Graveside service for Dorothy Clark Barrett VanDyke, 82, Lawton will be 2:00 pm Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Jim Ikner, retired pastor, officiating. Mrs. VanDyke died on Friday, April 19 in Lawton after a recent fall that she was unable to overcome. Burial will be under the direction of the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. Dorothy was born September 14, 1930 in Paradise, Texas to Carmen Clark and her husband Marian Clark who passed away two weeks before she and her twin brother Donnie were born. She grew up in Cache, Oklahoma where she spent most of her weekends at the Medicine Park Skating Rink. She was married to Dave Barrett and later married Paul "Red" VanDyke. She was a member of the 8th & Lee Church of Christ. She was an avid sports fan and a great cook. She was known for her hot biscuits and gravy, vanilla ice cream and cornbread dressing. She was a homemaker and always had three meals a day ready, clothes ironed and a spotless house. Survivors include two daughters Mona Taff, Dallas, and Beverly Mason and husband Neal, Waterville Maine; two sons, Dave Barrett Jr. and wife Doris, Lawton and Cecil Barrett, Oklahoma City; stepdaughter, Mikki Davis and husband Chris, Lawton; fourteen grandchildren, Shane Taff and wife Eva, Duncan, Kimberly Taff, Fletcher, Steven Barrett, David Barrett and Clayton Barrett and his wife Heather, all of Lawton, Brandon Barrett and wife Amey, Oklahoma City, April Gagnon and husband Ronnie, Allen Mason and wife Alisha, all of Waterville, Maine, John Thomason, Avery Davis and Aubrey Davis all of Lawton, Stacy Snider and Chris Snider, both of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, and Jana Stringer, Lawton; twenty four great grandchildren, Justin Taff and wife Cheyenne, Sterling, Ashley Taff, Elgin, Dillon and Casey Barrett, Dallas, Clayton Jr. and Emily Barrett, Lawton, Addison and Draik Barrett of Oklahoma City, Kitalyn, Aisalyn and Nolin Gagnon of Waterville, ME, Austin, Samira, Bryce, Jacob and Katie Mason also of Waterville, ME, Chloe and Cody Taff, Duncan, Kymber Reeder, Lawton, Kendra Dorrell and Jayden Snider, Sand Springs, Braedon Brimm, Chase Stringer and Morgan Stringer all of Lawton; great great granddaughter, Alaina Reeder, Lawton; a sister, Cleo Ikner, Cache; two brothers in law, Don VanDyke and Jack VanDyke and his wife Macine, Meridian, Oklahoma; many nieces, nephews, family and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband Paul "Red" VanDyke, five brothers, three sisters and her mother, Carmen Clark Hitchcock. Thanks to the nurses and staff on the fourth floor of Comanche County Memorial Hospital and Cedar Crest Manor for their care and compassion. Special thanks to Kimberly Taff for loving and taking care of Mom and Grandma for the past year. We could not have made it without her.