Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
James Glen Croker
Aug 23, 2011
James "Glen" Croker, 77, of Lake Charles died Tuesday, August 23, 2011 in a local healthcare facility.
Mr. Croker was a lifelong resident of Lake Charles and a graduate of LaGrange Senior High School. He served the United States Army. He worked as an Outside Sales Representative, many years for Hebert Lumber Company, having retired after fifteen years with Cintas. During...
Shirley Mae Rhoden
Aug 23, 2011
Shirley Mae Rhoden, 57, of Lake Charles died at 5:57 PM on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 in a local hospital.
Mrs. Rhoden was born on October 7, 1953 in Houston, TX and lived in Lake Charles for the past 25 years.
She enjoyed many things in life, including crafts, crocheting, and she was an amateur interior decorator. Mrs. Rhoden loved her family...
Marilyn Guzman Bourque
Aug 22, 2011
Marilyn Guzman Bourque, 65, of LeBleu Settlement passed away at 9:14 PM, Monday, August 22, 2011 in a local hospital.
She was a native and life resident of the Lake Charles area. Mrs. Bourque worked many years as Secretary of the Pipeline Construction Local #692 and retired from Sears. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.
Survivors include her...
Ruby Rae Richard
Aug 21, 2011
Mrs. Ruby Rae Richard, 86, slipped away peacefully into eternal rest during the late evening hours of August 21, 2011.
Mrs. Richard was born to the late Raleigh and Mary Louise Spell on April 15, 1925, the oldest of twelve children. She wed the late Mr. Warner "Pie" Richard on May 30, 1941 and they resided in Lake Charles. Their sixty-nine...
L. Irene Platt Stewart
Aug 21, 2011
"Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith and not by sight. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body and be present with the Lord. 2 Corinthians 5:6-8
L. Irene Platt Stewart, 81, of Lake Charles,...
Doris Ann Manuel
Aug 21, 2011
Doris Ann Manuel, 68, of Sulphur, passed away on August 21, 2011. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 10 am at Robison Funeral Home Chapel with Deacon Johnny Mounce officiating. Burial will follow in Big Woods Cemetery. Visitation will begin on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 from 3 pm " 9 pm at Robison Funeral Home...
Johnny Ellender
Aug 20, 2011
Johnny Ellender, 61, of Sulphur, passed away on August 20, 2011. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 11 am at Robison Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Lonnie Gothrup officiating. Burial will follow in Mimosa Pines Cemetery, Carlyss, Louisiana. Visitation will begin on Monday, August 22, 2011 from 10 am " 9 pm at Robison Funeral...
Warner Ray Bertrand
Aug 20, 2011
Warner R. Bertrand, 82, of Lake Charles died at 1:16 PM on Saturday, August 20, 2011 in his residence.
Mr. Bertrand was born on July 19, 1929 in the town of Sulphur, LA. He was a graduate of LaGrange Sr. High School and attended college at Southwest Mississippi Jr. College on a football scholarship. Mr. Bertrand served his country in the...
Jordynn Jade Schiele
Aug 18, 2011
Jordynn Jade Schiele, infant daughter of JoLynn Johnson and Preston Schiele went to be with the angels on Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 10:10 PM in a Lake Charles hospital.
Jordynn was loved and will be missed by all.
Those left to cherish her memory are her parents; her grandparents, Tammy and Donny Johnson of Westlake and Pamela and Stanley Schiele of...
Charlotte Levingston Metcalf
Aug 18, 2011
Charlotte Levingston Metcalf, 62, of Lake Charles entered into eternal rest on Thursday, August 18, 2011.
A lifelong resident of Lake Charles, but recently a resident of Lafayette, Charlotte was born to William Edward and Gloria Loraine Levingston. She was a 1967 graduate of Lake Charles High School and a true LCHS Wildcat. She had friends all over America and she...
William (Billy) Cryer
Aug 18, 2011
William (Billy) Cryer, 80, of Sulphur, passed away on August 18, 2011. Funeral services will be held on Monday, August 22, 2011 at 10 am at Robison Funeral Home with Minister Brian Spicer officiating. Burial will follow in Mimosa Pines Cemetery, Carlyss, LA. Visitation will begin on Sunday, August 21, 2011, from 4 pm " 8 pm at Robison Funeral...
John Dee Becton
Aug 17, 2011
John Dee Becton, 62, of Lake Charles died at 2:00 AM on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 in a local care facility.
Mr. Becton was born in New Orleans, LA on June 9, 1949. He was raised in Westlake where he was a graduate of Westlake High School. He then moved to Moss Bluff where he lived for the next 30 years....
Michael Lawrence Babineaux
Aug 17, 2011
Michael Lawrence Babineaux, 60, of Moss Bluff, LA died on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at his residence after a courage battle with cancer.
Michael was born March 8, 1951 in Lake Charles, LA, where he lived all of his life. He was a graduate of LaGrange High School and McNeese State University, and proudly served his country in the U.S. Army....
Mary L. Tillie Martin
Aug 16, 2011
Mary Lou "Tillie" Snider Martin, 81, died Tuesday, August 16, 2011, in a local hospital.
Born in Buckner, Arkansas, Mrs. Martin lived most of her life in Lake Charles. She was a homemaker and a member of University Baptist Church and their JOY Club, "Just Older Youth."
She is survived by one son, Claude Dennis Martin of Lake Charles; sister-in-law Irene...
Harold Lee Hal Spears Ii
Aug 16, 2011
Harold Lee "Hal" Spears, II, 53, of Lake Charles passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2011 in a local hospital.
Mr. Spears was a lifelong resident of Lake Charles and a graduate of Barbe High School. He worked nearly thirty years as an Electrician, having been employed by Montgomery Electric and LA Solaray. He was grateful to Perry Vincent of Solaray, a...
Beverly Gayle Tilley
Aug 15, 2011
Beverly Gayle Tilley, 76, of Sulphur, passed away on August 15, 2011 in her residence. Funeral service will be held on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 10a.m. at Robison Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Don Walker officiating. Burial will be in Mimosa Pines Cemetery in Carlyss, LA under the direction of Robison Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on...
Grady Virgil Fruge
Aug 14, 2011
On Earth she was a living saint and angel. She prayed her rosary twenty four hours a day seven days a week. Mrs. Fruge was called home by her Holy Father, Sunday morning, August 14, 2011 at 1:00 AM.
Mrs. Fruge was born October 17, 1921 to Quincy Odom and Lillian Blanchard Odom in Mamou, LA. She was the eldest...
Arthur J. Singer, Jr.
Aug 14, 2011
Arthur J. "Bubba" Singer, Jr., 78, of Lake Charles passed away Sunday, August 14, 2011.
Mr. Singer was born in Breaux Bridge, LA and was raised and educated in New Iberia and Lake Charles. He was a graduate of Landry High School where he was an athlete, having excelled in Track and Field. Mr. Singer worked over forty years for United...
Iain Lewis
Aug 13, 2011
Iain Fitzgerald Lewis, 40, of Moss Bluff passed away from this life Saturday, August 13, 2011 in his residence.
Iain was born in Jinotepe, Nicaragua on April 5, 1971. He moved to the United States with his family in 1978 and lived in Florida , Colorado and Kansas until he graduated from Western High School in Wichita , Kansas . He...
