Olbert Grimes Gage

LAKE ARTHUR Olbert Grimes Jim Gage, Jr., 92, entered heaven on May 15, 2014 surrounded by his family in the early afternoon hours at Memorial Hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Jim was born near Matagorda, Texas in the Gulf Sulphur Company Hospital on December 1, 1921. He was educated at the Gulf School and graduated from John Tarleton Military Academy. He received his degree in Petroleum Engineering from Oklahoma University in 1942. He was a loyal Sooner Alumni and faithful fan until his death. After graduation, he married the love of his life, Jean Charlotte Ottis. He proudly served in World War II in Italy and the Philippines as a Captain. Returning home from the war, he began his successful career in the Texas-Louisiana Oil Field and started raising his family that meant so much to him. Jim was the District Manager in New Orleans for Getty Oil and retired in 1983 in Houston, Texas as the Regional Manager for Getty/Texaco Oil Co. He had just been honored by the Petroleum Engineers Society for being a member for 60 years. He spent the early part of his retirement in Wharton, Texas. In 1999 he moved to Lake Arthur, Louisiana to be near his children and their families. His top priority was making sure his children and grandchildren had the opportunity for higher education. Most important of all was fulfilling his dream of being the patriarch of his family. The example he set of being so truthful, trustworthy, and above all, loving his wife with his whole heart was such an inspiration to this children and grandchildren. This is the legacy he will be remembered most for. If you were to look up the word devoted in the dictionary, his name would be included in the definition. Mr. Gage was preceded in death by his parents, O.G. and Ethel Rose Gage, Sr., and his great granddaughter, Lily Avalon Harris. He is survived by his beloved wife of 70 years, Jean Gage, his four children, O.G. Pete Gage III and his wife, Kelley, of Birmingham, Al, William Terrance Terry Gage, Sr. and his wife Kathleen, of Lake Arthur, LA, Carolyn Gage Pearson and her husband, Joe, of Junction, TX, and Deborah Gage Blair and husband, Bill, of Lafayette, LA. He had 12 grandchildren: Brent, Shaw, and Charlotte Gage, Billy and Becky Gage, Kevin, David, and Tim Harris, Cloud, James, and Caleb Vickery, and Charley Blair, along with 30 great grandchildren. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Lake Arthur. Msgr. Groth will officiate.