Funeral Mass for CSM (Retired) Luis A. Fernandez will be 11:00 AM Friday, November 15, 2019 at Holy Family Catholic Church with Rev. Philip Seeton, pastor officiating.

Burial with full military honors will be at Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Rosary will be 6:00 PM, Thursday, November 14, 2019 in the funeral Home Chapel.

CSM (Retired) Luis A. Fernandez, age 89, of Lawton, passed away Wednesday, November 6, 2019 in the Lawton/Fort Sill Veterans Center.  He was born January 1, 1930 in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico to Luis A. Sr. and Virginia (Marcano) Fernandez.  He married Martha-Luz Jordan on September 2, 2004 in Lawton.  Sergeant Major Fernandez was a veteran of the Vietnam War and the Korean War.  He was also stationed in Greece.  He received many decorations and awards including the Bronze Star Medal.  He retired from the U.S. Army after thirty-one years of service.  Following retirement he was a bus driver for Lawton Public Schools.  He graduated from Cameron University with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and an associate degree in technology.  He also served as a parole officer for the state of Oklahoma for ten years.

Survivors include his wife, of the home, 7 children, Gisela A. Fernandez, Killeen, Texas, Walkidia A. and husband, Paul R. Gomez, Jr., Edmond, Oklahoma, Rey A. Fernandez and husband, Jerry Deas, Fort Worth, Texas, Omar A. Fernandez, Lawton, Concesa A. and husband, Michael Cockrell, Nichols Hills, Oklahoma, Ellis and wife, Teresa Fernandez, Lawton and David and wife, Kim Fernandez, Lawton, brother, Jorge Fernandez, Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, two sisters, Mary Maria McBride and Julia Sawyer, both of Camden, New Jersey, twenty-six grandchildren and more than thirty great grandchildren.  He is also survived by two step sons, Anthony D. Jordan and his wife, Christa Eberline, Michigan and Bruce E. Jordan, Lawton.

He was preceded in death by his first wife and mother of all of their nine children, Marina Fernandez, parents, two sons, Jaime R. Fernandez and Luis A. Fernandez, III, sister, Mary Fernandez and two brothers, Marcus Marcano and Castro Marcano.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.