A private graveside service for Colonel (Retired) Robert Raymond Cote, DDS, 78, Lawton will be held at Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin. Colonel Cote, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend died November 13, 2007. Inurnment with full military honors will be under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. He was born November 14, 1928 in Rumford, Maine. He married Sally Brigham on May 25, 1963 in San Pedro, California. Shortly after his graduation from the University of Montreal Dental School, he was drafted into the US Army and received a direct commission to First Lieutenant on October 3, 1955 at Governor's Island, New York. He went on to serve over 29 years in the Army, and received a medical disability discharge while serving as DENTAC Commander at Fort Campbell, KY on November 19, 1984. He was assigned to Fort Sill first as Deputy for Dental Services from September 30, 1977 to March 1978, and then to DENTAC Commander until June 26, 1981. His most cherished awards and decorations were the Legion of Merit with an Oak Leaf Cluster and his induction as a member of the Order of Saint Barbara in June 1981. He served on the Salvation Army Advisory Board for several years, the Salvation Army being one of his favorite charitable organizations. Survivors include Sally, his wife of 44 years, son Robert R. Cote Jr. and his wife Shelly of Edmond OK, daughter Ruth A. Hill and her husband Steve of Grand Prairie, TX; three grandchildren Jennifer Nicole Cote, Jared Edward Hill, and Justin Tyler Cote Hill; step grandchildren Kody and Tiffany Moore; sisters Simon LaPointe and Laurette Cote of Biddeford, ME and brother Maurice and his wife Annis, of Lebanon, OH. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lawton Salvation Army, 1306 S.W. E Avenue, Lawton, Oklahoma 73501. He was preceded in death by his parents Eugene and Philomene, and brother Gerard.