Funeral service for Grover A. "G.A." Shandy will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 30, 2016 in Western Hills Christian Church with Rev. Dave Menge, Pastor officiating.

Burial with military honors will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

The family will greet friends from 6-8 pm Friday at the funeral home.

Grover A. "G.A." Shandy, age 94, passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2016 in Lawton.  He was born December 21, 1921 in Dumas, Arkansas to Bain and Emma Mable Shandy.  G.A. married Helen L. Wooten on September 21, 1942 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.  She preceded him in death on September 19, 1999.  He began working for Standard Lumber Company in Pine Bluff in 1941 and worked there until his enlistment in the U.S. Navy in August 1942.  G.A. served in the Navy with the Seabees until his discharge in September 1945.  He returned to Pine Bluff and continued working for Standard Lumber as a cabinet maker until September 1950.

G.A. moved to Lawton in September 1950 and began a thirty year career with Civil Service at Fort Sill working in the Training Aids Devices Department.  G.A. was a master cabinet maker and an excellent carpenter.  He was a member of Western Hills Christian Church.  Mr. Shandy was very active with Camp Fire Girls and instrumental in constructing, developing and maintaining Camp C'Andy in Faxon, Oklahoma.  He was a mentor to many.

He is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Debra L. Shandy-Friedel and Rev. Harvey Friedel, Oklahoma City and H. Denise Trimpa and Tom Trimpa, Lawton; four grandchildren, Tyler N. Trimpa and companion Nicole Beck, Frank G. Taylor and wife Jessica, Lillian G. Taylor and companion John and Fletcher R. Taylor; four great grandchildren, Micah Pressler, Liam Taylor, Ronan Taylor and Tomlin Trimpa; two sisters, Hester Insley and Mary Wooten both of Whitehall, Arkansas; and a brother, Kelly Shandy, West Monroe, Louisiana.

Two brothers, Bain Shandy and Eddie Shandy, preceded him in death.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Oklahoma National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 4606 East 67th  Street, Suite 103, Tulsa, OK 74136 or Western Hills Christian Church, 1401 NW 82nd Street, Lawton, OK 73505.