
Raymond Guillory, Jr.
Apr 1, 2021
Raymond Guillory, Jr. passed away on Thursday, April 1, 2021.
He was born on May 21, 1953 in New Orleans, LA to Gussie and Raymond Guillory, Sr. He was a graduate of Sulphur High School in 1971 and received a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1976. He became a CPA in 1976 and was a partner in Gragson, Casiday, and...
Riva (Reve) Milstein Greenberg
Apr 1, 2021
Riva (Reve) Milstein Greenberg, 89, passed away on April 1, 2021, in Lake Charles. Reve was born June 5, 1931, in South St. Paul, Minn., and married Stuart Greenberg in 1951.
Reve is survived by her daughter, Jill Susan Greenberg of Oceanside, Calif.; her sister, Corene Milstein Davidson.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Stuart Greenberg; parents, Ceil...
Gloria Jane Daigle
Mar 31, 2021
Gloria Jane Ardoin Daigle, 76, of Lake Charles, LA, died at 9:13 AM on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 in her residence.
Mrs. Daigle was born August 24, 1944 in Welsh, LA, where she attended high school. She lived in Lake Charles for all of her adult life. She was a member of Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church and...
Daniel Raymond Wiltz
Mar 31, 2021
Daniel Raymond Wiltz, 39, of Sulphur, passed away on March 31, 2021 in his residence. Daniel loved to cook and he enjoyed fishing. He never met a stranger and was loved by all who met him.
Daniel is survived by his mother, Candy Wiltz Cotton of Carlyss; his wife, Christina Breaux of 2 years; three sons, Eric Plummer, Brentley and...
John Paul "Johnny" Madison
Mar 30, 2021
John Paul “Johnny” Madison, 82, of Grand Lake, LA, died at 1:52 AM on Tuesday, March 30, 2021.
Mr. Madison was born April 29, 1938 in Lake Charles, LA and was a 1956 graduate of LaGrange High School. He served his country in the U. S. Army National Guard. Mr. Madison worked for Hercules in the maintenance department for a...
Easter Mae Fontenot Victorian
Mar 30, 2021
Easter Mae Fontenot Victorian, 84, of Iowa embraced her eternal rest surrounded by family, friends, and loved ones at 7:30 PM on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 in her daughter’s residence.
Mrs. Victorian was born on April 12, 1936 in Mamou, LA where she was raised until moving to Westlake in the early 1950’s. In 1999 she and her daughter, Beverly,...
Roland Francis Pesson, Sr.
Mar 30, 2021
Roland Francis Pesson, Sr., 92, of Lake Charles passed away Tuesday, March 30, 2021 in a local hospital surrounded by his family.
Mr. Pesson was born in New Iberia, LA to Dennis and Olivia Pesson. A graduate of St. Peters College of New Iberia, he moved to Lake Charles in 1948 and began his career as a Plumber. He started...
Richard Daniel Shay
Mar 29, 2021
Richard Daniel Shay, 60, of Sulphur, LA passed away on March 29, 2021 in a Baton Rouge, LA hospital.
Richard was born on June 4, 1960 in Crowley, LA to James and Doreen Shay. He was a lifelong heavy equipment operator and loved being in the great outdoors riding many miles on his Harley. He had a bond with his...
John Preston Bodin
Mar 29, 2021
John Preston Bodin, 80, of Lake Charles, LA, passed away on Monday, March 29, 2021 in a local hospital.
Mr. Bodin was born November 26, 1940 in Erath, LA and raised in Mooringsport, LA, where he attended high school and played in the band. He served in country in the U.S. Navy and worked as a roughneck during his younger...
Betty Ann Reed
Mar 28, 2021
Betty Ann Ardoin Reed died Sunday, March 28, 2021, at the age of eighty-eight, at the home her oldest daughter, Aleta Meyer, in New Braunfels, Texas. She had been living there since Hurricane Laura hit Lake Charles.
Betty was born on June 15, 1932, in Mamou, LA, the seventh of eight children. She spoke French at home and...
Michael Lynn Kyle
Mar 28, 2021
Michael Lynn Kyle, 76, passed away on Palm Sunday, March 28, 2021. Thirty-Three years after his father passed on Palm Sunday in 1988.
Michael and his twin brother Mitchell, were New Year’s Babies in 1945. They were born in Crowley, LA and raised in Hackberry. He graduated from Hackberry High School and attended Wharton Jr. College and McNeese State University....
Daniel Mcfall
Mar 26, 2021
Reverend Daniel McFall, 55, of Lake Charles passed away at 5:15 PM on Friday, March 26, 2021 in a Baton Rouge hospice facility.
Rev. McFall was born on January 1, 1966 in Lake Providence, LA where he was raised until moving to Philadelphia, MS as a teenager. His father was the Pastor of Bethlehem Pentecostal Church in Philadelphia and...
Garry Wayne Tilley
Mar 26, 2021
Garry Wayne Tilley, 76 of Lake Charles, LA was called Home on Friday, March 26, 2021.
He was born on April 4, 1944 to Larry I.V. and Ruth Tilley, and was a lifelong resident of South West Louisiana. He graduated from LaGrange High School, Class of 1961. Shortly after graduation, he joined the United State Air Force as a Security...
Georgia Mcright
Mar 25, 2021
The family and friends of Georgia Trahan McRight are mourning the loss of their loved one who was called from this life to the next at the age of 90 years.
Georgia was born to Theodore Trahan, Sr. and Annie Mae Romero in Orange, TX on July 15, 1930. She left this life on Thursday, March 25, 2021 in...
Francisco E. "Frank" Sepulveda
Mar 25, 2021
Francisco “Frank” E. Sepulveda, 60, passed away March 25, 2021 at a local hospital.
Mr. Sepulveda was born in Chicago, Illinois on October 4, 1960. He graduated from St. Anthony Elementary, and Morton East High School, Cicero, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois and also Sowela Technical Community College, graduating with a degree in networking.
He became an Eagle...
Edmund F. Helms
Mar 24, 2021
Edmund F. Helms, 81 of Lake Charles, LA passed away on March 24, 2021.
He was one of two children born to Edmund “Bully” and Darles B. Helms. He was born on July 31, 1939 in Lake Charles.
He was a lifelong resident of Sweetlake and graduated from Grand Lake High School. The simpler things in life brought him joy,...
Pamela Jean Harrington Landreneau
Mar 23, 2021
Pamela Jean Harrington Landreneau, 67 of Moss Bluff passed away at 2:06 PM on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 in a local hospital.
Mrs. Landreneau was born on January 26, 1954 in Lake Charles where she lived all her life and was a graduate of LaGrange High School. She furthered her education and attended Nichols State University to study phlebotomy. Mrs....
Arthur Mitchell "Hoppy" O'Quain
Mar 23, 2021
Arthur Mitchell “Hoppy” O’Quain, 79, passed away on March 23, 2021.
Hoppy loved to fish and hunt as well as playing pool and bingo. He raised animals and birds. Hoppy worked for BFI, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office, and Savoy Frozen Foods.
Hoppy is survived by his children, Dixie O’Quain, Mitchell Wayne O’Quain and wife, Christina, and Jason O’Quain;...
Deborah Newble Bell
Mar 23, 2021
Deborah Newble Bell was born to the late David Newble Sr. and Mary Jane Joseph on June 17, 1961 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. She entered in to glory peacefully with her Savior on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 while in the care of St. Patrick Hospital surrounded by her devoted family. She was baptized and became a member of Mount Olive...
