IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Lorene

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Cavel

Feb 7, 1916 — Mar 20, 2011

Obituary

Funeral service for Lorene Cavel, 95, Lawton, will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Bob Jones, pastor officiating. Mrs. Cavel died Sunday in a Lawton care center. Burial will be in the Letitia Cemetery, east of Lawton, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. She was born February 7, 1916, south of Temple, Oklahoma, to Charity Etta "Etter" and Thomas Newell Monroe. She lived in Cotton and Stephens counties and later lived in the Hulen Community. On March 23, 1935, she married Warren Charles Cavel at Lawton, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death on December 23, 1995. In 1940 they moved south of Lawton to the Hillside Community where they lived for more than fifty years. She was a homemaker and loved to garden and work in the yard. She cooked and drove the school bus for the Hillside school for many years. After Hillside consolidated, she worked for the Lawton public Schools, cooking at Edison School until her retirement. After retirement, she became active in making crafts. She especially loved woodworking. She became a member of the Harvest Craft Club and was in many of their shows. She also became a collector of Depression glass. In her later years, she spent many hours crocheting and made many, many afghans. She was saved and baptized at Hulen Baptist Church at an early age and was a longtime member of Cameron Baptist Church. She is survived by a daughter, Wanda J. Cavel, Lawton; a son, Curtis W. Cavel, Lawton; twin granddaughters, Janet L. Cavel, Marlow, and her fiancé Greg Younts, Duncan, and Jennifer A. Eary and her husband Shawn, Lawton; two great granddaughters, Kristen Grace and Caitlin Faith Eary, both of Lawton, and was expecting her third great granddaughter in July. She is also survived by nieces, nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by her infant son, Charles Eugene Cavel in 1940 and a daughter in law, JoAnn Cavel in 2006. She was also preceded by her mother and father, infant sisters, Vera and Viva Monroe and an infant brother, Louis Monroe, as well as three sisters, Mollie Nolen, Vivian Kelling and Bertha Adams and three brothers, Elmer Monroe, Jack Monroe and Willie Monroe. Memorial contributions may be made to the Cameron Baptist Church Building Fund, 2621 SW C Avenue, Lawton OK 73505 or to the First Baptist East Building Fund, 3302 SE Lee Blvd., Lawton OK 73501. The family will greet friends at the funeral home from 6-8 pm on Tuesday at the funeral home.

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