Funeral service for Major (Retired) Omar J. Calciolari, 86, Lawton, will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 18 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with full military honors. Mr. Calciolari died Thursday, December 12, in Lawton. Burial will be at a later date in Highland Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 6-8 pm Tuesday, December 17, at the funeral home. He was born January 14, 1927 in White Plains, New York to Ariosto and Lucia Calciolari. Omar graduated from Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama on May 23, 1952. He married Alice Jane Williams on November 6, 1954 in Oxford, Alabama. She preceded him in death on October 17, 1985. He served two and one half years in the U.S. Navy and twenty one years in the U.S. Army. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant on May 23, 1952 and retired in 1973 with the rank of Major. His tours of duty included military bases in Germany, Vietnam and the United States and he was a veteran of both World War II and Vietnam. He was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, Two Overseas Service Bars, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Bronze Star Medal, the Air Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Good Conduct Medal and the Marksman Medal for the Rifle M-16. After his retirement from the armed services he served as the principal at Treasure Lake Job Corps from 1975 to 1986. Following his retirement he traveled extensively and spent the last years with his cherished companion, June Harris. He served on the Board of Directors for the Center for Creative Living. Omar was an avid golfer, a sly poker player and a friend to all. Omar enjoyed life to the fullest and was the "life of the party" everywhere he went. He was a loving father, grandfather and great grandfather to his daughters, Susan Dawn Dodson and husband Mikel and Kimberly Jan Erwin and husband Guy; his son, Thad Calciolari; his grandchildren, Shandy and Collin Greenleaf, Allison and Brian Dalke, Whitney and Kris Janzen, Abby Dodson, Hunter Dodson, Hannah Dodson, Molly Dodson and Bailey Calciolari; his great grandchildren, Addison Dalke, Luke Dalke and Wyatt Dalke; he is also survived by his cherished companion, June Harris. Memorial contributions may be made to the Center for Creative Living, 3501 SE Elsie Hamm Drive, Lawton OK 73505.