Funeral service for Lillie Dennis, 98, Lawton, will be at 10:30 am Friday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Danny Elkouri, Pastor, Word Alive Church, and Jessie Forrest, Chaplain, Faith Hospice, officiating. Mrs. Dennis died Tuesday, May 29 at her home. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. The family will receive friends from 6-8 pm Thursday at the funeral home. Mrs. Dennis was born November 19, 1913 in Brinkman, Oklahoma to Jacob and Edna (Elkouri) Swyden. She began working at age 17 in the grocery business with her brother Sam in Walters, and later with her brother Dewey in Mangum. She married Dale E. Dennis, Sr. on May 19, 1946 in Wichita Falls, Texas. They owned Mom & Pop Grocery stores around Lawton from 1947 until 1971 when they retired. He died August 18, 1999. The family wishes to thank all the doctors and nurses who have cared for Mrs. Dennis over the past several years. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends. Survivors include a son and daughter in law, Dale E. Dennis Jr. and wife Glenda, Lawton; two daughters, Linda Lawson and her husband Jimmy, Lawton, Barbara Noriega, Geronimo; 10 grandchildren, Edward Dennis. Warren Dennis, Dusty Dennis, Paul Addington, Robert Forguson, Christian Noriega, Brian Soper, Della Dennis, Mike Lawson and Crystal Fink; fifteen great grandchildren; nine great great grandchildren; and a sister in law, Bernice Swyden. Her parents; two sisters, Sally Swyden and her partner Richard Donnellon, and Abby and husband Kelly Wilson; five brothers, Dewey and wife Bobby Swyden, Sam and wife Ruth Swyden, Henry Swyden, Gib and wife Karen Swyden, and Roosevelt Swyden; and a son in law, Jerry Noriega preceded her in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the Faith Hospice, 1925 W. Gore Blvd. Suite B, Lawton, OK 73505.