Funeral service for MSG (Retired) Joseph L. Way, 75, Lawton, will be 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Dean Thompson officiating. Sergeant Way died Thursday, October 13, at his residence. Burial with full military honors will be in the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. He was born September 22, 1935 in Jacksonville, Florida, to Cornelius and Ruth (Merchant) Way. He grew up and graduated high school in Jacksonville and would later attend Cameron University for a short time. He married Helene Guhr in Germany on November 3, 1962. He entered the U.S. Army as a young man and retired at Fort Sill on February 28, 1979 after nearly 24 years of service. He was a Vietnam Veteran and his awards include the Army of Occupation Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with two service stars, Two Overseas Service Bars, Meritorious Service Medal with First Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Commendation Medal, Meritorious Unit Citation with First Oak Leaf Cluster, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with First oak leaf cluster, National Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal Sixth Award, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm, Expert Rifle, Meritorious Service Medal with Second oak leaf cluster and the Meritorious Unit Citation with Second oak leaf cluster. Sergeant Way was also retired from Civil Service at Fort Sill. He was a member of the Brockland Freewill Baptist Church, a life member of both the VFW and the DAV, he was a 32nd degree Mason and a Past Master of Mistletoe Lodge. He had also been active with the Fort Sill Retiree Council. He is survived by his wife, of the home; a son, Mitchell L. Way, Phoenix, Arizona; a daughter, Michelle Brezillac, Camp Lejune, North Carolina; five grandchildren; several brothers and two sisters.