Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Allison Dawn Gaudet
Sep 28, 2020
Allison Dawn Mills Gaudet, 52, of Westlake, LA passed away Monday, September 28, 2020 in a Lake Charles.
Allison was a native of Illinois and has lived most of her life in Sulphur, LA, residing the last ten years in Westlake. She was a graduate of Sulphur High School and Lamar University where she attained a bachelor’s degree in science...
Cynthia Diane Miller
Sep 28, 2020
Cynthia Diane Miller, 80, of Lake Charles LA, passed away on September 28, 2020 in hospice care in Crowley, LA. Cynthia was known as a loving mother & wife and is survived by her husband, Julius Ray Miller, her 3 children, sons Eric Miller and Jason Miller, daughter Kimberly Caton, son-in-law Bonner L. Caton and her beloved grandchildren Bonner A....
Jonathon Nagem
Sep 28, 2020
Jonathon (Jon) Nagem, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, was welcomed into heaven on September 28, 2020. He was actually set to retire on this exact day. And if we can’t have him here with us, we love knowing he’s enjoying his sunset season in a magnificent sanctuary, complete with gilded streets, glorious praise of angels, and closeness to his Heavenly Father.
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Barbara "Babs" Self
Sep 27, 2020
Barbara Perkins “Babs” Ella Self, 86, of Sulphur, LA went to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 27, 2020. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Sulphur, LA. Prior to that she was a member of Good Hope Baptist Church in Singer, LA. For over 30 years she was a faithful song leader at church singing unto...
Nelson Joseph Mott
Sep 26, 2020
Nelson Joseph Mott, age 90, of Lake Charles, LA, passed away in Fruitland, ID on Saturday, September 26th surrounded by family.
Nelson was born on February 2, 1930 in Basile, LA to Adras Mott and Bertha Richard Mott Benoit. At 16 years of age, he enlisted in the United States Air Force, where he served in World War II and...
Anthony "A.J." Lebato
Sep 26, 2020
Anthony Joseph “A. J.” LeBato, 87, of Lake Charles, LA, died at 4:40 PM on Saturday, September 26, 2020 in his residence.
Born March 18, 1933 in Lake Charles, LA, Mr. LeBato was a graduate of Marion High School and a lifelong resident of Lake Charles, LA. He served his country in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. ...
Dennis Ray "Zim" Zimmerman
Sep 25, 2020
Dennis Ray Zimmerman, 68, of Lake Charles, LA, died on Friday, September 25, 2020 in his residence.
Born March 10, 1952 in Lawton, OK, “Zim” was a 1970 graduate of Lake Charles High School and attended McNeese State University. In 1980 he began working in the Marine Division for the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Department and was instrumental in starting the...
David Glenn Washburn
Sep 24, 2020
David Glenn Washburn, 67, of Lake Charles, LA, died on Thursday, September 24, 2020 in his residence.
Mr. Washburn was born August 3, 1953 in Lake Charles, LA, where he was a life-long resident. He was a 1971 graduate of LaGrange High School and graduated from McNeese State University with his bachelor’s degree in business administration. He was a member...
Jon T. Lee
Sep 24, 2020
Funeral services for Jon T. Lee, 36, will be at 2:00 PM Saturday, October 3, 2020, at University Baptist Church. The Rev. Phil Carpenter will officiate. Cremation is entrusted to Johnson Funeral Home of Lake Charles.
Jon died September 24, 2020, in a Lake Charles hospital.
He was a native and life resident of Lake Charles and graduated from LaGrange...
Ivan John Hebert
Sep 22, 2020
Ivan John Hebert, 49, of Gillis passed away on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at his residence.
Ivan was born on November 3, 1970 in Belle Chasse, LA and was raised in Grand Lake before moving to Gillis. He attended Grand Lake High School. Ivan was skilled with many trades and was able to use them in his working career. He...
Aldon "Sonny" Soileau, Jr.
Sep 22, 2020
Aldon “Sonny” Soileau, Jr., 86, of Moss Bluff passed away on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at his residence surrounded by his loved ones following a brief illness.
