Funeral Mass for LTC (Retired) Francis P. (Frank) Curran, 80, Lawton will be at 12:30 PM Monday at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Elgin with Father Prakash Madineni, pastor officiating. COL Curran died Wednesday, November 02, 2011 in Lawton. Burial with full military honors will be at Fort Sill National Cemetery in Elgin under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Lawton. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Sunday at the funeral home. He was born October 11, 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts to Philip J. and Catherine M. (Magaldi) Curran. He graduated from Hyde Park High School in Massachusetts in 1947. He received a Bachelors Degree in Education from Bridgewater Teachers College in Massachusetts in 1953. He received a Bachelors Degree in Accounting from Cameron University in 1980. He entered the Army in January 1954 and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1977. He served at Fort Bliss, Texas, Germany, Vietnam, Korea and Fort Sill. He married Joanne F. Kilmain on December 26, 1954 in Millis, Massachusetts. COL Curran was a member of the Comanche County Conservation District from 1981 to 2001 and had been a member of the Lawton Noon Lions Club since 1977 where he was District 3L District Governor from 1985 to 1986. He was also Oklahoma Lions Council Chairman from 1986 to 1987. He was chairman of the board for Southwest Oklahoma Federal Credit Union. He was a volunteer tax preparer for AARP for thirty years at the Center for Creative Living and the Lawton Public Library. Survivors include his wife, of the home, four children and their spouses, Ann and David Little, Albuquerque, New Mexico, John and Heather Curran, McKinney, Texas, Kevin and Maureen Curran, Elgin and Karolyn and James Vaughn, Lawton, four grandchildren, Dawn and Sean Little, J.R. Vaughn and Mary Curran and his mother, Lawton. He is preceded in death by his father. Memorial contributions may be made to Lawton Noon Lions Club Charities, P.O. Box 673, Lawton, OK 73502 or to St. Ann's Catholic Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 10, Elgin, OK 73538.