2005 Obituaries, Surnames E , Cameron Parish, Louisiana Submitter Kathy Tell Date 03 Jan 2006 Source as noted with each obit LCAP indicates Lake Charles American Press ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** EAST, Mable Swire LCAP 11/02/05 Mable Swire East, 88, died at 10:15 a.m. Monday, Oct. 31, 2005, in a local care facility. Mrs. East was born Aug. 17, 1917, in North Island, (Grand Chenier). She lived most of her life Hackberry. She was a member of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church. She enjoyed cooking for her family and took great pride in vegetable gardening. She leaves to cherish her memory: two nephews, LeRoy East and wife Pam and Joseph East and wife Barbara, all of Hackberry, and two nieces, Alma Theriot and husband Milford of Creole and Russie Stelly and husband Kenneth of Jennings. Numerous greatnieces and -nephews also survive her. She was preceded in death by one niece, Margaret Bacque, and one nephew, Wilson East. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, from St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church of Hackberry. The Rev. Roland Vaughn will officiate. Burial will be in Hackberry Cemetery under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home. Visitation is 3-9 p.m. today, with a rosary at 6 p.m., and 8-11 a.m. Thursday in the funeral home. ERBELDING, Jeremy Blaine MISSOULA - Jeremy Blaine Erbelding, 33, of Missoula, passed away on Monday, Jan. 31, 2005. Blaine had the heart and soul of a giant and will be missed desperately by all of those who knew and loved him so very much. With his gentle nature, quick smile and wonderful sense of humor, he touched the life of every person who had the great honor to know him. He was born on Jan. 25, 1972, in Johnson Bayou, La., to J.B. Erbelding III and Elsie J. Erbelding. He grew up in the Bayou chasing alligators and hiding behind his duck blinds. After high school, he started a career in welding. When Blaine was not welding, he was cooking for hours for anyone who would eat his food or listen to his stories that he so loved to tell. However, if you wanted to hear the juicy stories you had to get up pretty early to hear them down at the local coffee shop outside on the front bench. At night, you could find him out on the beach pulling out all those crazy "Cajuns" that could not hang! It was during a shutdown in Texas City where he met the love of his life and soul mate, Kera Wisher. He thought that this Montana girl was just a little welder's helper. Little did he know that on April 20, 1996, he would be marrying that little welder's helper. Blaine's main passion now became Kera, and later would include two wonderful children, a daughter Bryce and a son Blaynton. They continued to live in Johnson Bayou where Blaine tried to teach his new Montana wife how to hide behind a duck blind and reel in a gator or two. On his days off you could find the four of them on the family horse "Dusty" or his daddy's four-wheeler, riding and exploring the bayou with their two dogs Bingo and Blue at their side. In addition, if you ever found yourself wanting a veggie or two, you could walk outside and find Blaine's enormous and very well kept garden. Blaine had been to Montana a few times to visit and to go hunting, fishing, camping and most importantly cooking with his many stories to tell. He would love to cook for the Yankees who had never really experienced true Cajun food, which he took so very long to prepare; he knew the Yankees had no choice but to listen to his many truly amazing stories. In August 2004, he decided to move back to his wife's hometown in Montana. He began working as a journeyman millwright at Stimson Lumber in Bonner in September 2004. Blaine was so excited about the new job and the new friends he had to tell his stories. Blaine was also excited to become a proud brother of Local 3038. His father J.B. Erbelding III preceded him in death. Survivors include his wife Kera; daughter Bryce; son Blaynton; mother Elsie J. Erbelding; grandmother Thelma Jinks; sister Patricia and husband Roby Jones; brother Wallace and wife Kathy Erbelding; brother Dwight and wife Judy Erbelding; father- and mother-in-law Jerry and Donna Wisher; mother-in-law Patti Wisher; sisters and brothers-in-law Sabrina Wisher and John Hahn, David and Leslie Wisher, Amanda and Matt Erickson and Shane Amundson; nieces Mikayla "Spark Plug" Wisher, Audrey Hahn, Alyssa Wisher, Janet Theriot, Tracy Erbelding, Pam Suire and Karen Davis; nephews Hunter and Steele Hahn, Joseph and Aaron Wisher, Lance and Justin Jones, Ethan Erbelding, Garrett, Grant and Ryan Erbelding; and 10 great-nieces and great-nephews. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Garden City Funeral Home, 1705 W. Broadway. Honorary pallbearers are Eddie Patterson, John Hahn, Shane Amundson, Otis Seal, Travis Trahan, Travis Brennan, Wallace Erbelding and David Wisher. In lieu of flowers a trust fund has been set up for his family at the following address: Bryce and Blaynton Erbelding, No. 947107, in care of Whitefish Credit Union, P.O. Box 37, Whitefish, MT 59937. Missoulian; Missoula, MT LCAP 02/11/05 & 02/10/05 EAST, Juanita Ruth LCAP 04/16/05 Born: June 8, 1940 Died: April 14, 2005 Memorialized by: Hixson Creole GRAND CHENIER - Juanita "Nita" Ruth East, 64, died Thursday, April 14, 2005, in a Lake Charles hospital. Mrs. East was born to Joseph C. and Mildred Jones in Immaculatte, Florida, and was a resident of Grand Chenier for 46 years. She was a member of St. Eugene Catholic Church. She was employed for seventeen and a half years by the Cameron Parish School Board as a teacher's-aide for the self-contained special eduation children at South Cameron Elementary School. She also worked as a coach for the Special Olympics. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her parents and her two brothers, Patrick and Joseph (Joey) Jones. Survivors include her husband of 45 years, Darrell East of Grand Chenier; one son, Bryan East and wife, Stephanie of Church Point; two daughters, Debbie Jo Doxey and husband, James, of Cameron, and Lisa Lannin and husband, John, of Grand Lake; three sisters, Sue Mhire of Grand Chenier, Cheryl Benoit of Franklinton, and Edie Harrington of Pecan Island; eleven grandchildren, Mandy, Amber, Kayla, Brittany, Rebekah and Cody East, Tyler, Julianne and Peyton Lannin, Derek Vaughan and Chance Doxey; and one great- grandchild, Julie Ann Whetnall. Her funeral will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 17, in St. Eugene Catholic Church. Father Vincent Vadakkedath will officiate. Burial will be in Immaculate Conception Cemetery under the direction of Hixson Funeral Home of Creole. Visitation is Saturday from 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. with a Rosary at 7 p.m., and Sunday from 8 a.m. until service. Pallbears are Lloyd Kelley, Mitchell Kelley, Mark Theriot, Chance Doxey, Tyler Lannin, Joe Mhire and D.A. Dupuie.