Funeral service for Lana Elaine Meraz, 71, Lawton, will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 29, in the Central Baptist Church with Brad Allen officiating. Mrs. Meraz died Wednesday, December 26, in Lawton. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. She was born September 16, 1941 in Lawton to Gerald and Lawana (Evans) Lawson. She grew up in Lawton and was a 1959 graduate of Lawton High School and had attended Cameron Junior College. She married Emmett Meraz, Jr. on July 27, 1963 in Lawton. As a young woman she had worked with the telephone company but was primarily a homemaker who was known to her grandchildren as "Mino". Mrs. Meraz was a member of Central Baptist Church. She also loved music and enjoyed singing and playing the piano. She is survived by her husband, of the home; her mother, Lawana Hall, Lawton; five sons and their spouses, Emmett Meraz, III and wife Debbie, Lawton; Jonathan Meraz and wife Stephanie, Oklahoma City, Gerald Meraz and wife Tracy, Stillwater, Aaron Meraz and wife Rebecca, Prosper, Texas, and Nathaniel Meraz and wife Debra, Elgin; ten grandchildren, Paige, Kyle, Kerra, Jenna Laine, Bethany, Aaron Meraz, Jr., Sarah, Tanner, Nicholas and Marissa; a sister, Larisa Hall, Lawton; three brothers and a sister in law, Kevin Hall, Cary Hall and Dwayne and Tami Jo Hall, all of Lawton. Her father preceded her in death.