Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Richard William Dewey
Dec 27, 2015
Richard “Dick” William Dewey, 69, of Lake Charles passed away on Sunday, December 27, 2015 in his residence.
Dick was born on October 29, 1946 in New York, NY. He attended LaGrange High School and graduated from Iron Mountain High School in Michigan. Dick joined the US Army and was in the Theatre of Europe. During this time he...
Clifford Guillory
Dec 27, 2015
Clifford Guillory, 94, of Lake Charles passed away Sunday, December 27, 2015.
Mr. Guillory was born in Mamou, LA and has lived most of his life in Lake Charles. He served the U.S. Merchant Marines. He worked most of his life as an installer and repairman for Overhead Door. He loved gathering with family and cooking outdoors....
Grace B. Savoie
Dec 27, 2015
Grace B. Savoie, 96, a Sulphur resident for over 70 years, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, December 27, 2015 surrounded by her family. Grace, a retired teacher, taught in Cameron and Calcasieu Parish Public Schools and Our Lady’s School in Sulphur. She took great pride that many of her descendants were educators like her. She and her...
Mary Doran
Dec 26, 2015
Mary Doran, 89, of Lake Charles, LA died Saturday, December 26, 2015 in her residence.
Born a farm girl in North Louisiana on June 27th, 1926, Mary Helen Cole Doran, the daughter of Allie Norman Cole and Bailey Vincent Cole, lived a long and varied life. A proud journalism graduate of LSU, she broadcast radio news for KALB in...
Gregory Neill Cox
Dec 26, 2015
Gregory Neill Cox, 53, of Moss Bluff, Louisiana passed away at 12:40 AM on Saturday, December 26, 2015 in Austin, Texas with his loving family at his side.
Greg was born on December 2, 1962 in Lake Charles, Louisiana to the parents of Robert Cox and Linda Lofton. Being a lifelong resident of Moss Bluff, he was a 1980...
Dorothy Helen Ogea
Dec 26, 2015
Dorothy Helen Kennedy Ogea, a longtime resident of the Choupique area, passed away Saturday, December 26, 2015 peacefully in the comfort of her own home.
Dorothy was born in Ladonia, Texas to Clarence and Pearl Kennedy. She moved to Sulphur, Louisiana at the age of sixteen where she and her husband were married one year later. They were active...
Beverly Genevieve Goodloe
Dec 25, 2015
Beverly Genevieve Sadler Goodloe, 84, of Lake Charles, LA died Friday, December 25, 2015 in a Lafayette hospital.
Mrs. Goodloe was born on July 4, 1931 in Lone Pine, LA. She was a graduate of Lake Charles High School and lived most of her life in Lake Charles. She retired after over thirty year service from the Port of...
Patricia "Patty" Daigle Swafford
Dec 23, 2015
Patricia “Patty” Daigle Swafford, 90, died at 6:35 AM surrounded by her family on December 23, 2015. A graveside service at Mimosa Pines Cemetery in Carlyss will be held 1 PM on Monday, December 28, 2015. Patricia Lee Daigle was born in Church Point on January 30, 1925, to Mary Enid Richard Daigle and George Albert Daigle. She attended Church...
Robert Nelson Alexander
Dec 22, 2015
Robert Nelson Alexander, 71, of Lake Charles, LA, died at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, December 22, 2015 in a local hospital.
Mr. Alexander was born June 7, 1944 and raised in Sicily Island, LA, where he attended high school. He worked for a ship yard in Beaumont, TX and then the Army Corp of Engineers in Mississippi, before moving...
Rita Renee Fruge
Dec 22, 2015
Rita Renee Fruge, 46, of Sulphur, LA passed away on December 22, 2015 in her residence. She was born on March 4, 1969 and was a life-long resident of Sulphur.
Renee is survived by her two sons, Christopher Joseph Nunez and Andrew Zachary Nunez both of Carlyss; 2 sisters, Tiffany Mays and husband Shawn of Carlyss and Melinda Sue Lee...
