Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Isidro Rafael Del Castillo Boronat
Feb 7, 2012
Isidro Rafael del Castillo Boronat, 86, of Lake Charles died on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mr. del Castillo was born on October 24, 1925 in Manzanillo, Cuba to Maria Teresa Boronat and Alfredo del Castillo Batista. He graduated high school in Cuba. Mr. del Castillo married in 1952 and began raising his two daughters in Cuba. In...
John Albert Woutila
Feb 6, 2012
John Albert Woutila, 75, of Lake Charles died at 1:40 PM on Monday, February 6, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mr. Woutila was born on April 7, 1936 in Long Island, NY. He joined the U.S. Air National Guard and served for 8 years before serving in the U.S. Air Force as a flight Engineer where he was known as "Flying...
Marjorie Cart Batchelor
Feb 6, 2012
Marjorie Cart Batchelor, 89, of Lake Charles passed away Monday, February 6, 2012 in a local hospital.
Marjorie was born on June 27, 1922 in Lake Charles, to the parents of Raoul and Addie Cart. She was a graduate of LaGrange High School. Marjorie lived in Sulphur for many years before she and her husband moved to Crossett, Arkansas to care...
Darren Sidney Armistead
Feb 5, 2012
Darren S. Armistead, 43, of Lake Charles passed away in his residence.
Darren was a native and lifelong resident of Lake Charles and attended McNeese State University. He worked as a Technician in the Air Conditioning-Refrigeration repair business.
He is survived by his father and step-mother, Sidney and Vada Armistead. Darren was preceded in death by his mother and step-father, Frances Simmons...
Arnaud A.J. Joseph Mire, Jr.
Feb 4, 2012
Arnaud "A. J." Joseph Mire, Jr., 95, of Lake Charles, LA died at 1:10 AM on Saturday, February 4, 2012 in a local care facility.
Mr. Mire was born September 1, 1916 in Port Arthur, TX. He served in the United States Navy aboard the USS Rawlins from 1944 to 1946. He worked as an Ironworker for Local #710 for forty-one...
Barbara Vidrine Isgitt Cardwell
Feb 4, 2012
Barbara Vidrine Isgitt Cardwell, 76 of Sulphur, passed away on February, 4, 2012 in a local nursing home. Funeral services will be held on Monday, February 6, 2012 at 2 p.m. at Robison Funeral Home Chapel with Craig Brown officiating. Burial will be the DeQuincy Masonic Cemetery in DeQuincy, LA. The family will receive friends on Sunday, February 5, 2012...
Maxine Clarice Harger
Feb 4, 2012
Maxine Clarice Blake Harger, 85 of Sulphur, passed away on February 4, 2012 in her residence. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 6 p.m. in Robison Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Brian Bo Harger officiating. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 2:30 p.m. in Biloxi National Cemetery in Biloxi,...
Wilma Lee Davis Bride
Feb 4, 2012
Wilma Lee Davis Bride, was born April, 2, 1933 in Cameron, LA to James Austin Davis and Martha "Tad" Meaux Davis and died in Lake Charles, LA on February 4, 2012 surrounded by those who loved her. She was a descendent of pioneer settlers of Cameron Parish including the Davis, Wakefield, Meaux, Welch, Rutherford and Yocum families.
Wilma attended Cameron Elementary...
Ocie Mcguire, Jr.
Feb 3, 2012
Ocie McGuire, Jr., 87 of Sulphur, passed away on February 3, 2012 in a local hospital surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held on Monday, February 6, 2012 at 10 a.m. at Robison Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Brian Spicer officiating. Burial will be in Mimosa Pines Cemetery North in Sulphur. The family will receive friends on Sunday,...
Marjorie Ruth Learn
Feb 2, 2012
Marjorie Ruth Learn, 92, of Lake Charles died Thursday February 2, 2012 at a local care facility.
Mrs. Learn was born in Scott's Bluff, Nebraska on February 20, 1919 to Isaac Newton Hughes and Lettie Rill Irion. She was a homemaker, having lived in San Mateo, CA moving to Byron, CA for 19 years before coming to Iowa, LA in...
Theophile Duplechain, Sr.
Feb 1, 2012
Theophile Duplechain Sr., 72, of Sulphur died at 1:43 PM Wednesday, February 1, 2012 in his residence with his loving family at his side.
Theophile was born in Church Point, Louisiana on December 31, 1939 to the parents of Cora and Alse Duplechain. He lived most of his life in the Lake Charles area most of his adult life. He...
Bell Marie Moss
Feb 1, 2012
Bell Marie Moss, 53, of Lake Charles died at 8 :10 AM, Wednesday, February 1, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mrs. Moss was born in Memphis, Tennessee and has lived in Lake Charles for the past 34 years. She was a Native American from the Wichita Tribe from Anadarko, Oklahoma. She received a certificate in Medical Assisting from a local technical...
David Squibb
Feb 1, 2012
David Squibb, 51 was a native of DeQuincy and a longtime Lake Charles resident. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, February 4, 2012 in Newlin Cemetery in Singer, LA. David is survived by his cousins, Kitty Squibb Oliver and husband, Michael of Sulphur, Kim Squibb Treme of Baytown, TX, Kristy Junior of Jacksonville, TX , Kary...
Dennis Paul Reed
Feb 1, 2012
Dennis P. Reed, Sr., 80, of Many, Louisiana died at 6:52 PM Wednesday, February 1, 2012 in a local hospital.
Dennis was born in Oakdale, Louisiana and was raised in Oberlin. He attended Oberlin High School. Dennis served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. Mr. Reed worked and retired as a boilermaker. He was a member of Boilermakers...
Brent Wickliffe Fenet Mcginley
Feb 1, 2012
BRENT WICKLIFFE FENET McGINLEY, age 71, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, passed away on Wednesday, February 1, 2012, in her residence, with her family by her side.
She was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on June 15, 1940, to Brent Wickliffe Fenet and Courtney Ashton Fenet. She was the granddaughter of Lydia Cooke Wickliffe and Robert Charles Wickliffe, of St. Francisville, Louisiana,...
Shirley Marcantel
Jan 31, 2012
Shirley Marlin Marcantel, 83, of Dequincy died at 5:05 AM on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 in his residence.
Mr. Marcantel was born on July 18, 1928 in Dequincy and was a graduate of Dequincy High School and also attended Sowela Technical Institute. He served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict. Mr. Marcantel was a retired postman. Following retirement, he...
Chin Doc Liang
Jan 30, 2012
Lake Charles --Chin passed away at home on January 30, 2012 after a long and heroic battle with cancer.
Chin was a native of Taiwan and he came to the United States in 1988 to pursue his Master's Degree at the University of Houston. On completing his studies there, Chin went to College Station to work on his Ph, D....
Robert Bob G. Dunn
Jan 30, 2012
Robert Guy "Bob" Dunn died on Monday, January 30, 2012, surrounded by family and friends in a circle of love. He was born on February 12, 1930, in Lake Charles to Freda and William J. Dunn, Sr. He grew up in Lake Charles attending Central School and graduating from Lake Charles High School in 1947. In 1952, he graduated from...
