Memorial service celebrating the life of Dee Ann Knowles will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 6, 2026, in Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel.

A private family burial will be held in Highland Cemetery.

Dee Ann Knowles died Thursday, May 14, 2026, at her residence in Lawton, Oklahoma, with her family by her side. She was born December 21, 1961, in Pratt, Kansas to Billy Keith and Margaret "Jo" (Frazier) Patee. She grew up in Beaver, Oklahoma, where she graduated high school in 1980. Dee Ann married Larrie Knowles on August 30, 1986, in Beaver, Oklahoma.

Dee Ann had several jobs over the years. She and Larrie lived in Shattuck, Oklahoma until 1999 where she worked for Newman Memorial Hospital. After moving to Lawton, she worked for Dr. Nimeh, Dr. Miracle and for Comanche County memorial Hospital in billing as well as a marketer for hospice.

Dee Ann dearly loved her family and never met a stranger, making friends wherever she went. She had many interests throughout her life, but shopping was one of her favorite pastimes.

She is survived by her husband, Larrie Knowles; children, Tiffney West and Christopher Knowles and his wife Allison; daughter-in-law, Brooklyn Knowles; grandchildren, Macy, Charlie, Kailynn, Ceanna, Rebel and Stryker; her mother, Margaret "Jo" (Frazier) Patee; her brother and sister-in-law, Billy and Cherri Patee; her sisters and brothers-in-law, Kelie and Chris Grounds and Cara and Mark McDonald; her brother -in-law and sister -in-law, Ronnie and Retha Knowles; mother-in-law, Carole Neptune; as well as several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her father, her son, Landon Ray Knowles, her brothers-in-law, Derek Knowles and Tracy Rutledge, and her father-in-law, Richard "Dick" Neptune.

An online guest book and sympathy cards are available at www.beckerfuneral.com