Funeral for Capt (Retired) Joe Ashton, 72, Lawton will be at 2:00 PM Thursday, October 16, 2014 at the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain Charles Leggett, Faith Hospice officiating. Funeral Mass will be at 9:30 AM Friday, October 17, 2014 at Holy Family Catholic Church with Rev. Philip Seeton, pastor officiating. Capt Ashton died Saturday, October 11, 2014 in Lawton. Burial with full military honors will be at Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. He was born January 5, 1942 in Huntington Park, California and moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico at the age of one, where he grew up. Upon graduation from Santa Fe High School in 1960, Joe joined the Marine Corps and served for 21 years. He rose in rank to WO3 and then on to Captain. Joe served in Vietnam and participated in the Mayaguez Incident. Joe received the following decorations, Combat Air Crew Insignia with three Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Navy Achievement Medal with COMBAT "V", Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Navy Unit Commendation, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and the Humanitarian Service Medal. Upon retirement, Joe worked for Lockheed and then Honeywell, where he retired. After moving to Lawton in 2006, Joe got to do the world traveling he had always dreamed of. Joe became a member of the Chapman home and family. Joe had a wonderful life and will be missed by all who loved him. He was a member of the VFW, American Legion, MOWW and the Marine Corps League. He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Jodi and John Torres, Concho, Arizona, loving companions and friends, Penny and Wayne Chapman, Lawton, former wife, Peggy Ashton, Ontario, California, step son, Robert, one granddaughter and two great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his mother, Betty White Ashton, beloved grandfather, Joe and sister, Patricia Brown.