Age 91, Lawton - Funeral services will be at 10:00 AM Wednesday at the First Christian Church with Rev. Kim C. Hames, pastor officiating. Mr. Yarmuk died Sunday in Lawton. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. Mr. Yarmuk was born March 19, 1919, in Lawton, Oklahoma to Nathan and LaVeta Yarmuk. He graduated from Lawton High School in 1936 and later attended Kemper Military Academy in Boonville, Missouri. He married Marie M. Smith in Lawton, Oklahoma on December 23, 1938. She died October 8, 2008. Mr. Yarmuk was a World War II veteran, serving in the Corps of Engineers in the Philippines and Japan. Prior to entering the military service, he had been proprietor of Lawton Welding Supply Company, but following his wartime duty he joined his father in 1946 in the operation of the Lawton Iron and Metal Company. In 1962 he established his own business, Yarmuk Scrap Processing, and was a member of the Gulf Coast Chapter of the Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel until his retirement in 1988. Mr. Yarmuk was a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason and was awarded the 50-year pin from the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma at Guthrie, Oklahoma in 2001. He was active in four Masonic lodges. First, he was a perpetual member and past master of Lawton Masonic Lodge 183. In 2000 he received his 50-year pin, and in 2001 he was honored with the "Mr. Mason" award. He was also a member of Mt. Scott Lodge 540, a member and past master of Triangle Lodge 548, and a member of Cyril Lodge 504. He was a Royal Arch Mason and an Eastern Star member. Mr. Yarmuk was a member of India Temple of Oklahoma City and of the Lawton-Fort Sill Shrine Club, where he served as president in 1961. He was a perpetual member of the National Sojourners, serving as president in 1996. He also served on the George Washington National Memorial Committee, and in 1999-2000 he was camp commander of Phil Sheridan Camp Heroes '76. Mr. Yarmuk was one of the original members of the Optimist Club and was a member of the Knife and Fork Club for a number of years. He was a 50-year member of First Christian Church in Lawton, where he served on the administrative board and was a deacon and elder of the church. He is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law: Babs and Dee Givens, Holly Lake Ranch, Texas, and Teresa Ann and John Adair, Lawton, a sister, Joan Power, Edmond; one brother, Jim, Hugo; two granddaughters: Janis Lynn Ferguson, Lawton, and Dena Marie Williamson, Wylie, Texas; three great-granddaughters: Brooke and Brittney Ferguson, Richardson, Texas, and Jordan Turner, Wylie, Texas; and a great grandson, Cole Williamson, Wylie, Texas. Memorial contributions may be made to First Christian Church, 701 S.W. D Ave, Lawton, OK 73501.