IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Helen M.

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Hartung

Jul 15, 1918 — Sep 13, 2010

Obituary

Age 92, Lawton - Services will be 1:30 p.m. Friday at the New Post Chapel, Fort Sill with Dr. James Brock, officiating. Mrs. Hartung died Monday at her residence. Burial will be at the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday from 6-8 p.m. Mrs. Hartung was born July 15, 1918 in San Benito, Texas to William and Frances (Espey) Gunn. She was a registered nurse in the Army during World War II when she married LTC (Ret) Herbert W. Hartung on July 4, 1942 in Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He died on March 25, 1981 in Lawton. She was a devoted wife who followed her husband to Japan during the occupation after World War II and to several tours in South America. She was active in the Fort Sill Officer's Wives Club and was very supportive of her daughter Cindy's riding with the Fort Sill Artillery Hunt. She was a past president of the Lawton Civic Ballet and was very supportive of her daughter Cheryl's ballet career. In later years she was the activities director for Cedar Crest Manor and the Village on Lee. She is survived by two daughters, Cindy Wingate and Cheryl Hartung both of Lawton; a grandson, Aaron Wingate and his wife Kimberly of Colorado; two nieces, Anna Bodine and Hazel Presock; and special friends, Travis Bohannan, Carl Birt and Judy Short. Her mother and stepfather, Fred Mosely and a grandson, Alex preceded her in death.

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