Funeral service for Noriko Dorschler will be 11:30 a.m. Friday, April 1, 2016, in Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel.

Burial will follow in the Fort Sill National Cemetery.

Noriko Dorschler, age 89, died Monday, March 28, 2016 in Lawton.  Noriko was born February 11, 1927 in Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan.  She grew up in Japan and graduated high school in Nemuro.  She later attended Ikenobo Flower School and Dress Maker School.  Her parents were both employed with the Japanese Postal Service and Noriko worked at the headquarter post office in Hokkaido for three years and at her father's post office in Habomae for five years.

Noriko married Richard K. Dorschler on January 30, 1962 in Tokyo, Japan.  She came to the United States in August of 1962 and moved to Fort Sill in September of 1962.  She was declared a U.S. Citizen on March 26, 1965.

Noriko was a Zen Shu Buddhist.  She had been active in Ikebana International.  She was an honorary president of the Camp Drake, Japan Officers Wives Club, assisted soldiers in the 249th General Hospital and received several citations for her Army community service.  She also had received citations from Senator Randy Bass and Governor Mary Fallon.  She was also recognized for her work with ASPCA and Alley Cats International

She is survived by her husband, Dr. Richard K. Dorschler, of the home; her son, Donald Cuffel, Wichita Falls, Texas.  Other family members include her sisters Ko, Ruiko and Yuriko and her brothers Riyoichi, Makoto and Sadama all of Japan; ten nieces and seven nephews.