Obituaries
Christopher Jacob
Jun 24, 2014
Christopher Chris Jay Jacob, native of Baton Rouge and resident of Prairieville, LA., passed away on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at the age of 52. He loved Nascar, cooking, and traveling in his motor home. Chris dedicated 33 years as a Divisional Manager at Cajun Industries. Chris is survived by his loving wife of 27 years, Christine Woodard Jacob...
Mary Betz
Jun 23, 2014
Mary Evelyn McKey Betz, a native of Centreville, MS and resident of Baton Rouge, LA, passed away on Monday, June 23, 2014 at the age of 71. She was a beautician until she became a mother. She loved to sew, craft, and work in her gardens. Marys real joy were her eight grandsons. She was a longtime member of...
Frances Walters
Jun 20, 2014
Frances Walters, native of Jersey City, NJ. and resident of Baton Rouge, LA. passed away on Friday, June 20, 2014, at the age of 78. She was an active member of Highland Oaks Congregation of Jehovah Witness in Baton Rouge. Frances is survived by her husband of 44 years, Hebert Walters daughter and soninlaw, Marylou and Terry Venable and...
Michelle Mcquillen
Jun 20, 2014
Michelle Jeanne McQuillen, resident of Baton Rouge and native of Kansas City, MO., passed away on Friday, June 20, 2014 at the age of 54. Michelle is survived by her spouse of eight years, Bridgit Bryant kid, Kelly Umberger and family brother and sisterinlaw, Michael and Mary McQuillen and their family mother, Jeanne M. Hays father, Roy McQuillen and...
Christina Bonanno
Jun 18, 2014
Christina M. Bonanno, passed away at her home surrounded by her family on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at 2:00 pm. Christina Tina Maranto Bonanno was born on December 25, 1913 to Sam and Camella Maranto. Tina is 100 years old. Preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Vincent Bonanno son, Patrick Bonanno, former Baton Rouge Chief of...
Wade Willie, Jr.
Jun 18, 2014
Wade Andrew Andy Willie, Jr. passed away on June 18, 2014 at the age of 71. Loving father and grandfather, he is survived by his children Brett F. Willie Jill and Erin W. Davis Joe, their mother Sheila F. Willie, and his grandchildren Foster, Simon and Samuel Willie, Moriah Bone and Owen Davis. Son of the late Wade Andrew...
Billie Schindler
Jun 17, 2014
She was born in Minden, Louisiana December 30, 1921. Mom met the love of her life Thomas W. Schindler in 1940 and spent the next 59 years with him until his death in 1999. Billie Jean was a loving and devoted mother, not only to her children, but to all who entered her home. She was survived by her...
Dennis Sommers
Jun 16, 2014
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain any more, for the former things have passed away. Revelation 21:4 Dennis Lloyd Sommers, 58, passed away on Monday, June 16, 2014. He was born in Baton Rouge, LA and was a resident of Central,...
David Richards
Jun 16, 2014
David Martin Richards, 46, passed away on Monday, June 16, 2014 at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. He was born in New Orleans, LA and a resident of Baton Rouge, LA. David loved fishing and hunting. A memorial service and burial will be held on Saturday, June 28, 2014 at Midway Baptist Church in Benton, MS...
Jacquelyn Whittington
Jun 16, 2014
A loving mother, daughter, sister and grandmother who spent her life caring for others. Jacquie, a lifelong resident of the Baton Rouge area, was a graduate of Our Lady of the Lake School of Nursing. Jacquie was a registered nurse at the Baton Rouge General Medical Center for 35 years and was working at Our Lady of the Lake...
Elsie Schott
Jun 14, 2014
Elsie Marion Margaret Fraatz Schott, devoted mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother, loyal friend and mentor to many, passed away on Saturday, June 14, 2014 in Baton Rouge after a brief illness. Elsie was born May 21, 1924 in Elizabeth, New Jersey to Charles J. and Elsie Krohn Fraatz, and married the late Henry K. Schott on January 31, 1943. The Schotts...
Jeffrey Fowler
Jun 12, 2014
Jeffrey Keith Fowler born March 24, 1980, passed away peacefully Thursday, June 12, 2014 at 4pm surrounded by family and friends at the age of 34. Jeff graduated with three degrees from BRCC. He was a student in the engineering program at LSU when progressive Multiple Sclerosis curtailed his future plans. Jeff was such an inspiring young man that...
Cynthia Roland
Jun 12, 2014
Cynthia Diane Hudgins Roland, native of Baton Rouge and resident of Greenwell Springs, passed away on Thursday, June 12, 2014 at the age of 57 after a hard fought battle with cancer. She loved reading, watching Duck Dynasty, and especially enjoyed watching her grandsons baseball games. Cynthia was a loving and caring wife, mother, grandmother, and sister. She is...
William Hall
Jun 12, 2014
Resthaven Gardens of Memory and Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Darlene Redd
Jun 12, 2014
Darlene Coddington Redd, of Baton Rouge, died June 12, 2014 of breast cancer. Born in Painesville, Ohio, she was sixtyfour and a retired accountant for the State. She is survived by her husband, Richard Redd two stepsons, Randall Alex Redd and Richard Michael Redd and his wife Christa their sons, Garrett and Emmitt her mother, Audrey Coddington a twin...
Rayetta Kayda
Jun 12, 2014
Rayetta Jean Burks Kayda, 83, passed away on Thursday, June 12, 2014 at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge. She was born in Seminole, Oklahoma and a resident of Baton Rouge, LA. Jean was a housewife that worked part time as a preschool and grammar school teacher and coach for St. Aloysius School. She...
Grady Bullock, Sr.
Jun 10, 2014
Grady E. Bullock, Sr., was born on June 4, 1933, and passed away on June 10, 2014, surrounded by his family. He was 81 years old and a longtime resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He grew up on a farm outside of Hazlehurst, Mississippi, as one of eleven children to Samuel and Lottie Griffith Bullock. After serving in the...
Richard Louque
Jun 9, 2014
Richard Joseph Louque, resident of Baton Rouge, LA., passed away on Monday, June 9, 2014 at the age of 50. He was an avid fisherman and hunter. Richard never met a stranger and always had a smile on his face. He is survived by his wife of 21 years, Pam Dugas Louque mother, Anne Lieux Louque twin sons, Tyler...
Marie Major
Jun 9, 2014
Marie Louise Major, native of New Roads and resident of Baton Rouge, passed away on Monday, June 9, 2014 at the age of 80. She trained as a registered nurse at the Charity Hospital of New Orleans and had a 40 year career caring for those in need. Marie is survived by her sister, Doris Major Baugh nieces, Carol...
Leo Hanna
Jun 8, 2014
Leo B. Hanna, 95, passed away on Sunday, June 8, 2014 at. He was born in Acy, LA and a resident of Pierre Part, LA. Leo proudly served in WWII and the U.S. Coast Guard. He later retired from Exxon, where he worked in the lavatory unit. Leo was an avid lover of wildlife and nature. He is survived...
