Funeral Mass for 1SG (Retired) Joseph F. Wszolek, Sr. will be 12:00 P.M. Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at Holy Family Catholic Church with Rev. Philip Seeton, pastor officiating.

Entombment with full military honors will be in the Chapel of Peace Mausoleum at Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

The family will greet friends from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Monday at the funeral home.

1SG (Retired) Joseph F. Wszolek, Sr., age 87, of Lawton, passed away Thursday, February 1, 2018 in Lawton.  He was born February 21, 1930 in Gary, Indiana to Francis John and Elizabeth Estelle (Czubik) Wszolek.  He married Enid Rosalie Glennon on December 20, 1952 in Wichita Falls, Texas.  She died August 5, 2003.  1SG Wszolek served in the U.S Army for 26 ½ years and was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars.  He received the Purple Heart.  He was a Fourth Degree of the Knights of Columbus where he also held other offices.  He was on the National REACT Team with the Red Cross and was a member of the first class of the Lawton Police Sentinels.  1SG Wszolek graduated from Cameron University in 1978 with a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology.  He retired from Civil Service.  His passions were fishing, hunting and bowling.  He was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church

Survivors include a son, Joseph F. Wszolek, Jr. and his wife Unhe, Benton, Louisiana, four daughters, Vicki E. Gable, Valerie L. Wszolek-Box and her husband Arthur, all of Lawton, Mary E. Barbe, Walters, Oklahoma and Leigh Anne Jones and her husband Randy, Greenwood, Louisiana, twelve grandchildren, twenty-one great grandchildren, two brothers, Jerry Wszolek and Albert Wszolek and his wife Pat, a sister, Joanne Sullivan, all of Indiana and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his wife, parents, brother, Frank Wszolek, son, Gerry E. Wszolek, grandson, Marc Gable and great grandson, Tylor Epperson.