Funeral services for Carolyn Louise Saenz, eldest daughter of COL (Retired) Ralph  Saenz and Helen Saenz will be held at 1:00 P.M. Friday, October 5, 2018 at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church with The Rev. Shelley Forrester, Rector officiating. A reception at the church will follow the service.

Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

The family will greet friends from 4:00 P.M. until 6:00 P.M. Thursday at the funeral home.

Carolyn Louise Saenz, age 73, of Lawton, died Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at home after a long battle with Multiple Sclerosis.

Carolyn was born in San Antonio, Texas on July 28, 1945.  She graduated from Lawton High School in 1963 and then from Cameron Junior College in 1965 with an Associate of Arts Degree.  At Cameron she was a member of Phi Theta Kappa and the Junior College National Scholastic Honor Society. In 1969, Carolyn graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.S. in Medical Technology and was a member of Lambda Tau, the National Medical Technology Scholastic Honorary Society.  Carolyn interned at the Baylor College of Medicine in Dallas and worked for two years at the Dallas Medical & Surgical Clinic.

Carolyn was first diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 1967 and returned to Lawton for care in the family home in 1969.  For over fifty years (1967 – 2018) Carolyn battled MS, managed her personal financial affairs and provided comfort and assistance to her elderly parents until their deaths.  Carolyn also established long-lasting friendships and served as advisor and confidant to numerous friends and family members---brothers, sisters, cousins, nephews and nieces.

Carolyn is survived by her brother, Norman, of Houston, Texas, her brother, Roland and his, wife, Nancy, of Herndon, Virginia, her sister, Eleanor Ivory, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, cousin, Kathy Morris, of San Marcos, Texas, eleven nieces and nephews and well over a dozen great nieces and nephews.

She is pre-deceased by her father, COL (Retired) Ralph Saenz and mother, Helen, of Lawton, her sister, Margery Ivory, of Houston, her brothers-in-law, Michael Ivory, of Tulsa and David Ivory, of Fort Worth, Texas.

In lieu of flowers, gifts in her memory are encouraged to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 4606 E. 67th Street, #103, Tulsa, OK  74136.