Age 85, Lawton - Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Friday, October 9, 2009 at Lawton Heights United Methodist Church with Rev. Charles W. King, pastor officiating. Mr. Keeran died Friday, October 2, 2009 in a local care center. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. He was born March 24, 1924 in Fletcher to Martin W. and Kate (Preston) Keeran. Mr. Keeran graduated from Mill Creek High School in 1942. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 until 1946. He married Josephine "Josie" Moralez on April 5, 1960 in Lawton. She died April 27, 1996. Mr. Keeran lived in Hobbs New Mexico from 1959 until 1989 where he was an oil field worker. He retired in 1989 and moved to Lawton in 1994. He had lived at the Oklahoma Veterans Center since 2004. He was a member of Lawton Heights United Methodist Church. Survivors include a son; Bill Keeran, Lawton, cousin; Rosemary Keeran, Oklahoma City, ten nieces; Susan Zwaan, Beth Mathews, Kathy Meier, Kay Curry, Kellie Repier, Linda Baughman, Lisa Coleman, Karen Todd, Mary Margaret Shellhammer and Kathy Finney, seven nephews; Mike Keeran, Kenny Mike Curry, Ronnie James Curry, Martin Curry, David Himes, John Himes and Tommy Jim Tomlinson and many great nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his wife, parents, two brothers; Garnett Keeran and Pat Keeran and five sisters; Izetta Keeran, Clemintine Wolfe, Mary Tomlinson, Vera Graves and Merle Himes. Memorial Contributions may be made to Lawton Heights United Methodist Church, 1514 N.W. Andrews, Lawton, OK 73507.