Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Ester Louise Grueber
May 16, 2012
Esther Louise Grueber, 95, of Lake Charles died at 9:00 PM on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 in a local care facility.
Mrs. Grueber was born on November 4, 1916 in New Ulm, TX. She lived her life in Corpus Christi before moving to Lake Charles five years ago. Mrs. Grueber graduated from high school in Alice, TX and attended Texas...
Gregory Arthur Gillard
May 16, 2012
Gregory Arthur Gillard, 53 of Sulphur passed away on May 16, 2012 in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held on Friday, May 18, 2012 at 10 a.m. at Robison Funeral Home Chapel in Sulphur, LA with Rev. Steve Shirley officiating. Burial will be in Mimosa Pines Cemetery in Carlyss, LA under the direction of Robison Funeral Home. The...
Justin Robert Rogers
May 16, 2012
Justin Robert Rogers, 23, passed away on May 16, 2012 ending a long, hard fought battle with muscular dystrophy.
Born April 16, 1989 to parents, Peggy Rogers and Robert Rogers. This young man touched many, many lives His wit and humor can only be matched by his courage shown during the day to day misery of this dreadful disease
The love and...
Betty J. Suire
May 16, 2012
Betty J. Suire, 74, of Topsy, LA died at 6:15 PM on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 in a Lake Charles hospital.
Mrs. Suire was born February 13, 1938 in Abbeville, LA and was a 1955 graduate of Abbeville High School. She was a member of the Catholic faith and has lived in Topsy, LA since 1986. She loved to crochet and...
Charles Louis Lyons
May 16, 2012
Charles Louis Lyons, 90, of Lake Charles died at 7:14 PM on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mr. Lyons was born on September 24, 1921 in Lake Charles, LA and lived here all of his life. He was a veteran of World War II serving in the U.S. Army as an Infantry Soldier. He was a member of...
Jewel Paulette Lafleur
May 15, 2012
Jewel Lafleur Paulette, 51, of Lake Charles died Tuesday May 15, 2012.
Ms. Lafleur was born September 19, 1960 in Beaumont,Texas. She live mmost of her life in Lake Charles. Jewel was a graduate of Lagrange High School, and also a graduate from Southern Nazarene University. She was known for her Arts and Crafts, and loved being around friends and family....
Peggie Ann Mcgee Jones
May 15, 2012
Peggie Ann McGee Jones, 72, of Lake Charles, LA died at 12:50 PM on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 in a Lafayette hospital.
Mrs. Jones was born July 4, 1939 in Lake Charles, LA, where she has lived all of her life. She was a graduate of LaGrange High School and previously owned a daycare in her home. She was a top...
Norman Lee Hornsby
May 15, 2012
Norman Lee Hornsby, 83, of Lake Charles died at 8:00 PM on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 in a local care facility with his loving family at his side.
Mr. Hornsby was born on August, 17, 1928 in Sweet Lake, Louisiana. He lived most of his life in Lake Charles. Norman was a 1945 graduate of Lake Charles High School. Mr. Hornsby...
Robert Lee Saunier
May 14, 2012
Robert Lee Saunier, 53 of Sulphur, passed away in his residence. A grave-side service will be held on Friday, May 18, 2012 at 1 p.m. at Mimosa Pines Cemetery in Carlyss, LA with Rev. Steve Shirley officiating under the direction of Robison Funeral Home. Robert was a native and life-long resident of Sulphur. After graduating from Sulphur High, he worked...
Benjamin M. Talbot, Ii
May 13, 2012
Benjamin Maxwell Talbot, II, 83, of Lake Charles passed away Sunday May 13, 2012 in the comfort of his home with his family. He was born Oct. 26, 1928, the second of twins in the family home on East Broad Street in Lake Charles, LA.
Mr. Talbot was a lifelong resident of Lake Charles. He was a 1949 graduate of...
