Age 81, Lawton - Services will be 10:00 AM Thursday at the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Father Prakash Madineni, pastor of St. Ann's Catholic Church, Elgin officiating. Sgt Lopez died Saturday in Lawton. Rosary will be at 7:00 PM Wednesday at the funeral home Chapel. Burial with full military honors will be in Post Cemetery, Fort Sill. He was born June 27, 1927 in McFaddin, Texas to Luis and Adelida (Hernandez) Lopez. He married Trine Flores on August 19, 1947 in Victoria, Texas. Sgt Lopez served in the U.S. Army and was a veteran of WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He was awarded the following medals, Bronze Star Medal with V Device, second Oak Leaf Cluster, Meritorious Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, Korean Service Medal with two Battle Stars, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Unit Citation with Palm, Good Conduct Medal Seventh Award, National Defense Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Vietnam Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal and the Army of Occupation Medal (Japan). He retired after thirty years of service. Following his retirement he was a civilian contractor at Fort Sill for twenty seven years. Survivors include his wife, of the home, nine children and their spouses, Luis and Gloria Lopez, Victoria, Texas, Antonio, Jr. and Janice Lopez, Jacksonville, Florida, Albert and Diane Lopez and Jo-Ann and Rollin Robinson, all of Lawton, Mary-Jo and Jeff Greene, Bellingham, Washington, Richard and Rebecca Lopez, Qatar, Robert Lopez, Lawton, Joe and Daphne Lopez, Qatar and Paul, Sr. and Tammara Lopez, Lawton, twenty five grandchildren, thirty three great grandchildren, one great great grandchild, two brothers, Julian and Raymond and three sisters, Florence, Caroline and Lucy, all of Victoria, Texas. He is preceded in death by a son, Florencio Lopez, his parents and a sister, Lydia Rocha.