Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Norman "Gene" Yokes
Mar 29, 2014
Norman Gene Yokes, 67, of Lake Charles passed away at 1:36 AM Saturday, March 29, 2014. Mr. Yokes was born, and lived his younger years in Meadville, PA and lived most of his adult life in Lake Charles. He served the US Army. He was an avid reader. During his younger years, he enjoyed riding motorcycles and in his later...
Jose Antonio Gabilondo
Mar 28, 2014
Jose Antonio Gabilondo, 85, of Lake Charles died at 4:30 PM on Friday, March 28, 2014 at a local hospital. Mr. Gabilondo was born on March 3, 1929 in Havana, Cuba. He graduated from La Universidad de Havana and received a degree in Accounting. He met his wife in Varadero, Cuba and started a family and in 1972, Mr. Gabilondo...
Joshua Cain Stutes
Mar 28, 2014
Joshua Cain Stutes, 34, died Friday March 28, 2014 at his residence in Moss Bluff following a long, brave battle with Muscular Dystrophy. Josh was born June 21, 1979 in Lake Charles He was a lifelong resident of Moss Bluff and graduate of Sam Houston High School. He was a member of First Pentecostal Church. Josh was a special mentor...
John Davis Hudson
Mar 27, 2014
John Davis Hudson, 56, of Iowa, died Thursday March 27, 2014 at a local hospital. John was a native of Lake Charles and work for LNG for 24 years. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. Preceding John in death are his parents, George Alexander Hudson, Jr. and Katherine Boyd Hudson and his beloved wife, Renee Lyons Hudson. He is...
Janice Ann Reed
Mar 27, 2014
Janice Ann Reed 49, passed away on March 27, 2014 in her residence. She attended Sulphur High School and lived in Sulphur for the past 49 years. Janice worked as an operator for Civil Construction for the past 6 years. She loved to fish, cut grass, and cook on the weekends for everyone.
Janice is survived by her husband, Dwayne...
Henry Glover, Jr.
Mar 27, 2014
Henry "Skip" Glover, Jr., 56, of Lake Charles died on Thursday, March 27, 2014 in his residence. Skip was born on December 13, 1957 in Lake Charles and lived here all of his life. He was a graduate of Barbe High School. Skip had worked for Olin Chemicals as an operator for many years. He is survived by a brother,...
Marjorie Mcinnis Delaney
Mar 26, 2014
Mrs. Marjorie O. McInnis Delaney, 90, formerly of Lake Charles, Louisiana passed away at 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at Woodland Village Nursing Center in Diamondhead, Mississippi. She was a native of Lake Charles and a 1941 graduate of Lake Charles High School where she was a founding member of the Kilties marching group. Mrs. Delaney was the first...
Clinton Lee Shoumaker
Mar 26, 2014
Clinton Lee Shoumaker, 58, of Delta, Ohio, formerly of Westlake, La., died at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at the University of Toledo Medical Center. Clint was born December 6, 1955 in Springhill, La. to Roland and Alma Wilson Shoumaker. He was a native of Plain Dealing, La. and lived in Southwest Louisiana for over 25 years before moving...
Gussie Mae Reed Fontenot
Mar 25, 2014
Gussie Mae Reed Fontenot, 87, of Lake Charles, LA died at 12:35 AM on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 in her residence. Mrs. Fontenot was born September 7, 1926 in Deralde, LA and has lived in Lake Charles since 1945. She was a member of Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church and was always there to take care of family...
Austin Darnell Gross
Mar 24, 2014
Mr. Austin Darnell Gross, 72, of Sulphur and Lake Charles died on 24 March 2014 at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Austin was born 15 July 1941 in Goshen, IN and lived most of his life in Sulphur. He worked as a diesel mechanic for Mike Hooks, Inc for over thirty years ending his time there as...
