Funeral service for Lilah M. (Lee) Reese will be 11:00 A.M. Thursday, February 16, 2017 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel.

Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens.

The family will greet friends from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Lilah M. (Lee) Reese, age 92, of Lawton passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2017 in Lawton.  She was born to Thomas Earl and Delilah Sally Gray at the Station Hospital at Fort Sill, Oklahoma on May 23, 1924.  She attended grade schools at Fort Sill and St. Mary's Catholic School in Lawton.  She attended Lawton Junior High School and graduated from Lawton High School in 1942.  She married Ernest J. Bane on June 13, 1950.  He died December 25, 1983.  During her thirty-five years as an Army wife she traveled and lived in many parts of the world.  She retired from Civil Service after completing twenty-two years.  Her last place of employment was Reynolds Army Hospital, Fort Sill, Oklahoma where she was the Chief Budget Analyst and acting Deputy Comptroller.  She married Ronald (Buzz) Reese on September 1, 1989.  They lived in Kerrville, Texas for several years, returning to the Lawton area in 1997.  Their married life was spent building houses and RV traveling throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Lilah is survived by her sister Fonda Riggs, Lawton, sons, Michael Bane and his wife Sondra, Blue Springs, Missouri and Gene Richard Williams, Texas, step son, Tony Reese and his wife Linda, Lawton, step daughters, Vickie Baker, Lawton and Rita Hudson and her husband Sid, Lawton, thirteen grandchildren and several great grandchildren.