Funeral service for Lorene Collier, 90, Lawton, will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 18, 2014, in First Baptist Church with Brother Eddie Coast officiating. Mrs. Collier died Thursday, November 13, 2014 in Lawton. Entombment will be in the Chapel of Peace Mausoleum in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. The family will greet friends from 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Alma Lorene was born October 7, 1924 to R.J. (Jake) and Vera Partain Malone in the Lamesa, Texas area. Being the oldest of nine children, she was responsible for younger siblings from a very young age. She always said she had been a mother all her life. She graduated from Geronimo High School in May 1942 and as a 17 year old girl left the farm and headed to California to work in an aircraft factory to help with the war effort. She officially became a "Rosie the Riveter". That accomplishment was one of the proudest of her life. She met Deuard Collier at the same factory and they married June 9, 1944 in Yuma, Arizona. They then made their home in the Lawton area. He preceded her in death on August 16, 1989. Lorene worked Civil Service at Fort Sill, retiring after 28 years. Survivors include a son, Ladell Collier and wife Judy, Austin, Texas; daughter, Twila Bennight and husband John, Lawton; sister, Beatrice (Tena) Cox and husband Everett, Corinth, Texas; brothers, Lloyd Malone and wife Pat, Palmer, Alaska, Bill Malone and wife Jeanette, Lawton, Lyndal (Squeaky) Malone and wife Patsy, McGregor, Texas, Ronnie Malone and wife Jane, Dallas, Texas, Vonden Malone and wife Sharon, Lawton; Grandchildren, Melanie Robbins and husband David, Billings, Montana, Larissa Whitney and husband Mike, San Antonio, Texas, Brad Bennight and wife Sarah, Flower Mound, Texas, Brent Bennight and wife Candi, Lawton, and Bethany Brooks and husband John, Lawton; 14 great grandchildren She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, sister Laneta, brother D.H. (Pooch) and brother-in-law I.B. Huff. Memorial contributions may be made to the Leah M. Fitch Cancer Center of Southwest Oklahoma, 104 NW 31st Street, Lawton OK 73505.