Graveside memorial service for Monta Sanders Burt, 101, Lawton, will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, July 11, 2013 at Highland Cemetery with the Rev. Shelly Forrester, Rector, St. Andrews Episcopal Church officiating. Mrs. Burt passed away on Wednesday, July 3, 2013 in a local care center. Monta was born April 27, 1912 in Chelsea, Oklahoma to Booth and Susie (Melton) Sanders. She moved with her family to a farm 13 miles southwest of Lawton in 1923, and attended Blue Beaver School until the eighth grade, and then attended Lawton High School and graduated in 1930. She later attended Cameron Junior College. Monta married Roy A. Burt, Sr. on December 10, 1930, and they were married sixty nine years when he died February 24, 2000. She was always very active in all of her children's activities and was a wonderful loving and caring mother all her life. She was a Worthy Matron for O.E.S. Lawton Chapter #82 in 1972, active member of the Eastern Star, and served on the Rainbow Board. She was a member of the Lawton Pioneer Women's Club and a proud Eagle Scout mother. Monta has been a member of St. Andrews Episcopal Church since 1969. Survivors include a son and daughter in law, R.A. Burt and Debi, Lawton; a daughter, Jo Cook, Duncan; a daughter and son in law, Janet Terry and Richard, Lawton; seven grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren; several great great grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; and best friend of eighty eight years, Juanita Bowman Perkins. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; a daughter, Wanda Aastad; three brothers, Arville Sanders, Emmett Sanders and Obie Sanders; and a sister, Marie Hawthorne. Memorial contributions may be made to Ross Hospice Care, 328 S. 29th St., Chickasha, OK 73018; or St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 1313 SW D. Ave., Lawton, OK 73501.