2006 Obituaries; Surnames O : Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana
Submitter Kathy Tell
Date 2007 Jan 02
Source as noted with each obit
LCAP indicates Lake Charles American Press


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ORTEGO, Angel Dawn           LCAP      01/10/2006
LAKE ARTHUR — Angel “Yogi” Dawn Ortego, 6, died Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006. Her funeral will be at 10 a.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 11, in Miguez Funeral Home.
IN THORNWELL   House fire claims two lives     Girl, guardian die; 3 others survive 
BY DORIS MARICLE     LAKE CHARLESAMERICAN PRESS      01/08/2006
    THORNWELL — A 6-year-old girl and one of her guardians perished in an early-morning fire Saturday, their
bodies found together near an exit of their home here. 
    The victims are Louis Richard Jr., 45, and Angela Dawn Ortego. Ortego lived with Louis and Tammy Richard,
who were her guardians. 
    Tammy Richard, her 9-year old daughter, Bethany Richard, and 11-year-old Paula Fontenot, a friend who was
sleeping over, escaped the fire at 6478 La. 382 South. They refused medical treatment at the scene, according
to Jeff Davis Parish Sheriff Ricky Edwards. 
    “Louis Richard was found two feet from the back door, still carrying Angela,” Edwards said. 
    Family members said they awoke to find the house on fire and tried to escape. 
    “She (Tammy) had put the girl (Angela) down to break a window so they could get outside. When they all got
outside, they realized she was missing,” said relative Chad Mears of Opelousas. “He (Louis) went back in to
get her. They almost made it. He still had her in his arms.” 
    Later Saturday, with the smell of smoke still heavy in the air and smoke rising from the smoldering wood-
frame home, distraught family members wept and hugged one another as they tried to make sense of what had
happened just hours before. 
    “I couldn’t see nothing but smoke when I got here,” said Lester Bouley, a cousin from Jennings. “I just
couldn’t believe it. I just saw him about a week ago.” 
    The fire destroyed the home, a nearby shed and two vehicles. 
    A passerby saw the fire at about 3:30 a.m. and called 911. The home was engulfed when Jeff Davis Parish
Fire District 4 firefighters and sheriff’s deputies arrived. 
    The cause of the deaths has not been determined. Coroner Richard Dupont sent the bodies to Calcasieu for
autopsies. 
    The state Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating.


ORTEGO, Mason Blake        LCAP       12/05/2006
ELTON — The funeral for Mason Blake Ortego, 19, will be today, Dec. 5, at 3 
p.m. in St. Paul Catholic
Church. Father Marshall Boulet will officiate. Burial will be in Sonnier 
Cemetery under the direction of
Ardoin Funeral Home of Elton. 
Visitation and a rosary was Monday and visitation will continue today from 8 
a..m. until time of service
in the funeral home. 
Mason was a resident of Elton and a 2006 graduate of Elton High School. He died 
Sunday, Dec. 3, in his
residence. 
Survivors include his mother, Angela Ortego Earle of Elton; father, Randall 
James Ortego and wife Roxy of
Elton; brother, Spencer Ortego of Elton; sister, Shara Ortego of Elton; 
stepsister, Richland Vidrine of
Basile; stepbrother, Blaise Vidrine of Basile; maternal grandmother, Lydia 
Briscoe of Elton; paternal
grandparents, Donald and Jewel Ortego of Elton; paternal great-grandmother, 
Violet Young of Basile. 
He was preceded in death by maternal grandfather, Isaac Briscoe.