Age 85, Lawton - Funeral services will be 12:30 p.m. Monday in the First Baptist Church with Dr. William F. Watkins and Dr. Carl Hogue, officiating. Dr. Worthen died Tuesday in a local care center. Burial with Navy honors will be in the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. Dr. Worthen was born October 4, 1923 in Vinson, Oklahoma, to Alva I. and Kathleen (Wooldridge) Worthen. He was a 1941 graduate of Lawton High School and attended the University of Oklahoma until he entered the U.S. Navy on August 13, 1943. Dr. Worthen served as a Pharmacist's Mate Third Class during World War II and was discharged on April 27, 1946. His awards include the World War II Victory Medal, the American Campaign Medal and the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal. He married Fannie Lou Holderman on November 29, 1946 in Lawton. Dr. Worthen obtained his degree in dentistry from Baylor Dental College in 1950 and began his dental practice in Lawton in 1951 and retired in the late 1980's. He had been a member of the First Baptist Church since 1946 where he served as a deacon, had taught Sunday school and was a longtime choir member. He had been a member of the Northwest Kiwanis Club and the Lawton Rotary Club and served as a board member for Mexican Mission Ministries. He is survived by his wife, of the home; two sons and daughters in law, Dr. Rodney L. Worthen, II and Rhonda, Enid, Oklahoma, and Rande and Janet Worthen, Lawton; 11 grandchildren, Kristen, Philip, Jenna, Kara, Brandon, James, Rodney, III, Brian, Michael, Shaun and Rachel; a sister, Sue Powell, Plano, Texas; many nieces and nephews. His parents, and a brother, Dr. French L. Worthen, preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1409, Lawton OK 73502.