Age 88, Lawton - Funeral services will be at 2:00pm Saturday in the Becker Memorial Chapel with Dr. William F. Watkins officiating. Mrs. Scanlon died Wednesday in a Lawton hospital. Entombment will be at 2:00pm Monday, July 19 in the Abbey Mausoleum, Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. The family will greet friends Friday evening at the funeral home from 6pm until 8pm. She was born May 3, 1922 in East St. Louis, Illinois. At an early age Mollie P. Scanlon learned the business of money. She married and had two children, Ronny & Sandra, and in the 1950s took them with her on her night time job of selling insurance door-to-door. Mollie experienced amazing success and with the help of her husband, Frank Scanlon, saved up to buy a boarding house in Dallas, Texas. Mollie then approached the Draughn Business College for referrals and was soon housing people from all over the country who were in Dallas to attend the school. Along with the hard work came financial independence and they were able to buy a second boarding house. The third property they bought was gutted entirely on the inside and Frank & Mollie spent every weekend working on rehabbing it into living quarters for more boarders. At that point they began looking for a farm to buy but someone suggested they focus on acquiring motel/hotel property. This led them to Lawton, Oklahoma, and armed with the resources from their boarding houses they were able to obtain a loan through a local banker named Elmer Benson. In 1957, the Motor Inn Motel, located just outside of Gate 2 of Fort Sill, Oklahoma had new owners. For the next seven years the couple worked side by side seven days a week and turned the motel in an extremely successful temporary residence for visiting families of servicemen stationed at Fort Sill. In 1958 the motel had a very famous resident who lived on site during his time of service with the Army, the great dancer and actor, Russ Tamblyn. A few years ago Russ phoned Mollie to reminisce about the good times he had while staying there and she was eternally grateful for him remembering her and her family. During 1961 Oklahoma became a "wet" state and alcohol was no longer forbidden. By remodeling a portion of the living quarters located upstairs from the motel switchboard and restaurant, the Zodiac Club was born. Around the same time and a first for the area, a swimming pool was put in on the grounds across from the motel office much to the delight of visiting adults and their children. In the late 1960s the club expanded to encompass the entire top floor and afforded a view of the highway with one entire side of the building made of glass. Popular bands from Dallas, Texas often entertained the crowds and again hard work had brought Mollie great successes with the help of both Ronny & Sandra. With the 1970s came progress that brought about the demise of the Motor Inn Motel. The property was sold to the state in order to expand the H.E. Bailey I-40 Interstate. A small piece of the original club still exists in the backyard of a house Mollie used to live in on 82nd Street. Even though she hasn't owned the property for many years, her grandchildren all feel that being with her there was the best part of their summers. It was during this time Mollie got into larger commercial construction project with the building that was leased to the Humpty Dumpty at 9th & Gore. The location brought a much needed grocery resource to the East side of Lawton, and over the years the name changed to Herb's then to its current name, Country Mart. Mollie split from her husband and with the proceeds from the sale of the motel property was able to build a strip of buildings to house her next business adventures. In 1974 she opened The Cover Up, a ladies apparel store, The Shoeville, a woman's shoe store and Central Auto Parts. In 1980 the strip was expanded and Molly P's was created. Once again Mollie was back in club management. She then retired from the retail side of business and focused mainly on the club and other rental properties, again with the help of both her children as well as some of her grandchildren. Over the years the club name has changed a few times, first to The Scene Dancehall & Saloon, then Kermit's Red Planet, then back again to The Scene, but the owner has always remained the same. Mollie Scanlon was the epitome of a liberated woman who lived by her own rules and never looked back. It is with great sadness that her passing has caught her friends and family off-guard. They all thought she would live forever and in their hearts, she will indeed. She is survived by a son Ron Norred of Dallas, daughter and son-in-law Sandra and Bob Glidewell of Lawton, sister Mary Stegall of Dallas, five grandchildren, Ron Norred, Jr. of Illinois, Dr. Troy Norred and wife Laura of Ada, OK, Laura Dinapolis and husband David of Covington, LA, Debbie Brinkman of Topeka, KS, Rob Darling of Dallas, eleven great grandchildren, Randall Whitney of Houston, TX, Samantha DeLapp of Lawton, Casey Brinkman and Christine Brinkman of Topeka, KS, Troy, Sarah, Tristan and Trenton Norred all of Ada, OK, Chance Norred of Port Charlotte, FL, David Dinapolis and Brenna Dinapolis both of Covington, LA and great-great grandchild Taitem Schladenhauffen. She was preceded in death by her parents, 3 brothers-Gene, Fred, Jr. and Bill, 2 sisters-Catherine Borquist and Juanita Ward and a grandson Randy Whitney.