Age 85, Lawton - Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Pete Heaton and Rev. Randy Shorter, officiating. Mr. Shorter died Monday at his residence. Burial with Navy honors will be in the Duncan City Cemetery under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. The family will greet friends from 6-8 pm Tuesday at the funeral home. He was born December 22, 1922 in Walters, Oklahoma to George Marion and Willie Ida (Fox) Shorter. He grew up in the Walters - Stringtown area. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He married LeHellia Hill on February 28, 1943 at Duncan. He was retired from civil service having worked as the director of maintenance and facility manager for the USPHS Indian Hospital from 1961 until 1984. He was self employed as a master electrician and heat and air conditioning man. He was a member of the Bethel Assembly of God and had served as Sunday School superintendent from 1962 until 1977. He is survived by his wife, of the home; his children, Jan and Pete, Randy and Ranee and Susan; grandchildren, Todd and Debbie, Tammie and Brad, Jana and Jon, Renate and Jon, Krystal and David and Randy Curtis and Kim; great grandchildren, Dylan, Jeb, Ashley, Cricket, Blaise, Austin, Justin, Kaitlyn, Sam and Callie; numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and sixteen brothers and sisters. Memorial contributions may be made to Bethel Assembly of God, 1115 SW D Avenue, Lawton OK 73501 or to Hospice of Southwest Oklahoma, P.O. Box 2074, Lawton OK 73502. The family will greet friends from 6-8 pm Tuesday at the funeral home.