Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Betty Melancon Corrigan
Sep 2, 2013
Betty Louise Melancon Corrigan, 79, of Longville passed away Monday, September 2, 2013 in her residence.
She was born in Roanoke, LA and lived in Lake Charles many years prior to living in Port Arthur, TX. Mrs. Corrigan moved to Longville in 1991.
She is survived by her husband, Patrick G. Corrigan; daughters, Becky Parks of Indianapolis, Indiana, Brenda Greathouse and husband...
Joseph Carl Nicholas
Sep 2, 2013
Joseph Carl Nicholas, 81, of Lake Charles, LA died at 1:00pm on Labor Day, September 2, 2013 in a local healthcare facility.
Mr. Nicholas served the United States Air Force. He worked many years for Nabisco as a Sales Representative in the Food Service Industry.
He leaves to honor his memory, two daughters, Patricia Tarbell and husband, Tim of Austin, Texas and...
Mary Louise Dee Hanagriff Courville
Sep 2, 2013
Mary Louise Maddox Dee Hanagriff Courville, 76, of Lake Charles passed away and entered the gates of heaven at 3:40 AM Monday, September 2, 2013.
Mrs. Courville was born on April 8, 1937 to Rosa Crysel and Charles David Maddox in Bunkie, Louisiana. She has lived in Lake Charles since 1957. Mary was a graduate of Bunkie High School. Mary worked...
Frank Brown
Aug 30, 2013
Frank Brown, 88, of Lake Charles, LA, passed away Friday, August 30, 2013.
Mr. Brown lived most of his life in Lake Charles. He was a veteran of World War II, having served the United States Navy in combat in the Pacific. He was a graduate of Landry High School in Lake Charles and Bowling Green Business University in Bowling Green,...
Emily O. Cooke Kline
Aug 29, 2013
Emily Cooke Kline, 93, of Lake Charles, died on August 29, 2013 in a local hospital.
Mrs. Kline was born in Iowa, Louisiana on August 11, 1920, to John Fredrick and Edith May Lightner Cooke. She was very involved in community activities, having served as an active PTA member and a Bluebird and Campfire Mom. She was a longtime member...
Percy Joseph Fontenot
Aug 28, 2013
Percy J. Fontenot of Lake Charles, LA. passed away at 5:01am Wednesday, 28 August 2013 at a local hospital.
Mr. Fontenot was born on 4 June 1919 in Soileau, LA. to Dius and Octavia Fontenot. He was raised and lived in Oberlin LA. until 1953 when he moved to Lake Charles and lived until his passing.
In December 1941 he met...
Mary T. O'Carroll
Aug 28, 2013
Mary Teresa O'Carroll, 59, of Lake Charles passed away Wednesday, August 28, 2013.
Miss O'Carroll was born September 12, 1953 in Fairfield, CA to Peter Joseph O'Carroll and Florence Theresa Stanton O'Carroll. She lived most of her life in Lake Charles. She was a graduate of St. Louis Catholic High School, attained Nurses Aide Certification and worked many years as a...
Lucy Ann Mae Alleman Lamontagne
Aug 26, 2013
Lucy Ann Alleman Lamontagne, 88, died at 2:35 PM on Monday, August 26, 2013, in a VA care facility.
Born in Paincourtville, Louisiana, to Claiborne Alleman and Clementine Rodrigue Alleman, Mrs. Lamontagne served her country as a Practical Nurse in the U. S. Army from 1944 1951. It was during her service as a nurse at Walter Reed Army Hospital that...
Robert A. Bob Jantz
Aug 25, 2013
Robert Bob Jantz, 89, of Lake Charles died at 9:25 AM on Sunday, August 25, 2013 in a local care facility.
Bob was born on May 28, 1924 in Isabelle, OK. Bob was a 1942 graduate of DeRidder High School where he participated in football and track. In the fall of that year, he enrolled in Louisiana Normal College in Natchitoches,...
David Lee Dave Pittman
Aug 23, 2013
David Lee Dave Pittman, 62, of Lake Charles passed away Friday, August 23, 2013 in the comfort of his home.
Mr. Pittman was born in Youngstown, OH and was transferred from Pittsburg, PA to Lake Charles thirty five years ago. He was a Traffic Manager for over thirty years at PPG Industries and was involved with PPG Partners in Education at...
Thomas "Tommy" Reinsch
Aug 23, 2013
Thomas Tommy Reinsch, 66 of Sulphur passed away on August 23, 2013 in St. Lukes Medical Center. Tommy graduated from Abbeville, LA and worked as an instrument technician retiring from Air Liquide America. He was an avid LSU fan, loved to hunt, especially with his son Keith, fish, golf and coach recreational baseball. Tommy was a prankster at heart, a...
Roland Allen Manuel
Aug 23, 2013
Roland Allen Manuel, 83, of Lake Charles died at 2:30 PM Friday, August 23, 2013 surrounded by his children.
Mr. Manuel was born on January 25, 1930 in Basile, LA. He graduated from Basile High School where he played 1st string football. He and his wife Mildred Fontenot Manuel married in 1949. He and his wife, Mildred, moved to Lake...
Thelma Joyce Precht
Aug 23, 2013
Thelma Joyce Precht, 84, passed into eternal rest on August 23, 2013 at Ozark Riverview Manor in Ozark, Missouri.
Mrs. Precht was born in Port Arthur, TX on November 23, 1928. Her parents Placid and Ina Chesson welcomed her into the world as the middle child in their large, loving family. She resided in the Lake Area for most of...
Norma H. Garner
Aug 22, 2013
Norma Helen Garner, 80, of Lake Charles died at 7:15 AM Thursday, August 22, 2013 in a local care facility.
Mrs. Garner was a life- long resident of Lake Charles, Louisiana. Mrs. Garner worked at Sears as a cashier for fifteen years. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and mother-in-law. Mrs. Norma will always be remembered for her...
Lollion Tupper
Aug 22, 2013
Lollion Tupper, 27, of Ragley passed away on August 22, 2013.
Mrs. Tupper was born in Lake Charles, LA on April 22, 1986. She attended Sam Houston High School in Moss Bluff. She took pride in her job as an accomplished commercial and residential painter, working for Dannix. Lollion loved tending to her garden and mud riding with her husband, but...
Barbara Ann Hebert
Aug 22, 2013
Barbara Ann Hebert, 62, died in a local hospital on Thursday, August 22, 2013.
Barbara was born September 26, 1950 to Raymond Hebert and Beverly Campbell Hebert in Orange, Texas. She worked in education as a substitute teacher for many years. She loved playing pool, cooking, and enjoying the fellowship of friends and family. She was always the life of the...
Florence Farnsworth Koonce Rast
Aug 21, 2013
Florence Sister Farnsworth Koonce Rast, 94, of Westlake, LA died at 2:20 PM on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 in a local hospital.
Mrs. Rast was born May 12, 1919 in Lake Charles, LA, raised in Moss Bluff, lived in Port Acres, TX for a number of years before moving to Westlake, LA forty years ago. She was a member of the...