Jerel Wayne Gutgsell
May 12, 2012
Jerel Wayne Gutgsell, 24, of Lake Charles died at 5:17 PM on Saturday, May 12, 2012 in a motorcycle accident.
Jerel was born on February 23, 1988 in Tioga, LA and lived all of his life in Lake Charles. He was a graduate of Barbe High School and was a journeyman electrician.
He was an avid hunter and fisher. He had a...
Irma Evon Graves
May 12, 2012
Evon, 80, of Sulphur, passed away on May 12, 2012.
Beloved wife of Ray for 59 years; Dearest mother of Mona (Jim) Lausch of Novi, Michigan; and Kathy (Gerard) Webster of Garland, Texas; Loving grandmother of Natalie Webster and Eric and Anna Lausch.
There will be a gathering of friends and family at 9:00 AM on Saturday, May 19, 2012...
Glenn H. Barnhill
May 12, 2012
Glenn H. Barnhill, 94, passed away on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at Rosewood Rehabilitation Facility.
Born in Marthaville, Louisiana, to Robert Franklin and Minnie Ola Ingram Barnhill, Glenn served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the Pacific Theatre aboard the destroyer, the USS Bassett. He and his shipmates assisted in the rescue of the servicemen who...
Rose Grace Jelly Lady Lofaso Brocat Cooper
May 11, 2012
Rose Grace Lofaso Brocato Cooper, 89, of Lake Charles died at 9:51 AM on Friday, May 11, 2012 in her residence.
Mrs. Cooper was born on August 6, 1922 in Lake Charles, LA. As a young woman she worked as a car hop for Joseph's Drive-In, did clerical work for Magnolia Life Insurance Company for three years, was a secretary to...
Virgil Perry Hamberlin
May 10, 2012
Virgil Perry Hamberlin, 86, died Thursday, May 10, 2012, in a local hospital.
Born, raised and educated in Colfax, LA and has lived the past forty-five years in Lake Charles. Mr. Hamberlin served his country in the U. S. Navy during World War II in the Pacific Theater. Following his tour of duty, he made Lake Charles his home. He was...
Ferdinand J. Hebert
May 8, 2012
Ferdinand J. Hebert, 84, of Lake Charles died at 7:16 PM on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mr. Hebert was born on September 8, 1927 in Cankton, LA and lived in Lake Charles for the past 60 years. He served in the U.S. Navy and was a member of American Legion Post #1. He worked many years for...
Ferdinand J. Hebert
May 8, 2012
Ferdinand J. Hebert, 84, of Lake Charles died at 7:16 PM on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mr. Hebert was born on September 8, 1927 in Cankton, LA and lived in Lake Charles for the past 60 years. He served in the U.S. Navy and was a member of American Legion Post #1. He worked many years for...
Edith Marie Harrington Lyons
May 7, 2012
Edith Marie Harrington Lyons, 90, of Lake Charles died at 6:35 AM on Monday, May 07, 2012 in her residence.
Mrs. Lyons was born on December 18, 1921 in Kaplan, LA and lived in Lake Charles for the past 66 years. She worked many years as a volunteer for St. Margaret Catholic Church where she belonged to the Ladies Altar Society....
Arlene Adaway Queen Fontenot
May 6, 2012
Arlene "Queen" Adaway Fontenot, born Arlene Jacklyn Price, 59, died Sunday, May 06, 2012 in a local hospital.
Born in Philadelphia, PA, to Laudice and Martha Litwack Price, Arlene graduated from South Philadelphia High School. In 1976, she moved to Westlake, Louisiana, and she made that community her home. She worked in those early years as a telephone operator for South...
Charles Wilson Blake
May 6, 2012
Charles Wilson Blake, 81 of Sulphur passed away on May 6, 2012 in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 11 a.m. at Robison Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Steve Shirley officiating. Burial will be in Mimosa Pines Cemetery in Sulphur, LA under the direction of Robison Funeral Home. The family will receive...
