Mr. LaCaze, 81, was born in Seiper, LA, on December 2, 1930, and grew up in DeRidder, LA. After serving four years in the Air Force during the Korean War, he returned to Louisiana and became the successful and well-known owner of Louis Florist and Gift Shop on Ryan Street in Lake Charles.
He was active in the Greater Lake Charles Rotary Club, a Shriner in the Habibi Temple, a board member for the Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, a member of the Allied Florist Association and Southwest Louisiana Florist Association. During the 1994 Mardi Gras in Lake Charles, Mr. LaCaze had the honor to be chosen to serve as the King in the Crew of Barataria.
Mr. LaCaze was preceded in death by his parents, Jake LaCaze and Lola Berson LaCaze, and two sisters, Nattie L. Watkins and Willie Mae LaCaze.
He is survived by his wife; his daughter and her husband of Shreveport; his three grandchildren; his sister-in-law of Sulphur, LA; his brother and his wife of DeRidder; and several nieces and nephews.
Mr. LaCaze, 81, was born in Seiper, LA, on December 2, 1930, and grew up in DeRidder, LA. After serving four years in the Air Force during the Korean War, he returned to Louisiana and became the successful and well-known owner of Louis Florist and Gift Shop on Ryan Street in Lake Charles.
He was active in the Greater Lake Charles Rotary Club, a Shriner in the Habibi Temple, a board member for the Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, a member of the Allied Florist Association and Southwest Louisiana Florist Association. During the 1994 Mardi Gras in Lake Charles, Mr. LaCaze had the honor to be chosen to serve as the King in the Crew of Barataria.
Mr. LaCaze was preceded in death by his parents, Jake LaCaze and Lola Berson LaCaze, and two sisters, Nattie L. Watkins and Willie Mae LaCaze.
He is survived by his wife; his daughter and her husband of Shreveport; his three grandchildren; his sister-in-law of Sulphur, LA; his brother and his wife of DeRidder; and several nieces and nephews.
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