Funeral service for Jean Whitehouse will be 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, August 29, 2018 in St. John Lutheran Church with Rev. Dr. Bill Schneider, Pastor officiating.

Burial with military honors will follow in Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, under direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Jean Whitehouse, age 86, died Thursday, August 23, 2018 in Lawton.  She was born August 29, 1931 in New Underwood, South Dakota to Rev. Philip R. and Edith Helen Albrecht.  She attended grade school in Leola, South Dakota and graduated in 1949 from Leola High School as Valedictorian.  In 1952 she graduated with honors from the Swedish Hospital School of Nursing in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  From 1952-1953 she worked at Methodist State Hospital in Mitchell, South Dakota as a relief evening and night supervisor.  From 1953 to 1956 she served as a United States Air Force Officer and was stationed at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming and Wiesbaden, Germany.  In 1957 she graduated from the Chicago Wesley Memorial Hospital School of Anesthesia for Nurses and also worked with the Illinois Air National Guard.  She also attended the Air Force Flight Nursing Course at Gunter Air Force Base in Alabama and graduated first in her class. From 1957 to 1959 she worked at Passavant Memorial Hospital in Chicago as a staff nurse anesthetist and instructor of student anesthetists.  During this time she also attended the University of Illinois, Chicago campus, for two semesters.  In 1959 she went to work at Wahiawa General Hospital in Wahiawa, Hawaii as a staff nurse anesthetist.  While there she met George C. Whitehouse.  They were married on March 9, 1962 in Canastota, South Dakota.  He preceded her in death on July 2, 2017.

From 1961 to 1962 she worked at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina as a staff nurse anesthetist and from 1962 to 1966 she worked at Cape Fear Valley Hospital in Fayetteville, North Carolina as a staff nurse anesthetist.  In 1968 she began a long career in nursing in the Lawton area and worked at Comanche County Memorial Hospital as a part time night duty registered nurse in intensive care and as a vacation relief nurse anesthetist at Southwestern Clinic Hospital, Comanche County Memorial Hospital and the USPHS Indian Hospital.  She moved with her husband to Bamberg, Germany in 1972 and taught some prenatal classes at the dispensary there.  She returned to Lawton in 1973 and continued working vacation relief.  In 1974 she accepted employment with Lawton Anesthesia Associates, Inc. and later worked for Dr. Gary Wilson for ten years before retiring.

She was a member of St. John Lutheran Church.  She enjoyed reading books and working jigsaw puzzles.

Survivors include three daughters, Teresa Wilson and husband Larry, Lawton, Shirley Satterfield and husband Kevin, Grand Prairie, Texas and Karen Brierton, Weatherford, Texas; three grandchildren, Tatum Brierton, Andrew Brierton and Kirstin McGrath; and her brother and sister-in-law, Roger and Carol Albrecht, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Her parents and her son, George Thomas Whitehouse, preceded her in death.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. John Lutheran Church, 102 SW 7 ^th Street, Lawton OK 73501.