Funeral Mass for Cora Mae Billen, 90, of Lawton, will be at 1:00pm Monday, September 12, 2016 at Holy Family Catholic Church with Chaplain (MAJ) James O'Neal, Fort Sill, Oklahoma and Deacon Mike Romaka officiating.

Cora Billen passed away on Thursday, September, 8, 2016 surrounded by her loving family in Lawton.

Burial will be at Walters Cemetery under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

She was born September 25, 1925 in Ardmore, Oklahoma to John and Bertha Cranford.

She attended school in both Ardmore and Walters.  Upon graduating, she married Paul Billen on May 8, 1943 in St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Walters. They had been married 71 years.

Cora followed her husband to all his base stations during his 25 year military career. They moved to eight different states in those 25 years. During their marriage, three children were born. Her role as homemaker and mother was most impressive. She was always supportive, loving, and quietly encouraging to both her husband and children. Cora often talked of all the wonderful things she had seen, done, and experienced during those years.  The couple had lived in Lawton since 1969 and were members of Holy Family Catholic Church.

Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Bernie Billen of Pleasanton, California, daughter, Paula Dirck of Newcastle, Oklahoma, and daughter and son-in-law, Pam and Don Hoopert of Lawton, Oklahoma. She has six grandchildren, six great grandchildren and one great-great granddaughter. She is also survived by one brother, Charles Cranford, two sisters, Evelyn Schell and Bevelyin Meyer, and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Billen, her parents, John and Bertha Cranford, five brothers; John Jr., Mason, Earby, Everett, and an infant baby, one sister, Dorothy Billen, and one son-in-law, Johnny Dirck.