He was born on July 20, 1934 in Ville Platte, Louisiana to Beatrice Sensat Soileau and Aldon Soileau, Sr. Mr. Soileau was a loving father, grandfather and family man. He worked as a...
Diana Martini
Sep 22, 2020
Diana Mary Nowak Martini, of Lake Charles, LA, passed away on her 73rd birthday on September 22, 2020.
Diana was born September 22, 1947 in Central Falls, RI. She was raised in Rhode Island, where she married her husband. They traveled for his work, but lived in Orange, TX for thirty-four years, before moving to the Verandah Retirement Community in...
Pierrette Brown
Sep 22, 2020
Pierrette L. Brown, 82, passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2020 while evacuated due to Hurricane Laura. She was a resident of Westlake, Louisiana for the last 59 years.
She was born September 26,1937 in La Rondelle du Rochereau, France to Pierre and Madeleine Brault. While working as a translator on an American Air Force base in France she met the...
Joyce Elaine Peoples
Sep 20, 2020
Joyce Elaine Peoples, 83, of Lake Charles passed away Sunday, September 20, 2020 in Crowley, LA.
Mrs. Peoples was born on October 07, 1936 to Lawrence and Bernice McGee Granger. She was a lifelong resident of Lake Charles. She worked her younger years at the service desk and cash office at K-Mart. She met and married her second husband and...
Jerrie Ann Moyer Benoit
Sep 20, 2020
Jerrie Ann Moyer Benoit, 73, of Sulphur, LA entered into Heaven Sunday, September 20, 2020 from a care facility in Crockett, TX.
Mrs. Benoit was a native of Lake Charles and lived most of her life in Sulphur and Grand Lake.
She was a graduate of Grand Lake High School and later, Demmons School of Beauty. She owned and operated...
Gayle Marie Folks
Sep 20, 2020
Gayle Marie Folks, 77, of Lake Charles, LA, passed away on September 20th, 2020 in Rio Rancho, NM, surrounded by her family. Gayle was known for her ready smile and gift of encouragement. She loved to laugh. She will be dearly missed by all who knew her.
Gayle was born in Port Arthur, TX to Thomas Anderson Sr. and Indiana...
Margie Kuttner Hebert
Sep 19, 2020
Margie Docia Kuttner Hebert, 93, of Lake Charles passed away at 12:12 AM on Saturday, September 19, 2020 while evacuated in Alexandria.
Mrs. Hebert was born on November 20, 1926 in Lake Charles where she lived until moving to Eunice from 1955 to 1968 and returning to Lake Charles. She enjoyed working alongside her husband in their family owned business,...
Shyla "Sugar" Coleman
Sep 19, 2020
Shyla “Sugar” Coleman, 71, of Lake Charles passed away at 5:45 PM on Saturday, September 19, 2020 in a local hospital.
Mrs. Coleman was born on August 21, 1949 in Lake Charles and lived most of her life in Moss Bluff. She was a long-time beautician in the Lake Charles area.
She took pleasure in doing yardwork and taking...
Kenneth "Ken" Hoffpauir
Sep 18, 2020
On Friday, September 18, 2020, Kenneth Hoffpauir, husband of Marilyn Barbara Hoffpauir and life-long resident of Lake Charles, LA, passed away surrounded by his family.
Ken was born November 19, 1936, to Raymond Jesse Hoffpauir and Odessa Guidry Hoffpauir. He was preceded in death by his sisters Dorothy Leach and Evelyn Carr and his brother Raymond Hoffpauir.
He...
Dr. Charles M. Smith
Sep 15, 2020
Dr. Charles M. Smith passed away September 15, 2020. He was born August 24, 1930, in Bogalusa, located in southeast Louisiana on the Pearl River, which borders Mississippi. His father, Miah Smith, was a postmaster, and his mother, Viola Jenkins Smith, a schoolteacher, in nearby Franklinton. Before Dr. Smith’s birth, they moved 20 miles to Bogalusa for work. Bogalusa was...
