Funeral Mass for 1SG (Retired) Rudy Trujillo will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 7, 2017 in Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church with Rev. Rayanna Narisetti, Associate Pastor officiating.

Burial with full military honors will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens under direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

A rosary will be held at 6:00 p.m. Friday in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel.

1SG (Retired) Rudy Trujillo, age 83, Lawton, died Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at his residence.  He was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 22, 1933.  His family moved to Wichita, Kansas in 1950 and he joined the U.S. Army in 1952.  He was a veteran of both the Korean War and the Vietnam War.  He received many awards and decorations and retired from the Army at Fort Sill with over 20 years of service.

Following his retirement he attended Barber College in Lawton and worked as a barber for twelve years.  During that time he attended Cameron University and earned an associates degree in law enforcement.  He ended his barber career and began a career in security work.  He worked for Lawton-Fort Sill Security for three years, Fort Sill Federal Credit Union for four years and Citizen's Bank for nine years.  He later worked with both Lawton Wal-Marts as a greeter for several years and for Enterprise Rent-a-Car for a short time.

Rudy had served as a volunteer with Hospice of Southwest Oklahoma, volunteered as a greeter for Reynolds Army Community Hospital and served as a volunteer van driver with the Armed Services YMCA.  He was a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church where he served as a religious education instructor for nine years and was a lector and Eucharistic minister for several years.  He was a life member of the Knights of Columbus 3rd and 4th degrees, a life member of VFW Post 5263 and a life member of the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 751.

He is survived by seven children, Rudy Trujillo, Phoenix, Arizona, Cynthia Perkins, Fayetteville, North Carolina, Brenda Eisenman, Oklahoma City, Francito Trujillo, Phoenix, Arizona, Christina Anthony, Hinesville, Georgia, Homero Perez, Jr., Garland, Texas and Diana Corona, Denton, Texas; his siblings, Raymond Perez, Topeka, Kansas, Peter P. Perez, Banning, California, Frank Perez, Jr., Richard Perez, Billy Perez and Juanita Perez, all of Wichita, Kansas and Esperanza Benhusen, Vancouver, Washington; numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.

His parents, a daughter, Deloris Perez, a son, David Perez, a sister, Gloria Granada, and brothers, Cornelius, Arthur and William Granada, preceded him in death.