Funeral Mass for LTC (Retired) Robert W. "Bob" Stacks, 84, Lawton, will be at 10:30 AM Thursday at Holy Family Catholic Church with Rev. Philip Seeton, pastor officiating. COL Stacks died Saturday in Lawton. Entombment with full military honors will be in the Chapel of Peace Mausoleum at Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. A wake service will be at 6:00 PM Wednesday at the funeral home chapel. He was born Dec. 3, 1926. in Pineville, Louisiana to Joseph Arthur William and Theresa Cecilia (Corley) Stacks. He graduated from Danville High School, Danville, Illinois where he lettered in football and swimming. He married Jean Mary Navarro on October 8, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois. She died March 14, 2000. He enlisted in the Army in June, 1944 and was assigned to the Army Specialized Training Program at the University of Illinois. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant through the Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia on 1 November 1945. His first assignment was in Berlin Germany where he commanded an Infantry Company in the 78th Infantry Division until it was deactivated and then he played for the Berlin Bears football team. He was recruited for West Point but opted to leave active duty and attended Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. He applied for return to active duty in 1948 and was assigned to the 4th Regimental Combat Team in Fort Lewis. Washington. He married Jean Mary Navarro on 8 October 1949 in Chicago, Illinois. In 1950 he was promoted to Captain and commanded G Troop, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. in Korea. This was followed by an assignment to the Army General School, Fort Riley, Kansas, The Engineer/Ordnance School, Murnau, Germany, a transfer to the Ordnance Corps and subsequent assignment to the Ordnance School, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland. He returned to Germany as Operations Officer of the 703rd Maintenance Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division. Major Stacks was then assigned to the 184th Ordnance Battalion at Fort Sill, prepared the Battalion. for deployment to Vietnam where he became the Battalion Commander/ Director of Ammunition for the Quinhon Support Command. COL Stacks returned to Fort Sill as the Deputy Director of Maintenance and retired from the Army in 1970. He was awarded a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Maryland in Military Studies and a Bachelor of Science from Cameron University in Business Administration. After retirement he was an Adjunct Professor for the University of Oklahoma in the Personnel Management area and also as Chief of the Organization Branch in the Directorate of Combat Developments of the Field Artillery School. He retired from Civil Service in 1985 as a GS-12. His military decorations include The Legion of Merit, Bronze Star with V device, Purple Heart with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Combat Infantry Badge and the Meritorious Service Metal. He was a member of the Military Order of World Wars, Military Officers Association of America, Association of the U.S Army, Disabled American Veterans and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus and the charter president of the greater Lawton Chapter of The Mended Hearts support organization. Survivors include four children: Robert A. Stacks and his wife Carole, Topeka, Kansas: Thomas C. Stacks, Oklahoma City: Michael K. Stacks and his wife Ellen, Louisburg, Kansas: Terry L. Jolly and her husband Dennis, Lawton: 9 grandchildren: Skyler Jean Catania and her husband Todd, Alexandra Morin Stacks, Cheslea Stacks, Tayler Stacks, Robert Stacks, Michael Stacks, Lindsay Stacks, Brett Jolly and Payne Jolly, a great grandson: Gavin Cruz Catania and a sister: Dorothy Jean Watson, Alvin, Illinois. He is preceded in death by his wife of 50 years, Jean Mary Stacks and his parents. Memorial contributions can be made to The American Heart Association, 5700 N. Portland, Suite 203, Oklahoma City, OK 73112, The American Cancer Society, 1320 N.W. Homestead Drive, Suite D, Lawton, OK 73505 or the Holy Family Catholic Church, 1010 NW 82nd Street, Lawton, OK 73505