Memorial service with military honors for Eugene Albert Lavallee, Sr., 85, Lawton, will be 4:00 p.m. Thursday in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Lavallee died Saturday, June 15, in a Lawton hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. Gene was born on August 12th, 1927 in Holyoke, Mass. to Louise C Turcotte and Emile A Lavallee. An avid hunter and fisherman, Gene spent his youth in New England before joining the US Navy in 1945, followed by service in the US Army in 1947. A master mechanic and technician, Gene retired from the US Postal Service in 1982 to pursue his hobbies and interests which included bee keeping and raising bison and cattle. He is survived by his wife, of the home; a daughter, Linda Lavallee; two sons and daughters in law, Eugene Albert Lavallee, Jr. and his wife Elizabeth and Albert Allen Lavallee and his wife Connie; six grandchildren and their spouses, Amy and Anthony Dellova, Amber Beck, Jeff and Marymae Lavallee, Mark and Melissa Lavallee, Donavan Lavallee and Kaylee and Kenny Martinez; five great grandchildren, Tristan, Jason, Genevieve, Alexis and Chloe; three siblings, Claire Parks, Rosemarie Hyde and Stanley Neimier; and a former daughter in law, Sandra Lavallee.