Funeral service for Harold R. "Hal" Forrest will be 11:30 A.M. Monday, March 6, 2017 in St. Paul's United Methodist Church with Rev. Lisa Beavers, senior pastor officiating.

Burial with military honors will follow at Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Harold R. "Hal" Forrest, age 76, of Lawton, passed away Friday, February 24, 2017 in Oklahoma City.  He was born November 16, 1940 in East St. Louis, Illinois.  Hal and Sue (Darr) recently celebrated 55 years of marriage. Mr. Forrest was a US Army officer who first served as a General's aid and then later as a platoon leader and then company commander in field artillery.  He served two tours in the Vietnam war.  He graduated with a degree in Business from Oklahoma State University.  Following his military service, he worked several years for Northrop Grumman and retired from E G & G Dynatrend in Fairfax, Virginia. He was a longtime active member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church.

Mr. Forrest was preceded in death by his mother and father, Clara and Carl Kurtz.  Survivors include his wife, of the home, two sons, Gregory Forrest and his wife Melinda, Houston, TX and Ronald Forrest, Lawton and a daughter, Cara Smesko and her husband Ken, Akron, OH, six grandchildren, Geoffrey Forrest, Allison Forrest, Erin Forrest, Jackson Forrest, Kaden Smesko and Caleb Smesko, a sister Marilyn (Jim) Howell, Tulsa and a brother, David (Wendy) Kurtz, of Florida, nieces, Larisa and Stefany, nephews Michael and Cody.