Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Wilbert Leger
Dec 30, 2014
Wilbert Leger, 69, of Gillis, LA died Tuesday, December 30, 2014. Wilbert was born on August 16, 1945 in Eunice, LA to Joseph " Emery" and Pearl Leger. He loved being around family and friends, fixing electronics, and cars. He also enjoyed hunting and fishing. He proudly served our country in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He was...
David Leroy Holmes
Dec 30, 2014
David Leroy Holmes, 71, of Sulphur, LA died at 4:10 AM on Tuesday, December 30, 2014 in a local care facility. Mr. Holmes was born February 26, 1943 in Tylertown, MS and moved to the Lake Charles / Sulphur area in 1977. He worked as a machinist for Cities Service and retired from Honeywell after numerous years of service. He...
Charles Joseph Hugonin, Sr.
Dec 29, 2014
Charles Joseph Hugonin, Sr., 62, of Lake Charles, LA, died on Monday, December 29, 2014 in his residence. Mr. Hugonin was born August 20, 1952 in New Iberia, LA, where he was raised, and has lived in Lake Charles for the past thirty years. He served his country in the U.S. Marine Corp. He was an active member of Friendship...
Lucy Day
Dec 29, 2014
Lucy Day, 72, of Lake Charles died on Monday, December 29, 2014 in her residence. Lucy was born on May 18, 1942 in Lake Charles where she lived all of her life and raised her family. She was a graduate of LaGrange High School. In her earlier years she worked for her in-laws at Day's Café. Lucy attended cosmetology school...
Linda Ann Goss
Dec 29, 2014
Linda Ann Howard Goss, 74, of Westlake passed away Monday, December 29, 2014 in a local hospital. Mrs. Goss was born in Corsicana, TX, raised in Orange, TX and has lived most of her life in Westlake. She was a graduate of Lutcher Orange High School and Port Arthur Business School where she attained a degree in Business. She worked...
James Charles Janise
Dec 29, 2014
James C. Janise, 74, of Lake Charles passed away at 12:30 PM on Monday, December 29, 2014 in a local hospital. Mr. Janise was born on August 31, 1940 in Lake Charles. He was a retired boilermaker. He is survived by his wife Lou Anna Janise; a son, Daniel Janise; three step daughters, Lorrie (Eddie) Martin of Red Oak, TX,...
Joann Mitchell
Dec 29, 2014
JoAnn Cropper Mitchell, 79, of Lake Charles, LA, died at 3:37 AM on Monday, December 29, 2014. Mrs. Mitchell was born December 14, 1935 in Port Barrie, LA and was raised in Opelousas, LA, where she graduated high school. In 1954, she married the love of her life, Craig Anthony Mitchell and they traveled the world during his military career....
Timothy Shawn Constance
Dec 29, 2014
Timothy "Tim" Shawn Constance, 44, of Brandon, MS passed away on December 29, 2014 in St. Patrick Hospital in Lake Charles. Tim was raised in Hackberry and a graduate of Hackberry High School. He also received a degree from Sowela Technical in Diesel Mechanics. He was employed by Daily Equipment Company for 23 years as a General Manager of Parts...
Cynthia Lynn Pratt
Dec 28, 2014
Cynthia "Cyndi" Lynn Richard Pratt, 47, of Lake Charles passed away Sunday, December 28, 2014. Mrs. Pratt was a was a native of Sulphur. She was a graduate of Sulphur High School and McNeese State University where she attained a degree in Mass Communications. She was an avid outdoorsman, having enjoyed hunting, fishing and loved the water. She also enjoyed...
Jack Alan Watson
Dec 28, 2014
Jack Alan Watson, 49, of Lake Charles died Sunday December 28, 2014 at a local hospital following a brief illness. Jack Alan was born in Oakdale to Jack and Mollie Hendricks Watson. He was a heavy equipment operator with Tommasi Brothers, and started working with machinery at the age of 16. He was a friend to all he met and...
Ronald Gene Vincent
Dec 27, 2014
Ronald Gene Vincent was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana on August 31, 1932. He worked as a butcher since he was 16 through his retirement in 2009. He began his career at the historic Central Food Market on Railroad Avenue in Lake Charles, the first business hub and hotspot for the city's population explosion. In his early career, he served...
Mabel Marie Ezernack
Dec 26, 2014
It is with heavy hearts and great sadness that the family of Mabel Stemmann Ezernack, 87, of Lake Charles, announces her passing from this life into the loving arms of our heavenly Father, on December 26, 2014, surrounded by her family. A Mass of Christian burial will be at 1:30 PM, Monday, December 29, 2014 at the Cathedral of Immaculate...
Kathleen Marie Meche
Dec 25, 2014
Kathleen Marie Meche, 62, of DeQuincy died at 5:15 AM Thursday December 25, 2014 at her residence following an extended illness. Mrs. Meche was a native of Houston, Texas and longtime resident of Dequincy and the Lake Charles area. She was a 1970 graduate of Marion High School and enjoyed quilting, baking and was always the "Best Mom" anyone could...
Dorothy Fruge' Vezina
Dec 25, 2014
Dorothy Fruge' Vezina, 82, passed away on Thursday, December 25, 2014. Dorothy loved to sew and crochet. She was an active member of Our Lady of Lasalette Church where she was a Eucharistic minister. Dorothy is survived by her children, Wilton (Sunny) Fruge', Villie (Harry) Moore, Phyllis (Chris) Bopp, Tannas (Becky) Fruge', Vena (Ed) Bertrand, Winston Fruge' and Rayallan Fruge';...
Daniel Ray Hurst
Dec 24, 2014
Daniel Ray "Dan" Hurst, 84, of Lake Charles died on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 in a local hospice facility. Mr. Hurst was born on July 13, 1930 and was a native of Virginia. He retired from the U.S. Army in 1964 after 20 years as a helicopter Pilot. Mr. Hurst lived in Fort Worth, TX from 1964 until 1989 when...
Louise G. Mccardle
Dec 24, 2014
Louise G. McCardle, 92, of Lake Charles, La died Wednesday, December 24, 2014 in her residence surrounded by her loving family. Louise was born on February 26, 1922 in Lake Charles, Louisiana to the parents of Telise and Raymond Gaspard. She was a member of Christ the King Catholic Church. She enjoyed cooking and spending time with her family and...
Randolph Joseph Aucoin
Dec 24, 2014
Randolph "Hotrod" Aucoin, 88, of Lake Charles, LA died Wednesday, December 24, 2014. Hotrod was born on March 19, 1926 in Patterson, LA to Sylvan and Edna Aucoin. He was a lifelong resident of Lake Charles, LA. He served in the U. S. Marine Corps from 1944 to 1947 during WWII in the Pacific Theater. He was very proud of...
James Roderick Ardoin
Dec 24, 2014
James Roderick "Rod" Ardoin, 72, of Lake Charles, LA died at 10:52 PM on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 in a local hospital. Rod was born February 4, 1942 in Alexandria, LA but lived most of his life in the Westlake/Lake Charles area and worked as an employee of the Lake Charles Regional Airport. He was a graduate of Westlake High...
Evelyn Jeneane Carter
Dec 23, 2014
Jeneane O'Kelley Carter, 83, of Shreveport, formerly of Westlake, LA died on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 in a Shreveport care facility. Mrs. Carter was born March 16, 1931 in Merryville, LA. Mrs. Carter was preceded in death by her parents, the Rev. Pierce Augustus and Elsie Whitman Estes, brother and sister-in-law, Malcolm and Peggy Estes; brother, James Corbitt Estes and...
