Graveside funeral service for COL (Retired) Jack L. VanPool, 81, Lawton, will be 2:00 p.m. Friday in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill with Chaplain LTC (Retired) Calvin Eastham officiating. Colonel VanPool died Sunday, January 13, 2013 in Lawton. Burial with full military honors will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, under the direction of the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. Colonel VanPool was born December 30, 1931 in Gueda Springs, Kansas, to Carl and May (Spruell) VanPool. He married Reta Faye DelCamp on February 7, 1969 in Annandale, Virginia. He grew up in Oklahoma City and was a graduate of Capital Hill High School. Jack began his pursuit of athletics at Rotary Park at age eleven and at age thirteen he found himself playing on Bill Mosier's American Legion baseball team which won state and went to the Regional's where a California team beat them in the finals. He would become an all-star basketball, baseball and football player and be selected as a high school "All American" football player his senior year in high school, representing the State of Oklahoma at the Delta Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1949 he quarterbacked a 12-0 and undefeated Capital Hill High School to the State Championship. He was later inducted into the Capital Hill High School Activities Association Hall of Fame in 2000. Following graduation he attended the University of Oklahoma where he played quarterback for Coach Bud Wilkinson on the football team from 1951 until 1953. He and also played quarterback in the 1954 Orange Bowl and helped quarterback OU to a 7-0 victory over the number one ranked University of Maryland. Colonel VanPool graduated from the University of Oklahoma and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant. His distinguished Army career spanned more than twenty-eight years and he retired at Fort Sill on August 31, 1983. He was a veteran of Vietnam and his awards include the National Defense Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with three service stars, Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with bronze star, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Two Overseas Service Bars, Meritorious Service Medal with first oak leaf Cluster, Army Service Ribbon, Air Medal, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with palm and the Legion of Merit. Following his Army retirement he worked for Home Savings and Loan for several years. He served as a volunteer at New Post Chapel as well as with SCORE at the Great Plains Technology Center. He was also a member of the Lawton Rotary Club. He is survived by his wife, of the home; a daughter and son in law, Debra and David Davis, Springfield, Virginia; two grandchildren, Sarah and Michael Davis; a sister, Carol Ann Carter; two additional daughters, Kelly Gipson and Sandy Mathis; several nieces and nephews. His parents and a brother, Donald VanPool, preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army.