Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Keith Wade Dartez
Aug 10, 2012
Keith Wade Dartez, 61, departed this world on Friday, August 10, 2012 as the result of injuries received in a car accident that same day.
Keith was born in Lake Charles on June 27, 1951 to the parents of Norman and Helen (Mosca) Dartez. He lived and worked the majority of his life in Lake Charles, where he worked for Chesson...
Henry Hebert
Aug 9, 2012
Henry Hebert, 55, of Lake Charles passed away Thursday, August 9, 2012.
Mr. Hebert was born in Abbeville, LA, lived most of his life in Crowley, LA and has lived the past nine years in Lake Charles. He was a graduate of Crowley High School. He worked in the Construction Industry having currently been employed with Southside Machine Works. He was...
Marvel L. Sonnier
Aug 9, 2012
Marvel (Vidrine) Sonnier, 75, of Lake Charles died on Thursday, August 9, 2012 in her residence with her loving family at her side.
Mrs. Sonnier was born on October 19, 1936 in Basile, LA and has lived in Lake Charles, LA for most of her life. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. She enjoyed spending time with her...
Percy Biagas
Aug 9, 2012
Percy Biagas, 83, was born July 7, 1929 in Lawtell, Louisiana to Ora Jean and Albert Biagas Sr. He entered into eternal life on Thursday, August 9, 2012 in a local hospital.
A resident of Lake Charles, Louisiana he was a member of St. Henry Catholic Church, Knights of Peter Claver, Knights of Columbus and choir member at Sacred Heart Catholic...
Cynthia Cindy Rector Stracner
Aug 9, 2012
"God has a new angel for his choir"
Cynthia "Cindy" Rector Stracner, 48, of Moss Bluff entered into Heaven Thursday, August 09, 2012 from a local hospital.
Mrs. Stracner was born in Crossville, TN, raised in Leesville and was a graduate of Leesville High School. She has lived nearly twenty years in Moss Bluff where she worked as an Licensed Insurance Agent...
Joel Rasharde Mouton, Jr.
Aug 8, 2012
Joe'l Rasharde Mouton, Jr., infant, born into Heaven, Wednesday August 08, 2012. Although his time on earth was so very brief, he will remain the heart of many, always.
He leaves to cherish his memory, his parents, Joe'l Rasharde Mouton, Sr. and Odelia Joseph Mouton, of Iowa; paternal grandmother, Telena Mouton of Houston; maternal grandmother, Lois Joseph of Iowa; paternal great-grandmother,...
George Alton Wolfe
Aug 8, 2012
George Alton Wolfe, 78, died Wednesday, August 8, 2012, in a local hospital, with his loving family at his side.
Born to Joseph Alton and Eva Mae Adaway Wolfe, Mr. Wolfe was a lifelong resident of Cameron Parish. Until 1967 he was an offshore tool engineer for Schlumberger for twelve years. He worked for 27 years as a tugboat captain for...
Jack David Shortt
Aug 7, 2012
Jack David Shortt, 77, of Lake Charles, LA died at 8:00 PM on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mr. Shortt was born November 11, 1934 in West Virginia, attended Lake Charles High School and was raised in the Baptist faith. He worked for ten years at KPLC as a camera operator, was a bookkeeper for V.J. Vending, and...
Debra Debbie Lynne Cardinal
Aug 7, 2012
Debra Lynne "Debbie" Johnson Cardinal, 55, of Moss Bluff, LA died at 3:25 AM on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 in her residence.
Mrs. Cardinal was born July 10, 1957 in Lake Charles, LA and has lived most of her life in Moss Bluff. She was a 1975 graduate of Sam Houston High School. She worked as a secretary for the Police...
Sidney Louis Trahan
Aug 7, 2012
Sidney Louis "T-Boy" Trahan, 26, of Lake Charles passed away Tuesday, August 07, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mr. Trahan was a lifelong resident of Lake Charles. He was a graduate of Parkview Baptist High School and worked as Security Guard at many businesses throughout the local area. During his younger years, he enjoyed fishing and football. He also enjoyed cooking,...
Ruth Bird Walker
Aug 7, 2012
Agnes Ruth Bird Walker, 82, of Lake Charles, LA, passed away in her home on the morning of Tuesday August 7, 2012. Ruth had been in hospice care for nearly a year and suffered with Alzheimer's disease. She was born March 13, 1930 in Marks, LA to Levert Bird and Elizabeth Marioneaux Bird. She had one sister Elizabeth Bird Mooney,...
Talivaldis Meijers
Aug 6, 2012
Talivaldis "Talis" Meijers, 85, of Lake Charles, LA died at his home on Monday, August 6, 2012.
Born in Rujiena, Latvia, on December 17, 1926 to Mila and Ernests Meijers, he was active in his youth in the Latvian resistance movement against the German and Russian invaders. Forced to leave his country after the Soviet occupation in WW II, he...
Rosalie Marie Royer
Aug 6, 2012
Rosalie Marie Royer, 84, of Lake Charles passed Monday, August 06, 2012 from the comfort of her daughter's home.
Mrs. Royer was born and raised in Lake Charles, lived twenty-two years in Jennings and forty years in Sulphur. She enjoyed embroidering, playing bingo and flower gardening. She and her husband Willis were very involved with V.F.W. Post 8107, both having served...
Donnie Edward Jackson
Aug 6, 2012
The angels sang as Donnie Edward Jackson departed this life according to God's appointed time on Monday, August 6, 2012 and went to receive the reward of his baptism.
Donnie Jackson, the first of one sister and three brothers was born June 19, 1940 to Beatrice and Allen Jackson of Shreveport, Louisiana.
He was blessed with knowing God and His word since...
James Farr Reed
Aug 5, 2012
The Reverend Dr. James Farr Reed, 81, born July 24, 1931, died Sunday, August 05, 2012.
Born in Bolton, Mississippi to Marguerite Farr Reed and Stevenson B. Reed, Dr. Reed grew up in Pinkneyville, Mississippi and attended school at Julius Freyhan High School in St. Francisville, Louisiana. He graduated from Louisiana State University with a BA in Physics. He worked as...
Joseph Roy Duhon
Aug 5, 2012
Colonel (ret USAF) Joseph Roy Duhon died on August 5, 2012, following a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM on Friday August 10, 2012 at Johnson Funeral Home, Lake Charles, LA. Rev. George (Sonny) Spurger will officiate. Interment will follow at Grand Lake Community Cemetery, Grand Lake, LA with full military honors. Visitation will be on...
Loree Joseph Cormier
Aug 5, 2012
Loree Joseph Cormier, 87, of Lake Charles passed away, Sunday, August 05, 2012 in his residence.
Mr. Cormier was a native and lifelong resident of Calcasieu Parish and worked as Warehouse Supervisor at Citgo for over thirty years retiring in 1988. He attended Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. Mr. Cormier was an avid outdoorsman enjoying fishing, duck hunting, gardening,...
Edwina Dennis
Aug 4, 2012
Edwina Mildred Aguillard Dennis, 88, of Lake Charles, LA died at 11:35 AM on Saturday, August 4, 2012 in a local care facility.
Mrs. Dennis was born July 25, 1924 in Eunice, LA and lived in Lake Charles for most of her life. She worked as a supervisor for the clothing chain, Kenwin Dress Shop, for some thirty years. She was...
