Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
L. C. Welch, Jr.
Jan 5, 2013
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith. (2Timothy 4:7)
L.C. Welch left this earth on Saturday, January 05, 2013 and entered eternity, to forever be with his LORD and Savior. He was born on October 3, 1931 in Mont Belvieu, Texas to Cleo and Oma Welch. A graduate of Robert E. Lee...
Ernie Little
Jan 4, 2013
Ernie Little 72, slipped away on Friday, January 04, 2013. A native of Hackberry, born there on September 30,1940. A fourth generation cattleman, Ernie carried on the family tradition of raising cattle with his sons and grandchildren. Ernie loved all things western. Ernie was the 1959 Louisiana High School All Around Cowboy. He was a founder of the Hackberry High...
Alvin Breaux
Jan 3, 2013
Alvin Breaux, 65, of Hayes passed away at his residence with his family at his side, Thursday, January 3, 2013.
Alvin was born in Jennings to Ferman and Armine (Latiolas) Breaux on December 23, 1947. He was a lifelong resident of the Hayes area and graduated from Bell City High. He was a life member of St. John Vianney Catholic Church...
Carole Vernier
Jan 3, 2013
Carole Yvonne Nugent Vernier, 67, of Lake Charles passed away Thursday, January 03, 2013 in a local hospital.
Mrs. Vernier was born in Minneapolis, MN to Harlan and Beverly William Rose. She has lived fifty-six years in Lake Charles. She was a graduate of Lake Charles High School and completed further education in Secretarial and Office skills. She worked for the...
Barbara Jean Salvo
Jan 2, 2013
Barbara Jean White Salvo, 78, of Lake Charles, died Wednesday January 2, 2013 in a local care center.
She was born in Lake Charles, LA on March 21, 1935 to Jesse James (Jay) and Verna Verue White. She was a property manager, office manager and homemaker.
Preceding her in death was her beloved companion Talivaldis Talis Meijers. Those left to...
Diana A. Mcmanus
Jan 2, 2013
Diana A. McManus, 70, of Lake Charles, Louisiana died at 9:56 PM, Wednesday January 2, 2013 in her residence with her loving family at her side.
Mrs. McManus was born in Mamou, Louisiana on May 17, 1942 to the parents of Hazel and Saris Aucoin. She was a 1960 graduate of Mamou High School and she attended McNeese State University. She...
Evelyn Brown Mancuso
Jan 2, 2013
Evelyn Brown Mancuso, 89, of Lake Charles passed away Wednesday, January 02, 2013 in a local hospital.
Mrs. Mancuso was born in Albuquerque, NM, raised in Winslow, AZ and has lived sixty five years in Lake Charles. Mrs. Mancuso was an accomplished artist and member of Associated Louisiana Artists, Inc. Her works were featured in the Acadian Art Gallery. She enjoyed...
Joseph Lowenthal
Jan 2, 2013
Joseph Lowenthal, 87, of Lake Charles, passed peacefully Wednesday January 2, 2013 in his home.
A native of Lexington, Kentucky, he was born June 29, 1925 to Manual and Sarah Jacobs Lowenthal. He honorably served our country during World War II in the 274th Infantry in Europe, and was involved in the Battle of the Bulge. A longtime resident of Lake...
Matthew Vaughn Crochet
Jan 2, 2013
Matthew Vaughn Crochet, 36, of Moss Bluff, LA, died at 7:55 AM on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 in a Lafayette hospital.
Matthew was born November 14, 1976 in Lake Charles, LA, and lived most of his life in Westlake, LA, where he was a 1994 graduate of Westlake High School. He served his country in the U.S. Marine Corp and worked...
Roy Lee Dear
Jan 2, 2013
Roy Lee Dear, 60, of Westlake, LA died at 12:57 AM on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 in a local hospital.
Mr. Dear is survived by his mother, Lozie Bennett Dear of Westlake; sisters, Geraldine Ferguson of Lake Charles, Patricia Ann Quinn of Orangefield, TX, Wanda McGee of Westlake, LA, and Brenda Dear Johnson and husband Wallace of Lake Charles; brother, John...