Andrew Lawrence Hurt
Dec 22, 2015
Andrew Lawrence Hurt, 28, of Lake Charles passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2015 in his home.
Andrew was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, raised in Kansas and has lived 4 years in Lake Charles. He served seven years and two tours for the United States Army, 2006 Operation Iraqi Freedom and 2010 Operation Iraqi Freedom. He worked for Chicago...
Russell J. Stutes, Sr.
Dec 22, 2015
Russell Joseph Stutes, Sr. passed from this earthly life in his home on December 22, 2015, surrounded by his four loving children and devoted wife, Cissy. Russell was born in Crowley, Louisiana on January 9, 1938, the only son of Rena and Horace Stutes. He was raised and graduated from high school in Crowley in 1955. He attended one semester...
Samuel Joseph Nelson
Dec 20, 2015
Johnson and Robison Funeral Home
107 W. Napoleon St.
Sulphur, La. 70663
337-528-0240
Sam “WA5VDM” Nelson on December 20, 2015,” WA5VDM Key went silent.
Samuel Joseph Nelson, 71, owner & General Manager of Kay Communications for almost 40 years retired in 2011 and lost his battle with cancer Dec 20, 2015, surrounded by his family in his home. Sam was...
Lorraine Blanchard
Dec 20, 2015
Lorraine Blanchard, 83, of Johnson Bayou passed away on December 20, 2015. She loved her flowers and spending time with her family and friends.
Lorraine is survived by her two sons, Quentin Blanchard and wife Bonita and Louis Blanchard; her daughter, Darla Eaves and husband Bob; her brother, Utly Trahan; 12 grandchildren; 21 great grandchildren; 4 great-great grandchildren; and numerous...
Dorothy Thornton Reeves
Dec 20, 2015
Dorothy Marie Thornton Reeves, 89 of Lake Charles passed away Sunday, December 20, 2015 in a local healthcare facility.
Mrs. Reeves was born and educated in Oil City, LA and lived all of her adult life in Lake Charles. During her younger years she was a proud Mom, following and supporting her children to countless sporting events, dance...
Rita Shaw Walters
Dec 19, 2015
Rita Shaw Walters, 85, of Grand Lake, LA, died at 9:20 AM on Saturday, December 19, 2015 in a local care facility.
Mrs. Walters was born July 23, 1930 in Selma, LA and raised in Elizabeth, LA, where she graduated from Elizabeth High School. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Home Economics and Mathematics from Northwestern State University and...
Louise Mary Hanchey
Dec 19, 2015
Louise Mary Hanchey, 86, of Lake Charles passed away at a local care center on December 19, 2015. She was born in Jeanerette, La on September 1, 1929 into a respected pioneer family of Southwest Louisiana. Her parents, aunts and uncles held faculty and administrative positions in Louisiana education for many years. Her mother and father, Louise Edwards Hanchey and...
Billie Mary Dittmann Chavanne
Dec 19, 2015
Heaven gained a first class citizen----earth lost one. Kindness was her trademark and she instilled it in her students. Death occurred at 9:39 PM on December 19, 2015.
Billie, Billie Mary, Mom C, Miss Billie, age 76, of Moss Bluff, was born on January 10, 1939 and was raised in Lake Charles. She was a 1956 graduate of Lake...
Ted Alan Shelton
Dec 18, 2015
"If there is any secret to grieving, it is that there can be room for sorrow and joy. Grief is not a lack of faith, nor a sign of weakness. It is just the price of love."
With heavy hearts we are saddened to announce the passing of our beloved father and grandfather, Ted "Skippy" Alan Shelton, 72....
Laura Rose Dupuis
Dec 18, 2015
Laura Rose Dupuis, 80, of Lake Charles passed away at 12:30 PM on Friday, December 18, 2015 in a local care facility.
Mrs. Dupuis was born on September 19, 1935 in Hathaway, LA. She resided in Grand Chenier until moving to Lake Charles in 1978. Mrs. Dupuis was a former member of St. Eugene Catholic Church in Grand Chenier...
