Graveside funeral service for Dean Howenstine will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, July 11, 2016 in Highland Cemetery under the direction of the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Dean Howenstine, age 77, Lawton, passed away Wednesday, July 6, 2016, at his residence.  Dean was born June 8, 1939, at the Angus Hospital in Lawton, OK, to Joseph Andrew and Alice (Ferguson) Howenstine. He grew up in Lawton and graduated from Lawton High School in 1958. He then attended Cameron Agricultural College and Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

Dean joined the United States Air Force in 1961 and was honorably discharged in 1965. He served basic training at Lackland Air Force Base and was stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base where he was assigned as an instructor in telephone operations and communications.

In 1966 he began Civil Service at the Services Section, Signal Division, Telephone Branch, Inside Plant Unit as a Telephone Equipment Installer and Repairer. That title was later changed to Telephone Mechanic under the US Army Communications Command, and again changed to Electronics Mechanic with the US Army Directorate of Information Management. Dean Retired in 2003 having over 40 years of service for the US Government.

Dean married Janice Clemons in 1982 in Lawton, Oklahoma, and they were blessed with two sons, Darren Dean Howenstine and Jayce Cody Howenstine.

Dean was a member of Liberty Heights Chapel and he enjoyed shopping.

Survivors include his wife, Janice Howenstine two sons, Darren Dean Howenstine and Jayce Cody Howenstine and wife Shanena, grandson Donovan Howenstine-Borsh, a brother-in-law, Jeff Clemons, nieces, Jolynn Lynch, Julie May, Jan Smith, Pam Sweetin, Mikel Braaten, and Devin Howenstine and nephews, David Howenstine, Steve Howenstine, and Eric Clemons.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and four brothers and their spouses, Joe A. and Juanita, Kenneth K. and Ann, Milo B. and Betty, and Melvin L. (Pete) and Mary Ann Howenstine.

Memorial contributions may be made to Liberty Heights Chapel, 706 NW 17th Street, Lawton OK 73507.