Age 82, Lawton - Funeral services will be at 9:30 AM Wednesday at the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel. Mrs. Harrison died on October 16 at her home. Inurnment will be in the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin. Kiyoko was born on June 29, 1926 in Fukuoka, Japan to Hisayo and Katsuhyoshi Kawata. In her youth, Kiyoko was a popular and outgoing student with many interests. Living within walking distance to Fukuoka Bay, her favorite childhood memories were daily swims in the bay and gathering clams following high tide. She attended Senai Baptist College in Fukuoka and enjoyed her work in the science lab at Kyushu University. Following WWII and during the occupation of Japan, Kiyoko worked as chief operator at the Fukuoka Japan Signal Service Detachment No. 9 for the U.S. government where she adopted her nickname, "Sally". There she met and married her husband of 57 years, J.B. Harrison. Together they would travel to California, Stuttgart and Babenhausen, West Germany, and Fort Sill retiring in the Lawton area in 1971. Sally was a dedicated wife and embraced America becoming a U.S. Citizen in 1956. Sally was eager to learn the western way of living and became a wonderful "westernized" cook learning how to cook everything from pot roast to red eye gravy and grits. Sally was her husband's right hand man, always by his side when it came to farming, ranching, gardening and fishing and as a hunter's wife and mother, Sally quickly learned how to dress game and perfected delicious wild game/fowl/fish recipes . As a mom and homemaker, Sally volunteered throughout the elementary school years as home room mother for her six children where she enjoyed sharing her heritage and Japanese culture in the classrooms to include such things as the art of origami and the Haiku verse. She was Western Hills Elementary School's first school historian. Sally was an enthusiastic seamstress and advisor and spent many years creating props and sewing costumes for school plays and at Halloween. She was always sewing projects for other people and helped create the "Mouseskin" stuffed animal costumes with a local artist. Sally shared her love of swimming and taught American Red Cross swim lessons at Fort Sill. Sally also enjoyed ink/pencil sketching and water coloring and painted Christmas and Thanksgiving window designs at home and for the mess halls. Sally taught Japanese cooking classes at the Gourmet Gadgetry and loved sharing her recipes with family and friends and was presented the Melba Silver Spoon Award by the Daily Oklahoman for her cooking accomplishments. Her passion with science and nature continued throughout her life in her vegetable and flower gardens where she took great pride in growing, harvesting, and canning fruits and vegetables. Sally was a master at taking anything and stretching it to its limit and recycling materials was important to her; even in her 80's she continued to haul away all that she could to recycle. Other interests and hobbies included cake decorating, flower arranging, furniture upholstering and framing. Of all her accomplishments the one that was most important in her life was her family that she was dedicated and committed to. No matter what type of schedule she had, it was most important for her to be home when her children walked in the door after school so she could hear and respond to, "Mama, I'm home!". Sally and her husband have been active as sponsors with the Fort Sill Allied Officer's Sponsorship Program for over 30 years and have continued their help and support over the past years. They were recognized and thanked on May 9, 1991 in Tokyo Japan by General Atsushi Shima, the Chief of Staff of the Japanese Government Self Defense Force for their support and as quoted, "for their consistent affection and thoughtfulness to the Japan Ground Self Defense Force students at the U.S. Army Field Artillery School forming a basis of livelihood and having introduced the U.S. social system and culture to them, thus making a significant contribution to the accomplishment of their objectives, furthermore helping to improve and develop the education and training of the Fuji School, Field Artillery of JGSDF". In her later years, Sally's favorite pastime was playing pinochle and she looked forward to this weekly activity with close friends. Her boundless energy and unconditional love in everything she did will always be a warm memory to all who knew her. Crossing the ocean and coming to America may have seemed overwhelming to this petite, barely 5 young wife and mother but Sally's adventurous spirit and positive outlook kept her well grounded and celebrating and appreciating life 365 days a year. Survivors include her husband, J.B. Harrison; 4 sons and daughter in law, Jim and Frana Harrison and Phillip and Cindy Harrison of Oklahoma City; Tom and Tammy Harrison and Bruce and Un (Silver) Harrison of Lawton, OK, and 2 daughters and son in law, Patricia and Fred Crossman, Seattle, WA, Barbara and Matt Hunt, Norman, OK; nine grandchildren and two step grandchildren, and two great grandchildren; a sister, Reiko (Mori) Kawata and a brother and sister in law, Joichi and Kiyoko Kawata , Japan. She was preceded in death by her mother and father, and a sister, Sayoko Kawata. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1320 NW Homestead Drive Suite D, Lawton, Oklahoma 73505