Obituaries

Wayne Wright

Wayne Wright

Apr 15, 2017

Obituary not available.

Donna G. Owers

Donna G. Owers

Apr 14, 2017

Donna Owers was born October 9, 1956 in Dallas, Texas and passed from a sudden illness April 14, 2017 in Bossier City, LA. She was a dedicated mother and grandmother who enjoyed spending time with family and friends. She also loved rescuing homeless animals and had many friends of her children who were treated like they were her own. She...

Verna Melohn

Verna Melohn

Apr 14, 2017

Verna Lee Melohn, 70, lived in Ivan, LA. She passed away on April 14, 2017, Good Friday, due to complications with her lung disease. A celebration of life will be held at a later date at the residence of the family. Verna was born in Santa Ana, CA, to Clair Connor and Vina Geraldine Baldridge Underwood. She was the oldest...

Joan Elizabeth Wassenhove

Joan Elizabeth Wassenhove

Apr 10, 2017

Joan Elizabeth Wassenhove, 85, passed away after a lengthy illness on April 10th, 2017. She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Louis Wassenhove and by a daughter Linda Coons. She is survived by a brother and sister-in-law, Ronald and Joanne Cardis of Hudson, NY; her daughter and son-in-law, Deborah Wassenhove-McCarthy and Kevin McCarthy of Shreveport, Louisiana; her daughter...

Nellie Ruth Eddy Isler

Nellie Ruth Eddy Isler

Apr 9, 2017

Shreveport-Nellie Ruth Eddy Isler was born in Frenchtown, New Jersey on April 21, 1916. Ruth entered into eternal rest on April 9, 2017, just twelve days shy of 101 years. Ruth had fond memories of her younger years in that small town on the Delaware River. She was an avid tennis player, swimmer, basketball player and graduated Valedictorian of her...

Barbara C. Davis

Barbara C. Davis

Apr 9, 2017

Graveside services will be held at the Northwest Louisiana Veterans Cemetery.

Betty Moore

Betty Moore

Apr 1, 2017

Obituary not available.

William George DeSoto

William George DeSoto

Mar 31, 2017

William George DeSoto, 79, passed away peacefully in the presence of his family March 31, 2017. Services celebrating his life were held at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at Boone Funeral Home, Shreveport. Pastor Tommy Allen of Lighthouse Baptist Church officiated. Interment followed in Northwest Louisiana Veterans Cemetery. Bill was preceded in death by his parents, William G....

William Steel

William Steel

Mar 25, 2017

Obituary not available.

Cecil R. Strickland

Cecil R. Strickland

Mar 25, 2017

Services for Cecil Ray Strickland, 81, will be held Monday, April 3, at 10:30 AM at Asbury United Methodist Church, 3200 Airline Drive, Bossier City, LA, under the direction of Rev. Ken Norton and assisted by Rev. Matt Rawls and Rev. Tim Barnes. Cecil began his journey home Sunday morning after a sudden illness. Cecil was a lifelong resident of...

John W. Lepenski

John W. Lepenski

Mar 24, 2017

Bossier City - The family of John W. "Bill" Lepenski will receive friends at Boone Funeral Home on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 between 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Bill passed March 24, 2017 following a brief illness. He was raised in Ft. Worth and still has family and friends in that area. During vacations, he often devoted his time working...

Chevillette M. Bush

Chevillette M. Bush

Mar 23, 2017

Obituary not available.

Frank Edward Turner

Frank Edward Turner

Mar 20, 2017

Frank Edward Turner, born November 1, 1955, went to be with his Savior on March 20, 2017 at the age of 61. He was born in Kansas City, MO, and was a resident of Shreveport-Bossier for 44 years. Frank was known for his tireless work ethic - he was employed as an insulator for 13 years before returning to school...

Gary Curtis Coffelt

Gary Curtis Coffelt

Mar 16, 2017

Gary Curtis Coffelt "Curt", 27, of Greenwood, La went to be with the Lord on March 14, 2017. Curt was born a miracle baby on April 24, 1989 in Shreveport, La to Sheryl McCoy Flores and Carlton "Mike" Flores. Curt is preceded in death by his dad Mike Flores, grandparents Lula Mae and Edward Flores, great grandparents Curtis and Nellie...

Richard Garrett

Richard Garrett

Mar 12, 2017

Obituary not available.

Margaret Montgomery Toland

Margaret Montgomery Toland

Mar 9, 2017

Margaret Rose Montgomery was born in New Orleans, LA on May 7, 1945 to Marguerite Nuccio Montgomery & John Alden Montgomery and departed this earthly life on March 9, 2017 in Shreveport where she had lived since Katrina in 2005. Margaret grew up in New Orleans where she graduated from Fornier High School then attended NSU, studying music and drama....

Sam A. Windham

Sam A. Windham

Mar 7, 2017

Samuel Arthur Windham passed away March 7, 2017. Mr. Windham was born July 16, 1932, in White Oake, Mississippi, to Marshall T. Windham and Mary D. Windham. He served in the Korean War and received three Purple Heart medals. Mr. Windham married Joyce Woodruff on November 27, 1952, in Bentonia, Mississippi, and they moved to Louisiana in 1954. After 34...

Jackie Ainsworth

Jackie Ainsworth

Mar 5, 2017

Obituary not available.

Lainie C Dominguez

Lainie C Dominguez

Mar 3, 2017

On August 31,1970 eight airmen in Keflavik, Iceland worked all night to improvise an incubator aboard a P-3C Orion, an anti-submarine surveillance aircraft, to fly a 10 week premature baby weighing only 3 pounds 2 ounces to Wiesbaden, Germany. That tiny baby, Lainie Christine Dominguez, spent the next two months in a Wiesbaden hospital until she was healthy enough to...