Graveside service with military honors for Jean M. Hastings-Vialpando will be 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 22, 2024, at Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, Oklahoma.

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

The family will greet friends from 6:00-8:00 p.m. on Monday, October 21, 2024, at the funeral home.

Jean M. Hastings-Vialpando was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, on October 24, 1941, to Frank Plunkett and Doris Plunkett (Broughton). She passed away on Friday, October 11, 2024, in Lawton, Oklahoma, at 82.

As soon as Jean graduated high school, she eagerly signed up to serve her country by joining the United States Army. While serving, she met her first husband, Richard Preston. Once out of the military, Jean worked at the Lawton Constitution as a station manager. She then worked for The Galleria repairing furniture. On September 3, 1999, Jean married Stephen Franklin Vialpando. He preceded her in death in January 2010.

Everyone who knew Jean knew that she was a loving mother, grandmother, and sister and that she especially loved "the brat".

Jean was preceded in death by her parents.

She is survived by her daughter, Dora L. Preston; three sons, James L. Preston and wife, Andra, Gary R. Preston, and Fred C. Hastings, Jr. and wife, Christa; five grandchildren, Stephanie Preston, Jessica N. Mayes and husband, Brent, Dominique Lamousin and husband, Joshua, Carrie Sanders, and Spencer Hastings; five great-grandchildren; and one brother, Alfred R. Plunkett.