Funeral service for Larry Jay Burnison, 60, Lawton, will be 10:00 a.m. Friday in the St. John Lutheran Church with Rev. Dr. Bill Schneider, Pastor officiating. Larry died Monday, September 9, at his residence. Burial with Lawton Fire Department honors will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. The family will greet friends from 6-8 pm Thursday, September 12, at the funeral home. Larry was born October 26, 1952 at Red Oak, Iowa, to Richard and Blanche (Jackson) Burnison. He grew up in Red Oak and was a 1970 graduate of Red Oak High School. Larry was baptized and confirmed on May 28, 1967 at Fremont Lutheran Church in Red Oak, Iowa. Larry enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1972 during the Vietnam war and was discharged in 1975. He married Cheryl Rivas on August 4, 1973 in Lawton. He was a 1979 graduate of Cameron University with a degree in elementary education and taught at Swinney Elementary school from 1979 until 1986. In 1986 he joined the Lawton Fire Department and remained there until his retirement in 2006. He was a member of St. John Lutheran Church and the International Firefighters Association. He enjoyed spending time with family and friends as well as coaching little league soccer and baseball. He relished playing golf and riding his motorcycle and was a lifelong Nebraska Cornhusker fan. He is survived by his wife, of the home; two sons, Brian Burnison and his wife Jennifer, Frisco, Texas, and Brandon Burnison and his girlfriend Michelle, Wichita, Kansas; three grandchildren, Jordan and Heather Burnison, Frisco, and Garrett Burnison, Wichita; three sisters and their spouses, Karen and Harold Pridemore, O'Fallon, Missouri, Sandy and George Currie, Essex, Iowa, and Janet Vallone, Clearwater, Florida; a brother and sister in law, Lowell and Janet Burnison, Red Oak, Iowa; his father in law and mother in law, Louis and Sylvia Rivas, Lawton; a brother in law and his wife, Ryland and Brenda Rivas, Blanchard; numerous nieces and nephews. His parents, a brother, Richard, four sisters, Linda Malerbi, Phyllis Roseland, Lois Garwood and Joy Carlson, preceded him in death. He loved his grandchildren immensely. Larry will be remembered by all as a guy who was willing to help anyone at any time and always had a smile on his face. Memorial contributions may be made to St. John Lutheran Church, 102 SW 7th Street, Lawton OK 73501.