{"id":401125,"date":"2026-08-08T11:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/401125\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:18:08","slug":"thomas-a-larocque-american-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/401125\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas A. LaRocque | American Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thomas A. LaRocque<\/p>\n

Published 5:00 am Saturday, August 8, 2026<\/p>\n

Thomas Arthur LaRocque, 75, passed away on Aug. 6, 2026. Born and raised in Lake Charles, La., he lived the last 15 years of his life in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n

Mr. LaRocque was a proud graduate of Landry Memorial High School. Throughout his working years, he dedicated his time to Calcasieu Parish Mosquito Control and later worked in Operations at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital.<\/p>\n

His resourcefulness was one of the many qualities that made him so special.\u00a0 The \u201cgo to guy\u201d everyone turned to when something needed fixing.\u00a0 Mr. LaRocque could always figure out a way to fix it or rig up a solution. He would work patiently until he found a way to repair, rebuild, or create an improvised solution, no matter what. More importantly, he was known for his kind and generous heart. Outgoing by nature, he rarely met a stranger and always had a story to tell. His warmth, humor, and willingness to help others left a lasting impression on everyone who knew him.\u00a0 He will be greatly missed.<\/p>\n

He is survived by his loving wife of 51 years, Kay Moore LaRocque of Austin, Texas; his children, Brandy Gate of Sulphur, La., Paul LaRocque of Lake Charles, La., and Tamra LaRocque and husband, Asher Knutson of Austin; cherished grandchildren, James Markwick of Louisburg, Kan.; Belle LaRocque of Austin; Ellie Manual and Parker LaRocque, both of Lake Charles; Noah Gowe of Austin; Slade Virgadamo and Sarah Ann Dofflemyer (Gabriel), both of Sulphur and one great-grandson, Samuel Dofflemyer.<\/p>\n

Mr. LaRocque also leaves his siblings, Paula Lawlis and Susan Jackson, both of Lake Charles, and Jay LaRocque of Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

He was preceded in death by his parents, Paul A. LaRocque and Francis Rosteet LaRocque; his sister, Sarah Ann LaRocque, and his brothers-in-law, Jim Lawlis and Charlie \u201cT-Man\u201d Jackson.<\/p>\n


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In respect of his wishes, family will gather privately for a celebration of memories.<\/p>\n

Words of comfort to the family may be expressed at www.johnsonfuneral home.net.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thomas A. LaRocque Published 5:00 am Saturday, August 8, 2026 Thomas Arthur LaRocque, 75, passed away on Aug.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-401125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}