Graveside service for Lawton resident Christine Marie Crawford will be 1:30 p.m., Monday, September 28, 2026, at Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Burial will be under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. Pastor Kevin George will officiate for the funeral. A Nurse Honor Guard will pay tribute to Ms. Crawford's lifelong dedication to the nursing profession.

Christine M. Crawford, age 85, passed away Friday, September 25, 2026, in Lawton, Oklahoma. She was born July 23, 1941, in Lawton to John Charles Jenkins and Nona Marie (Snider) Jenkins. She graduated from Lawton High School and went on to St. Anthony's School of Nursing in Oklahoma City. She entered the United States Army Nurse Corps and was posted in Japan, where she met and married James Ellis Ward on February 17, 1963. She had two children, Robert Charles Ward and James Darrell Ward.

Christine loved life, her family, dogs and cats, crocheting and her 65-year career as a nurse. She held advanced degrees in Nursing, was a Registered Nurse and a Nurse Practitioner. She taught Nursing at a number of schools as well as clinical training and continuing education programs, helping to train generations of nurses.

She loved watching sports, especially football, and was a big fan of the San Francisco 49ers. She was most happy with family and her dog Purdy.

Survivors include her son Robert Ward and his fiancé Juvy Barbonio, her brother Charles N. Jenkins and his wife Anna, her niece and favorite companion Kendra Bloomer, as well as many nieces and nephews including Charlotte Hillesheim, Theresa Hull, and Kevin George, and many great nieces and nephews and three grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her parents John Charles and Nona Jenkins, her sister Rita Gibson, and her son Jimmy Ward.

An online guest book and sympathy cards are available at www.beckerfuneral.com