Funeral service for 1SG Ronnie Earl Bass (Retired), 78, Lawton, will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain Jessie Forrest, Faith Hospice, officiating. Sergeant Bass died Friday, March 1 at his residence. He took his last breath with his daughter, Deborah, by his side who along with her brother, Robert, had been caring for him. Robert, with his loving devotion of 15 years, cared for both his mother and father until their passing. Burial with full military honors will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill. He was born September 5, 1934 in Prentiss, Mississippi to Robert Eugene Bass and Carrie Jackson Bass. He married Ingeborg RuthMarie Schwartzer on December 30, 1954 in Straubing, Germany. She died on November 6, 2010. He was a decorated soldier in the U.S. Army where he received many awards for his achievements including: three Bronze Stars, Six Good Conduct Medals, Army of Occupation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, 1960 Vietnam Service Medal, Overseas Service Bars and the National Defense Service Medal. He was retired honorably in 1975 and took a job in civil service until his complete retirement in 1992. Ronnie was a master carpenter, fisherman and loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He is survived by his stepdaughter, Yvonne RoseMarie Pettit and his four natural children, Ronnie Earl Bass, Jr., Garrie Jean Bass and wife Faith, Deborah Ann Bass and Robert Lee Bass; grandchildren, Deanne Pettit, Jennifer Marie Morrow-McOmie and husband Jake and James Bass; great grandchildren, Peyton Morrow, Lily Bass, Kaiden McOmie and Ryder Bass; step granddaughter, Heather Goodwin and husband Chris and their two children, Autumn and Meadow; siblings, Helen Deloris Bass, J.C. "Jack" Bass, Jeweldine Bass and Barney Haze Bass His wife of 56 years, Ingeborg RuthMarie Bass, and siblings, Virgie Mae Bass, Clyde Bass, Robert Paul Bass, Nancy Viola Bass, Houston Herman Bass and James Kenneth Bass, preceded him in death.