Memorial service for Jane Lacy Ard will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 29, 2015 in the First Presbyterian Church.

Arrangements are under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Jane Lacy Ard, age 81, died Monday, December 7, 2015, at her home in Lawton. She was born March 6, 1934 in Ardmore, Oklahoma, to Ewell Bennett and Katherine (Dolman) Lacy. Her parents moved to Seminole when her father went to work at Collier Brothers Furniture Store. The family moved to Lawton in 1943 and purchased the Ethel and Stafford Furniture Store and established Lacy Furniture at Southwest 6th & D Avenue in 1944. Because of urban renewal it later moved to 431 SW C Avenue, where the Lacy Center stands today.

Jane married Owen Sam Ard on June 26, 1955 in the First Presbyterian Church, Lawton. Jane was a graduate of the University of Oklahoma's physical therapy school and worked for Dr. Charles Graybill and Dr. Doug Wilson in their orthopedic office. Then she went to work as one of the very first physical therapists on the staff of Comanche County Memorial Hospital. When the family relocated to Kansas City in 1965-66, she obtained a job at the Bethania Hospital. The first time they came back to Lawton, she worked at the Robert E. Greiner School for the Handicapped for about five years. They lived in Bethany for three years where she worked at Children's Convalescent Hospital. They returned to Lawton again in 1975 she found employment with Lawton Public Schools and developed a physical therapy program for the disabled students at Rogers Elementary School. Jane worked for LPS for 20 years and for a while after her retirement, worked for the Department of Human Services providing physical therapy to clients in a home setting.

In the mid-1980's she served one term on the Lawton City Council. In 1992, she and Carolyn Burton established Giddy Up 'N' Go at the Suncrest Stables. She was also a founding member of the Lawton Community Foundation. She and Sam are ordained elders of First Presbyterian Church and in recent years Jane provided leadership and support for the Family Promise program. She was also a 38-year member of Chapter EB of PEO.

In her spare time she helped Sam grow grapes for winemaking on a two-acre plot west of Frederick.

She is survived by her husband, of the home; Jane and Sam have four children and ten grandchildren: Rev. Dr. Anne Ard and her husband Rev. Dr. Tom Poole and their children Katy and Russell Jordan of State College, Pennsylvania; Dr. Sarah Manka and husband Cory and their children, Samuel (Andrea), Matthew, Paul and Margaret of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Owen Samuel "Chip" Ard, Jr. and wife Elaine and their children Clara and Owen Campbell of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Jim Ard and wife Kindra and their children Ryan and Kyle of Frederick, Oklahoma. Jane also leaves beloved nieces and nephews and many who were touched by her compassion and kindness over the years.

Her parents and a brother, Donald Dolman Lacy, preceded her in death.

The family requests in lieu of flowers memorial contributions be made to Family Promise, 910 SW E Ave, Lawton, OK 73501 or to Giddy Up 'N' Go, 7205 SE Bishop Rd., Lawton, OK 73501.