Memorial service for Jean D. Earley, 92, Lawton, will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 8, at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church with The Rev. Shelley Forrester, Rector officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home, Lawton, Oklahoma. Vera Jean Daily Earley died in Lawton, Oklahoma, on Friday, January 4, 2014. She was born on May 4, 1921, in Mooresville, Indiana, the daughter of John E. and Lena Mae Daily. She grew up in Spencer, Indiana, graduating from Spencer High School in 1938. She married Harold E. Earley on November 2, 1940. They had three children: Jack, Mike and Candi. Jean and Hal moved to Lawton in 1954, when he was stationed at Ft. Sill, and she served as a court reporter for the JAG division for 34 years. She was an ardent supporter of the arts in her adopted home town of Lawton and a faithful and committed member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. Jean was loved, admired and respected. She personified elegance and grace. She will be missed, and her memory will be cherished by those who knew her. She was predeceased by her husband, Lt. Col. (ret.) Harold E. Earley and her sons, Mike J. Earley and Dr. Jack D. Earley, her brother, John K. Daily and her sister, Mary Lou Abrams. She is survived by her daughter, Candice Earley Nolan and her husband, Robert, of El Dorado, Arkansas, her daughter-in-law, Lurlene Earley (Jack) of Colorado Springs, Colorado, grandchildren Dr. John Earley (Lori) of Farmville, North Carolina, Rebecca Craven (Ray) of Ogden, Utah and five-great-grandchildren. Also surviving her is her beloved sister, Virginia Childress, Greencastle, Indiana, and three nieces and two nephews. Among the notes she left to her daughter, Candi, was the following quote: "I ask of my family and friends to attempt to view my death as the beginning of a greater life, and not a cause for grief." Memorial contributions may be made to St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 1313 SW D Avenue, Lawton OK 73501.