Age 81, Lawton - Graveside service will be 1:00 p.m. Monday at the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill. Sergeant Major Applegate died Tuesday at a local hospital. Burial with full military honors is under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. He was born September 16, 1928 in Washington, Iowa to Donald Ross and Bessie Evelyn (Myall) Applegate. He served in the U.S.Army in World War II, the Korean Conflict and during the Vietnam War. Among his commendations and awards are the Army Commendation Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters and the Bronze Star. After his retirement in 1973, he served as an Office Manager at Comanche County Memorial Hospital. He then started his own business, Applegate Enterprises, specializing in payroll and accounting, printing and design. He married Magdelyn Joyce Klein in Iowa City, Iowa on October 29, 1951. He was much loved and will be forever missed. He is survived by his wife, of the home; a daughter and her husband, Joy Applegate-Yeats and William P. Yeats of Lawton; five grandchildren, Amber Hoffman, Erika Hoffman, Amanda Mansell, Sarah Powers and Kate Powers; two great grandchildren, Madison Hensley and Jacob Myall Hensley; and three brothers-in-law, Rich, Terry and his wife Cami and Chuck. His parents, two sisters, a daughter, Vicky Applegate and an infant son preceded him in death