Funeral service for 1SG (Retired) George C. Whitehouse will be 9:30 a.m. Thursday, July 6, 2017 in St. John Lutheran Church with Rev. Dr. Bill Schneider, Pastor, officiating.

Burial with full military honors will follow in Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, under direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

1SG (Retired) George C. Whitehouse, age 82, Lawton, died Sunday, July 2, 2017 in Lawton.  He was born November 19, 1934 in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma to Ernest and Louisa (Lewis) Whitehouse.  He married Jean Albrecht on March 9, 1962 in Canistota, South Dakota.  He grew up in Eastern Oklahoma and enlisted in the U. S. Army as a young man.  He was a Vietnam veteran and retired at Fort Sill in 1974 after twenty years of service.  His awards include the National Defense Service Medal, Master Parachutist Badge, Army Commendation Medal with 3 ^rd Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Conduct Medal 4 ^th Award, Vietnam Service Medal, Two Overseas Service bars, Six Service stripes, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with 60 Device and the Presidential Unit Citation.

Following his retirement from the Army he owned and operated Whitehouse Plumbing, Heating and Air from 1975 until 1988.  He was a member of St. John Lutheran Church, the VFW and the Oklahoma Airborne Association.  He enjoyed traveling, fishing and hunting.

He is survived by his wife, of the home; four children, George Thomas Whitehouse, Hartshorne, Oklahoma, Teresa Wilson and husband, Larry, Lawton, Shirley Satterfield and husband Kevin, Grand Prairie, Texas and Karen Brierton, Weatherford, Texas; three grandchildren, Tatum and Andrew Brierton and Kirsten McGrath; and numerous nieces and nephews.

His parents, five sisters and four brothers preceded him in death.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. John Lutheran Church, 102 SW 7 ^th Street, Lawton OK 73501 or to the Alzheimer's Association, 2448 E 81st St Ste 3000, Tulsa, OK 74137.