Funeral service for Bill James Donica will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 22, 2015, in First Baptist Church, Fletcher, with Rodney Campbell, Pastor officiating. Burial will follow in Elgin Memorial Lawn under the direction of the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home of Fletcher. The family will greet friends from 6:30 - 8:00 pm Tuesday at the funeral home. Bill James Donica, age 78, Fletcher, died Sunday, July 19, 2015 in Lawton. He was born October 25, 1936 in Fewell, Oklahoma, to Fremont and Nova (Foster) Donica. He married Wanda Bridges on August 10, 1963 at the First Baptist Church in Elgin. Bill was a 1954 graduate of Clayton High School and later graduated from Eastern A&M Junior College in Wilburton in 1956. He earned his bachelor's degree in education from Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant in 1960 and his master's degree in education and counseling from Northeastern Oklahoma State University in Tahlequah in 1965. He served in the U.S. Army from 1956 to 1958 and completed his reserve service in 1960. He worked as a science teacher and counselor in Tulsa from 1960 until 1988. Following his retirement as an Oklahoma teacher he worked as a science teacher and counselor in the Texas Public Schools from 1989-1998. He is survived by his wife, of the home; a son, Roger Donica, Chickasha; three sisters and a brother in law, Lenora Gardner, Betty and John Howard and Lavon and Carl Church; a brother, Wayne Donica; a brother in law, Charles Faulkner; a sister in law, Winnie Donica; and numerous nieces and nephews. His son, Mark E. Donica, a sister, Bonnie Faulkner, and two brothers, Joe and Carl Donica, preceded him in death.