Carole Ann Wimberly
Mar 24, 2014
Wimberly, Carole Ann (Bruchis) of Lake Charles, LA, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 24, 2014. Carole was born on September 13, 1938 in New Orleans, Louisiana, the daughter of Jenna and Abraham Bruchis. Carole grew up in New Orleans, graduating from St. Mary's Dominican High School and St. Mary's Dominican College. Married in 1963 to her husband of fifty...
Beryl Kathleen Rohrman
Mar 23, 2014
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 29, 2014 at 11 a.m. at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Sulphur with Father John Raish officiating.
Beryl Kathleen Rohrman 93, passed away on March 23, 2014 in Lafayette. LA in her home. She was born in Sugar Creek, PA and lived in Sulphur since 1950. Beryl graduated in 1937 from...
Mildred Broussard Miller
Mar 23, 2014
Mildred (Millie) Broussard Miller, 83, of Iowa died at 7:53 AM on Sunday, March 23, 2014 in a local hospital. Mrs. Miller was born and raised in Lacassine on September 4, 1930. She was a member of St. John Catholic Church in Lacassine, LA. She devoted much of her time to her grandkids and family. She enjoyed baking cakes and...
Francis Johnson
Mar 22, 2014
Francis Leola Johnson, 88, of Lake Charles, LA passed away Saturday, March 22, 2014 in a local care facility. Francis was born on April 20, 1925 in Extension, LA to William and Lillie Mae Prudhom. Mrs. Johnson enjoyed cooking, canning vegetables, and helping her husband in the garden, and also loved being around family and friends. She was a member...
William P. Holloman, Jr.
Mar 22, 2014
William P. Holloman, Jr., 62, passed away in St. Mary's Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas on March 22, 2014. He is survived by his four children, David and Michael Champion of Lake Charles, Christopher Holloman of Houston, TX, and William Holloman III of Houston, TX; mother, Naomi Riling Holloman; and his two sisters, Julia Trouth and Deanie Holloman. One sister,...
Beatrice L. "Peggy" Claudel
Mar 22, 2014
Beatrice L. "Peggy" Thompson Claudel, 81, of Lake Charles passed away Saturday, March 22, 2014 in a local healthcare facility. Mrs. Claudel was born in Saltville, VA but lived most of her life in Lake Charles where she met her husband and raised her four boys. She was a graduate of Lake Charles High School and attained her Bachelor's degree...
Donald Rougeau
Mar 22, 2014
Donald Rougeau, 69, of Lake Charles passed away March 22, 2014 in a local care facility. Donald was born on September 25, 1944 in Lake Charles to Amos and Letha Rougeau. He enjoyed woodworking, poetry, and making wine. He worked for many years as pipeline technician in the petrochemical industry. He is survived by three daughters, Denese Rougeau Bass of...
Colonel Charles Raymond Davies
Mar 21, 2014
Colonel Charles Raymond Davies, US Army, Retired, 73, of Shelbyville, Indiana died peacefully in his sleep Friday, March 21, 2014 at his residence. He has joined his parents, Charles William and Lenora (Benoit) Davies; brother, Yancy Davies; sisters, Vivienne Neal, Lucille Pearce and Althea Pitre; sons, Eric William Davies and Charles Raymond Davies Jr.; and granddaughters, Amelia and Crystal Quigley....
Philip 'Phil" Benoit
Mar 21, 2014
Philip Phil Benoit,58, passed away peacefully on March 21, 2014 in his home. Philip was born in Jennings, LA and has been a Sulphur resident for over 30 years. He worked as a welder for the past 34 years and was a member of the Local 798. He raised and trained quarter horses, was a member of the rodeo team...
Rogers Louis Simon
Mar 20, 2014
Rogers Louis Simon, 91passed away on March 20, 2014 in his residence. Rogers worked as a game warden at Sabine Wildlife Refuge in Cameron Parish. He was a great outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish.
Rogers is survived by his three sons, Bryant Simon and wife, Kathleen, Larry Simon and wife, Grace and Jim Simon and wife, Cathy;...
