Graveside service for CSM (Retired) John C. Trenholm, 81, Lawton will be at 2:00 PM Thursday at Post Cemetery, Fort Sill. Sergeant Major Trenholm died Sunday, April 8, 2012 in a local care center. Burial with full military honors will be under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. He was born December 20, 1930 in Lubec, Maine to John and Velma (Kelley) Trenholm. He married Lucille Thompson on November 10, 2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sergeant Major Trenholm grew up in Maine, where he graduated from high school. He was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars. His decorations and medals include the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm, National Defense Service Medal with First Oak Leaf Cluster, Vietnam Service Medal (5 Campaigns), Good Conduct Medal with Sixth Award, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Five Overseas Service Bars, Army of Occupation Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and the United Nations Service Medal. He retired from the Army in 1978. Following retirement he worked as a self employed painter and had numerous rent houses. He was a member of the VFW, was a 32nd Degree Mason and enjoyed gardening. Survivors include his wife, of the home, three daughters; Beverly Fulcher and Debbie Davis, both of Oklahoma City and Sandy Jones and her husband Bob, Tulsa, a son; John K. Trenholm and his companion, Christie Harbert, Lawton, three step daughters; Sonja Parsons and her husband Paul, Hawaii, Julia Stach, Ohio and Gina Smith, Lawton, three grandchildren, one great grandchild, nine step grandchildren and one step great grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister and two brothers.