Memorial service for Harvey Weaver will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, February 28, 2018 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Hubbard, associate pastor of Lawton First Assembly officiating.

Harvey Weaver, age 77, of Lawton, OK, passed away Thursday, February 22, 2018 in Lawton.

Harvey was born on March 2, 1940 in Pittsburg, OK to Elmer Weaver and Mary Martin-Weaver.  He graduated from Bokoshe High School, Bokoshe, OK in 1959.  He then joined the U.S. Navy and proudly served aboard the U.S.S Montrose.  Harvey received the coveted Navy Good Conduct Medal in 1963 and was honorably discharged in 1965. He returned to his hometown, Bokoshe, OK, and married Joyce Lee Lindenau on June 26, 1965.  They had one child, Mary Jeanette, born in 1969.

Harvey graduated with an Associate of Arts degree from Poteau Community College in Poteau, OK in 1972.  Then, a Bachelor of Arts in Education from Northeastern Oklahoma State University, in Tahlequah, OK in 1976.  In 1981, Harvey earned his Master of Science from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, OK.

Harvey worked as an educator in Oklahoma from 1977 until his retirement in 2002.  He began his career at Bokoshe High School, in Bokoshe, OK.  He also taught at the Tulsa Boys' Home in Sand Springs, OK and retired from Owasso Public Schools in Owasso, OK.

In addition to teaching, he also was a master electrician and plumber.

He loved hunting, guns, camping, leatherworking, woodworking, traveling and spending time with his family.

He is survived by his wife, Joyce Weaver, of the home.  his daughter, Jeanette Lane, and husband Jeff, of Lawton, OK, his granddaughter, Jenna Lane, and fiancé Lance Alston of Lawton, two brothers ,Wayne Weaver and wife Faye of Panama, OK and Frank Weaver and wife Judy of Cameron, OK, one sister,  Judy Miller of Sunfield, MI, two brothers-in-law,  Fred Lindenau of Tulsa, OK and Jim Lindenau and wife Alice of Claremore, OK and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Elmer and Mary Weaver, brothers,  Elmer Weaver Jr. and Earl Weaver, sisters, Mildred Sherman and Dorothy Helton, father-in-law John Lindenau and mother-in law Geneva Lindenau, sister-in-law, Marylee Bohannon and brother-in-law Johnny Lindenau.