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John W.

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Bukovich

Jul 22, 1919 — Apr 4, 2010

Obituary

Age 90, Lawton - Services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel. Sergeant Bukovich died Sunday at his residence. Burial with full military honors will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill. He was born July 22, 1919 in Virginia, Minnesota, to Paul James and Olga (Bellovridische) Bukovich. He moved to West Virginia while in the eighth grade to work in the coal mines. He married Eva Jean Jameson on December 31, 1952 in Van Buren, Arkansas. She preceded him in death on March 9, 2001. He served in the U.S. Army for 21 years and was a veteran of both World War II & Korea and was retired at Fort Sill on December 31, 1966. Following his retirement he worked as a security guard for Cleveland Pneumatics for seven years and later at Marvin's Burger as a short order cook. He is survived by a son, John Paul Bukovich, Lawton; a daughter and son in law, Sandra and Kelvin Clark, Lawton; a step son, Bill Pettigrew, St. George, Utah; four grandchildren, Temre Iverson, Chad Pettigrew, Austin Clark and Courtney Clark; seven great grandchildren; two brothers, Larry Bukovich, Newnan, Georgia, and Albert Bukovich, North Olmsted, Ohio; numerous nieces and nephews. A sister, Frances, preceded him in death.

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