Funeral service for Lester Donald Howell, 87, Lawton, will be 2:00 pm Wednesday, August 27, 2014 in the Northwest Church of Christ with Troy Rogers, youth minister officiating. Mr. Howell died Saturday, August 23, 2014, in Lawton. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6 pm to 8 pm Tuesday, August 26 at the funeral home. Donald was born September 8, 1926 in Apache, Oklahoma, to Lester B. and Helen Flossie (Constant) Howell. He attended school at Alden and Stecker and assumed the head of the household responsibility at an early age. He married Margaret Beatrice Pierce on December 23, 1944 in Anadarko. She preceded him in death on May 28, 2011. Mr. Howell served in the U.S. Navy as a Seaman Second Class from 1945, aboard the USS Gantner, until his discharge in 1946. He then went to work for Dolese Brothers Company where he worked for 42 years until his retirement in 1988. He enjoyed flea markets and garage sales. Donald repaired lawn mowers in his spare time. He had been a member of the Apache Church of Christ from birth until 1956 and the Northwest Church of Christ from 1956 until the time of his death. He is survived by a daughter and her husband, Darlene and Harry Gibson, Lebanon, Indiana; a son and his wife, Roy Don and Pat Howell, Lawton; five grandchildren and their spouses, Stephen and Elizabeth Sullivan, Carmel, Indiana, Brooke and MSG (Ret) Daniel Greicar, Avon, Indiana, Jake and Jamie Harper, New Palestine, Indiana, Crystal and Eric Weatherly, Lawton, and Sherri Goodman and John, Carthage Missouri; nine great grandchildren; a sister and her husband, Donita and Marvin Turner, Stover, Missouri; two brothers and their wives, Doland and Artie Howell, Norman, Oklahoma, and Derwin and Virginia Howell, Sapulpa, Oklahoma; two sisters in law, Betty Ann Howell, Lubbock, Texas and Helen Pierce, Allen, Oklahoma; brother in law and his wife, Nolan and Barbara Pierce, Muskogee, Oklahoma; and a former grandson in law and his wife, Tom and Elise Bailey. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; and a brother, David Howell. Memorial contributions may be made to the Northwest Church of Christ, Building Fund, P.O. Box 6281, Lawton, OK 73506.