IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Melita

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Elmore

Feb 5, 1921 — Jan 25, 2008

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Age 86, Lawton - Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday in the St. Andrew's Episcopal Church with The Rev. William B. Carlin, II, Rector, and Rev. James P. Holley, Deacon, officiating. Mrs. Elmore died Friday in Lawton. Burial will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. The family will greet friends from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. She was born February 5, 1921 in Weehawken, New Jersey, to Rita and James Travers. She attended schools in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, Weehawken, New Jersey, and Berkley-Lewellyn in New York City. She married Colonel (Retired) Vincent M. Elmore, Jr. on May 27, 1939 in New York City and spent the next 29 years as an Army wife. He preceded her in death on September 3, 1994. During those years she did volunteer work with the Girl Scouts, various Thrift shops, Army hospitals and Veteran's hospitals. Following Colonel Elmore's retirement in 1968 they moved to Lawton and she continued volunteer work with the Salvation Army, the Center for Creative Living and St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. She is survived by two daughters and a son in law, Wendy and James Auten, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and Melita (Bonnie) Elmore, Austin, Texas; a daughter in law, Mary McFadyen, Colorado Springs, Colorado; three grandchildren, Jeffrey Auten, Kevin Auten and Drew Fitzgerald; a great grandson, Nathan Auten. Her husband and a son, Vincent M. Elmore, III, preceded her in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the Comanche County Unit of the American Cancer Society, 1320 NW Homestead Drive, Lawton OK 73505 or to the charity of the donor's choice.

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1313 Southwest D Avenue, Lawton, OK 73501

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