Harold L. Ney
Jan 1, 2013
Harold Lynn Ney, 78, of Lake Charles, LA passed away on Tuesday, January 1, 2013.
Mr. Ney was born September 13, 1934 in Lake Charles, LA and was a 1953 graduate of LaGrange High School. He attended McNeese State University and served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He began his career at Gulf States Utilities in...
Meredith Miller
Jan 1, 2013
Mary Joyce Miller, known by her friends as Meredith, went peacefully to her rest surrounded by her loving family at home in the evening January 1, 2013. She was born October 4, 1926, in Little Rock, Arkansas.
She was the only child and darling of Rosamond Dietz and John Maxwell Sloan.
Mary's father died when she was 10 years old....
Martin Joseph Corbello
Dec 31, 2012
Martin Joseph Corbello, 73, of Lacassine died at 11:37 PM on Monday, December 31, 2012 in Kingwood, TX.
Visitation will be Saturday, January 5, 2013 at Lacassine Community Center from 12:00 PM until 3:00 PM. Interment will follow at Lacassine Cemetery under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home.
Loney Rita East
Dec 31, 2012
Loney Rita East, 92, passed away on December 31, 2012 in New Orleans, LA at Ochsner West Bank Medical Center. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at Robison Funeral Home Chapel at 10 a.m. with Deacon Johnny Mounce officiating. Burial will follow at Mimosa Pines Cemetery, Carlyss, LA. Visitation will be from 8:00 am until time...
Emma Trahan
Dec 30, 2012
Emma Louise Morris Trahan, 53, of Starks, LA died at 10:45 PM on Sunday, December 30, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mrs. Trahan was born March 5, 1959 in Lake Charles and has lived in Starks for almost 30 year. She ran Trahan's Hardware with her husband for fourteen years and then worked at Wal-Mart in customer service for fifteen years....
George Pervick Guillory, Sr.
Dec 30, 2012
A resident of Lake Charles, he passed away at home on Sunday, December 30, 2012, at the age of 83.
He was a retired truck driver and former Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Deputy. He enjoyed his livestock. Mr. Guillory was formerly a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Knights of St. Peter Claver 31 Sacred Heart Council, St. Martin...
Jace Lee Duncan
Dec 29, 2012
Jace Lee Duncan, 7 week old infant of Jeremiah Lee Duncan and Vanessa Marie Aguilera of Sulphur, died suddenly Saturday December 29, 2012 at his home.
Jace was born in Lake Charles on November 5, 2012.
He is survived by his mother of Sulphur, father, of Lake Charles, a brother, Kiley Willium Duncan, Sulphur; maternal grandparents, Brandy Teel Na Na...
Sally Joan Spees Talbot
Dec 29, 2012
Sally Joan Spees Talbot, 83, of Lake Charles passed away at 11:58 PM Friday, December 28, 2012 in her home with her loving family at her side.
Mrs. Talbot was born in Oklahoma City on December 16, 1929 to the parents of Ernestine and Adrian Spees. She grew up in Indiana and moved to Sulphur in 1946. She graduated from Sulphur...
Lucien Joseph L. J. Knoblock
Dec 29, 2012
Lucien Joseph L.J. Knoblock, 80, of Lake Charles passed away Saturday, December 29, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mr. Knoblock was born in Fannett, TX to Lucien L. and Annie Mott Knoblock. He was raised in Texas and was a graduate of Nederland High School. He served the United States Navy Reserves. Mr. Knoblock worked most of his life as an...
Robert J. Bob Foret
Dec 29, 2012
Robert Joseph Bob Foret, 88, of Lake Charles died Saturday, December 29, 2012 in a local healthcare facility.
Bob was born in Bogalusa, Louisiana, on July 7, 1924. He attended Louisiana State University (LSU) and graduated from SLI (USL, now ULL) with a bachelor's degree in Education in 1950.
During his younger years, Bob enjoyed boat racing. He served as Commander of...
