Funeral Mass for Erna Corrine Boettcher will be 12:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at Holy Family Catholic Church with Rev. Philip Seeton, Pastor officiating.

Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

A Rosary will be held Monday evening at 6:00 p.m. at the funeral home chapel.

Erna Corrine Boettcher, 86, Lawton, passed away Thursday, January 9, 2020 in a local hospital.  She was born October 23, 1933 in Sandau, Czechoslavakia to Johann and Helene Sippl.  She was the oldest of seven children.  The family was forced to leave their home in 1946.  As refugees, they found a new home in Braunfels/Lahn, Germany.  Later they moved to Kinzenbach, Germany.  She met her husband, Duane A. Boettcher in Ansbach, Germany in 1958.  They were married in 1959.  She came to the United States and Lawton/Fort Sill in 1962.  She was proud to become an American Citizen in 1966.  She accompanied her husband, SGM Boettcher on three tours in Germany.  She was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church where she served as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion bringing Holy Communion to the sick and those in nursing homes.  She was renowned for her apple strudel and pear bread.  At one time she was a Red Cross volunteer.  Mrs. Boettcher was a member of the Retired Sergeant Major Wives' Club, German American Club, Catholic Daughters of America and the Holy Family Ladies Guild.

Survivors include her husband, a daughter, Connie Moore, grandson, William G. Gaylor, II and his wife, Gina, seven great grandchildren, William G. Gaylor, III, Arianna, Isabelle, Chloe, Zachary, Ethan and Samuel, sisters, Hermine Bateman and Erika Schmidt and brothers, Adolph and Franz and their wives, Utta and Gudrun.

Her parents and a brother, Max preceded her in death.

Memorial contributions may be made to Holy Family Catholic Church, 1010 N.W. 82 ^nd street, Lawton, OK  73505.