Age 88, Lawton - Services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Chaplain (CPT) Gary Fukes, officiating. Colonel Strelecki died Wednesday at his residence. Burial with full military honors will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill. Colonel Strelecki was born March 1, 1921 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Joseph Leon Strzelecki, Sr. and Antonia Rose Burek Strzelecki. He grew up in Pittsburgh where he graduated high school. He attended Duquesne University for two years, earned his undergraduate degree in History of Politics from Park College in St. Louis, Missouri, and earned his Master of Political Science from Washington University in Washington, D.C. Colonel Strelecki married Kathryn Zatwerniski on September 22, 1945 in Pittsburgh. She preceded him in death on December 10, 1982. He later married Linda Evilsizer on April 27, 1991 in Lawton. Colonel Strelecki enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corp on December 17, 1943. He attended Officer Candidate School in 1945. He attended many military schools during his career but was one of the few Army Officer's to attend the Air Force Air War College. He was a veteran of World War II, where he served in the occupation force, and the Korean War. He retired at Fort Sill on October 31, 1971. He received numerous awards including the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star and Meritorious Service Medal. Following his retirement from the Army he worked as a teacher for the Federal Aviation Agency as an instructor of business courses with the University of Oklahoma from 1974 until 1984. He was a longtime supporter of the Lawton Community Theatre and had served as President of the LCT Board of Directors. He was a past recipient of the Volunteer of the Year award for the LCT. He is survived by his wife, of the home; a son and daughter in law, David and Mary Strelecki, Dallas, Texas; a grandson and his wife, Carl and Alison Strelecki, Dallas; a step daughter and her husband, Amy and Jeremy Fremin, Ashburn, Virginia; two step grandchildren, Samuel and Benjamin Fremin, Ashburn. In addition to his first wife he was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Chester Stankiewich, and a sister, Gertrude Rose Evans. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Southwest Oklahoma, P.O. Box 2074, Lawton OK 73502.