Age 73, Lawton - Funeral services will be at 9:30am on Wednesday, at the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel. Mrs. LaVigne passed on Saturday, May 16th, in her home surrounded by her family, after a long illness. Burial will be at Fort Sill National Cemetery. The family will greet friends on Tuesday from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the funeral home. She was born to Wilhelm and Hedwig Frank in Englesberg in the Czech Republic (formerly Sudetenland), on January 4th, 1936 and grew up in Ludwigsburg, West Germany after her family left Sudetenland at the end of World War II. She attended school at Der Grunbuhlschule and as a young woman began work in a shoe factory. It was during this time she met her husband of 56 years, Norman J. LaVigne. As a military wife, she traveled with her husband across the U.S. and abroad before settling in Lawton with her family. She was a homemaker and business woman in Lawton for several years. She managed for Jiffy Food Stores, worked as a realtor, and later owned and operated the Hickory Inn Restaurant and Club. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She is survived by her husband of the home, one son, one daughter-in law and five daughters, two son-in-laws, fourteen grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Children; Norman W. and Pamela LaVigne, of Maryville, TN, Sylvia Burgamy, Karen and Michael Everett, Patricia LaVigne all of Lawton, OK, Desiree and Charles Roan of Yukon, OK, Angie Mitchell of Moore, OK. Grandchildren; Stacey Riles, Sara LaVigne, Andrea Irwin, Christopher and Brian Burgamy, Rhonda Hanson, Jason and Clinton Everett, Jeremiah LaVigne, Christine Roper, Jacob Roan, Michael Musgrove, Jessica Thaxton, and Matthew Mitchell, Great-grandchildren; Elijah Burgamy, Brooklyn, Ethan and Brandon Irwin, Shayna and Amarria Cook, Aubrey Roper, and Hayden Everett; one sister and brother-in-law, Hilda and Edwin Ludwig, one brother, Arnold and sister-in-law Marie-Luise Frank and sister-in-law, Annie Frank, of Germany, sisters-in-law, Jewell LaVigne of Clinton, OK, Betty Williams, Gladys LaVigne, Vera LaVigne, Marie Lee, sisters and brothers-in-law, Paul and Margaret LaVigne, Jeanette and Frank Neveau, brother-in-law Rudy Wenzel, all of Michigan, along with several nieces and nephews, and Dr. Michael Ramos of Meers, OK . She is preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, one sister, and one child. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Southwest Oklahoma; PO Box 2074; Lawton, Oklahoma 73502.