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Baxter

Feb 28, 1920 — Feb 23, 2012

Obituary

Funeral service for Bob Baxter, 91, Lawton, will be 10:00 a.m. Monday at Central Baptist Church with Dr. Keith Miles, Pastor, officiating. Mr. Baxter died Thursday in a local hospital. Entombment will be in the Good Shepherd Mausoleum at Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. Bob was born on February 28, 1920 in Sterling, Oklahoma to John and Nettie (Devasher) Baxter. He joined the Army Air Corps on November 7, 1941. He served with the Eighth Air Force in England throughout World War II. He met his wife, Eileen Winifred Hilliard, while in England. They were married on November 9, 1944 in Epsom, England. She died on July 6, 1997. He had been employed as the Parts Manager for Cecil Lawson Buick-Cadillac until his retirement. He later married Dana Baxter. Bob is survived by his wife, Dana Baxter, of the home; two daughters, Suzanne E. Baxter, Oklahoma City and Elaine A. Firrell, London, England; a sister, Mary Beck, Texas; a brother, John Baxter, Lawton; a special niece and her husband, Sandy and Marvin Zyke, Lawton; a special nephew and his wife, Morty and Ruth Baxter, Lawton; and several other nieces and nephews. His parents; a brother, Bill Baxter and a sister, Hazel Dodson preceded him in death.

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