Obituaries
Alyce Davis
Feb 2, 2013
Alyce Taylor Davis 89 a resident of Baton Rouge, LA and a native of Melville, LA. She passed away on Saturday February 2, 2013. She is survived by daughter Jacquelyn McNamara, grandchildren and their spouses Chad and Nancy Clay, Corey and Nalynne Clay, Daniel McNamara, Jean and JR Bitzer and Elizabeth and Rob Fielder great grandchildren Jackson Bitzer, Will...
John Roshto
Feb 1, 2013
John T. Roshto native of Pineville, La and resident of Baton Rouge, La passed away on Friday, February 1, 2013 at the age of 89. Visitation will be held at Resthaven Funeral Home,11817 Jefferson Hwy, on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 from 9 am until funeral services at 11 am conducted by Dr. David Goza. He is survived by his...
Juanita Catha
Jan 28, 2013
A Christian, devoted wife, and a loving mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother, she passed away at age 83 on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, at her home at Oakwood Assisted Living in Zachary. Juanita, Neta, was born on Sept. 22, 1929, in Denham Springs, the second of four children. She graduated from Istrouma High School in 1946 and obtained a Bachelor...
Billy Laird Jr
Jan 26, 2013
Native and resident of Baton Rouge, LA passed away on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at the Carpenter House at the age of 61. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at Resthaven Funeral Home 11817 Jefferson Hwy from 10 am until funeral service at 12 noon. He is survived by his wife Liz Tilley daughter, Dana and...
Delia Thornton
Jan 26, 2013
A resident of Baton Rouge passed away on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at The Carpenter House. She was 97 years old. Visitation will be Wednesday, January 30, 2013 from 10 a.m. until the Service at 11 a.m. at Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Hwy., Baton Rouge, conducted by Father R. Kevin Kelly. She will be laid to rest at...
Joe Mckinley
Jan 26, 2013
A resident of Baton Rouge passed away on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at the age of 77. Visitation will be Sunday, January 27, 2013 from 5 pm to 8 pm at Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Hwy, Baton Rouge. A committal service on Monday, January 28, 2013 at 10 am at Resthaven Gardens of Memory. He is survived by...
Jessie Bumgarner
Jan 25, 2013
Jessie Toby Bumgarner, 89, a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She was a resident of Baton Rouge and a native of Stanton, TX passed away at Jefferson Manor Nursing Home on Friday January 25, 2013, Jessie was a very happy and selfgiving person. Visitation will be on Thursday January 31, 2013 at Parkview Baptist Church from 5:00pm until...
Gladys Bowles
Jan 24, 2013
A native of Robstown, Texas and longtime resident of Baton Rouge, she entered heavens gate on Thursday, January 24, 2013. She was 89. Jean was a faithful servant of the Lord and taught generations about Jesus Christ. She was loved dearly by her children, Billie Jean Bowles, Bill Bowles III, and Vera Bowles Harrell. She was preceded in death...
Charles Strother
Jan 23, 2013
Charles passed away peacefully in his home, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 2:15 pm in Baton Rouge, La., at the age of 70. He left the loving arms of his family and passed gently into the arms of his Lord and the waiting embrace of his son Darren. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Sharon Slaughter...
Bernard Leblanc
Jan 21, 2013
Bernard Barney LeBlanc passed away on Monday, January 21, 2013. He leaves to cherish his memory his wife of 56 years, Nettie Burleigh LeBlanc two daughters, and one son, Cindy Coates Melancon Kenny, Gwendolyn LeBlanc Bennett Danny, and Timothy Glen LeBlanc Linda one sister, Myra Melanson, and three brothers, Julien LeBlanc, Hewitt LeBlanc Genevieve, and Herman LeBlanc Mercedes six...
Marguerite Keas
Jan 21, 2013
Marguerite Keas passed away on Monday, January 21, 2013 at the age of 89. Native of Venice, CA, former resident of Dyer, TN and resident of Baton Rouge, LA since 2005. She is survived by her daughter and soninlaw, Barbara K. and James Dasch son and daughterinlaw, Stephen E and Kathy Keas four grandchildren, Jody Kling and husband Andy,...
Charles Bahlinger, Sr.
Jan 21, 2013
Charles Lawrence Bahlinger, Sr. passed away on Monday, January 21, 2013 at 5:00 a.m. Charlie, a native and resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was born on May 19, 1931, the sixth of nine children born to J. Andrew Bahlinger, Jr. and Mathilda Fabacher Bahlinger. He was a hardworking man of impeccable character, integrity and faith and was a loving...
Ray Duncan
Jan 20, 2013
His wonderful sense of humor, laughter and smile will be greatly missed. Gone but never forgotten. After a long and courageous battle with brain cancer Ray passed away on Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 10:20a.m., with his wife and family by his side at the age of 63. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, January 22, at Resthaven Funeral...
John Arceneaux
Jan 20, 2013
A resident of Baton Rouge, LA and native of Gonzales, LA passed away on Sunday, January 20, 2013, at 5:20 a.m. at his home. He was 74 years old and retired from Bordens Dairy. Visiting at Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Hwy., Baton Rouge, on Friday, January 25, 2013, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Visiting resumes at Most...
Harold Richard, Jr.
Jan 20, 2013
Harold P. Richard Jr. passed away on Sunday, January 20, 2013 at the age of 71. He is survived by his loving wife of 49 years, Christine Halstead Richard one daughter, Shari Richard two sisters, Anne Peterson and husband James and Patricia Porto and husband Frank three grandchildren, Stephanie Thornton, Kristi Reech, and Dustin Reech one greatgrandchild, Shelby Thornton....
Frances Calamia
Jan 20, 2013
Frances passed away on January, 20th, 2013 at the age of 81. She was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Louis Joseph Calamia, Sr. her mother and father, Rose Elizabeth Randazzo and Gerlando Messina and one soninlaw, J.B. Smith Sr. A devout Catholic, she graduated from St. Josephs Academy before attending a business college. Frances worked...
Betty Rusk
Jan 19, 2013
Betty Oldham Rusk passed away Saturday, January 19, 2013, at the age of 81. She is survived by husband, Henry, of 62 years, her children and their spouses Susan Rusk McElwee and husband, Kenny, of Frankfort, KY, Candy Rusk Jones and husband, Tracy, of Baton Rouge, Danny Rusk and wife, Julie, of Shelbyville, KY, and daughterinlaw, Lynn Valin Rusk,...
Mary Giroir
Jan 19, 2013
Mary Alice Giroir, resident of Baton Rouge, LA and native of Modeste, LA passed away on Saturday, January 19, 2013 at the age of 65. Visitation will be at Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Hwy on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 from 5:30 pm to 9 pm and will resume on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 from 9 am until Catholic...
Herschel Adcock, Sr.
Jan 18, 2013
Herschel Calvin Adcock, Sr. was born August 19, 1937 in Zebedee, Louisiana and passed away January 18, 2013 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was born on a sharecropping farm to Elmer T. and Jessie B. Adcock. The third of four sons, he spent his youth working the farm but vowing that he would have a settin down job when...
Gladys Sonntag
Jan 17, 2013
Gladys Betty Sonntag passed away on Thursday, January 17, 2013 as the result of an automobile accident. Betty was born October 10, 1922 in Mallard, Iowa. She met and married her husband Colonel ret. Willie H. Sonntag in Hobbs, New Mexico. Betty is survived by two daughters, Diane Smith and husband Frank, of Baton Rouge and Debbie Matos and...
