Funeral service for Jimmie Pete Klentos, 84, Lawton, OK will be at 10:00 am Tuesday at the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Dr. William F. Watkins, Baptist Minister, officiating. Mr. Klentos died Friday, August 12, 2011 in Lawton. Entombment with military honors will be in the Chapel of Peace Mausoleum at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Lawton, OK under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. Jimmie Pete Klentos was born on July 3, 1927 in Fairfax, OK to James P. and Maggie (Hodge) Klentos. He attended elementary and junior high schools in Wewoka, OK and graduated from Jones High School in Jones, OK. Mr. Klentos served in Germany with the occupation forces at the close of World War II. Upon returning from service, he married Anita Fay McDowell on January 4, 1949 in Henrietta, TX. Anita died on August 4, 1992. Mr. Klentos owned restaurants in Anadarko and Jones, OK. While in Anadarko, he served as Commander of the VFW where he offered honors at 59 military funerals. In the 1950s he went to work for Howard Johnson Restaurants and worked in Oklahoma, Indiana and Missouri as restaurant manager and supervisor. In 1969, Mr. Klentos and his family moved to Lawton, OK where he then managed the Across the Street Restaurant and later Del Rancho restaurants in the surrounding area. He also managed the Fort Sill Officer's Club and NCO Club for many years. Mr. Klentos retired from Fort Sill, OK in 1990. Mr. Klentos is survived by three children. Two daughters and their husbands, Tonda and Jim Hunt and Brenda and Les Moore, all of Lawton; a son, Jimmy Klentos, Duncan; six grandchildren; Audra Hunt, Aaron Hunt, Amanda Moore, Jessica Moore, Kelsey Klentos and Connor Klentos. He was preceded in death by his parents. Memorial contributions may be made to the Faith Hospice, 4121 W. Gore Blvd., Lawton, OK 73505.