Memorial service for Richard D. Pippin, 78, Lawton, will be 1:30 p.m. Monday, December 1, 2014, in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain Charles Leggett, Faith Hospice, officiating. Mr. Pippin died Thursday, November 27, 2014, in Lawton. Richard was born April 30, 1936 in Lawton to Frank Richard and Opal Juanita (Hames) Pippin. He grew up in Lawton and attended Woodrow Wilson Elementary School and Lawton Junior High School. He married Aneita Louise Ward on January 31, 1958 in Lawton. She preceded him in death on July 17, 1994. He had worked as a brick layer for 38 years and was a member of the Brick Layers Union. He was a HAM radio operator and was confirmed in 191 countries and held the highest amateur radio rating with the "extra class license". As a young man he enjoyed racing motorcycles and driving stock cars. He is survived by a son, Randy Pippin and his wife Teresa, Fargo, North Dakota; a granddaughter, Kala Pippin; special friend, Darleane Cobb, Lawton; cousin, Terry Ball and wife Jeanette, Lawton. His father, mother and step father, Frank M. Kirkpatrick, preceded him in death.