Funeral service for LTC (Retired) Frederick S. Beck, 76, Lawton, will be 10:00 a.m. Friday in the First Baptist Church with Shane Hall, Pastor officiating. Colonel Beck died Monday in a Lawton hospital. Burial with full military honors will be in Highland Cemetery under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. Colonel Beck was born December 26, 1934 in Indiana, Pennsylvania, to William L. and Barbara (Blakely) Beck. He graduated high school in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and earned his bachelor's degree from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, majoring in history with a minor in geography while participating in the Army ROTC program. He married Adele Helen Skrdle on June 17, 1961 at the First Christian Church in Lawton. She preceded him in death on April 28, 2010. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant upon completion of the ROTC program. He was an aviator and served two tours of duty in Vietnam where he flew the first successful nighttime aerial rocket mission. His awards include the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm, Distinguished Flying Cross with First Oak Leaf Cluster, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with 60 device, Air Medal with Fifteenth Oak Leaf Cluster, Four Overseas Service Bars, Master Army Aviator Badge, Presidential Unit Citation, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Army Aviator Badge, Vietnam Service Medal, Senior Army Aviator Badge and the Bronze Star Medal with First Oak Leaf Cluster. He was also inducted into the Order of Saint Barbara. Colonel Beck retired at Fort Sill on October 31, 1977 after twenty-one years of service. Following his retirement he continued to fly recreationally and began a fifteen year career as a senior Army instructor in the MacArthur Senior High School Junior ROTC program until his retirement in 1992. He was a member of the First Baptist Church where he sang in the adult choir and had served as choir president as well as having taught the College and Career Sunday School Class. He was a member of the Aerial Rocket Artillery Association and the Military Order of World Wars. He was an avid supporter of the Lawton Community Theater and participated in the cast in two LCT productions. Colonel Beck enjoyed boating and traveling and had traveled to all fifty states as well as thirty-seven countries. He also enjoyed music and was a talented trumpet player. He is survived by a daughter and son in law, Brenda and Jason Buschman, Lawton; a son, Barry Beck, Dallas, Texas; a granddaughter, Tiffany Buschman, Lawton; a brother, William L. Beck, Fredericktown, Pennsylvania; two sisters, Carol "Mitzi" Symonds and her husband Gordon and Susan B. Harclerode, all of Lancaster, Pennsylvania; a brother in law and sister in law, Joe and Lacreta Skrdle, Lawton; several nieces and nephews. His parents and a sister, Norma "Cutty" Larsen, preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church Music Ministry, P.O. Box 1409, Lawton OK 73502.