Age 78, Lawton - Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with John Wallace and Rev. Eli Betancourt, officiating. Mrs. Mendoza died Thursday, July 2, in Lawton. Burial will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill. She was born October 3, 1930 in Guatemala City, Guatemala, to Julian and Matilde Hernandez Mendoza. She grew up in Guatemala and graduated as a certified teacher. Following graduation she traveled to Germany to continue her studies and came to the United States in the early 1960's. She had worked as a teacher, teaching Spanish and German, and retired in the early 1980's. She attended the Redemption Church of God and was involved with the Protestant Women of the Chapel at Fort Sill. At one time she had been active with the Chaplain Wives Group. She is survived by her daughter and son in law, Pattie M. and Chaplain (MAJ) Bart Horner, Lawton; three grandchildren, Jessica A. Horner, Reina V. Horner and Aaron J. Horner, all of Lawton; two sisters, Amalia Mendoza Iglesias, Falls Church, Virginia, and Victoria Concepcion Mendoza, Guatemala City, Guatemala; a brother Monsignor Gustavo Rodolfo Mendoza, Guatemala City, Guatemala; several nieces and nephews. Her parents and two brothers preceded her in death. The family will greet friends from 6-8 pm Wednesday at the funeral home.