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IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Doris Louise

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Rightmer

Mar 23, 1921 — Apr 5, 2015

Obituary

Funeral service for Doris Louise Rightmer, 94, Lawton, will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 8, 2015, in Liberty Heights Chapel with Kerry Malakosky, Pastor, Rev. Jim Roberts and Rev. Wayne Schoonover officiating. Mrs. Rightmer died Sunday, April 5, 2015, in Lawton. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. The family will greet friends from 6-8 pm Tuesday at the funeral home. Mrs. Rightmer was born March 23, 1921 in Fort Worth, Texas, to Rev. Ike T. and Effie Mae (Liddell) Sidebottom. She grew up with two younger sisters and all were active in Christian service at their church. Doris graduated from Polytechnic High School in 1938 and attended John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. She married Rev. Charles Weldon Rightmer on July 14, 1940 in Fort Worth with her father conducting the wedding ceremony. Weldon preceded her in death on October 30, 1998. Doris and Weldon sang Gospel songs together for some two years prior to their marriage and continued to sing specials together for many more years. Doris taught Bible classes for children and Sunday School for many years. She and Weldon taught kindergarten and preschool classes at the Liberty Heights Chapel. Doris was sales manager for Compton Encyclopedia in Lawton from 1954 until 1960 but after the birth of her sons their growth and training became her first interest. She served as a volunteer at Comanche County Memorial Hospital for 14 years. She is survived by three sons and daughters in law, Dr. Charles and Sheila Rightmer, Corvallis, Oregon, Thomas L. and Sharon Rightmer, Lawton, and Joe S. and Teresa Rightmer, Aurora, Colorado; nine grandchildren, Ryan Smith, Leigh McEntire, Brett Willis, Amy Pickering, Nathan Rightmer, James Rightmer, Mary Mihalko, Daniel Rightmer and Joanna Broussard; 19 great grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews. Her parents, two sisters and brothers in law, Jane S. and Rev. James Roberts and Sue and Olen Payton, preceded her in death. Memorial contributions may be made to Liberty Heights Chapel, 706 NW 17th Street, Lawton OK 73507.

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