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Roland M.

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"Ducky" Dunham

Dec 19, 1915 — Dec 16, 2008

Obituary

Age 92, Lawton - Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Sullivan Village Church of Christ with Rodger Schwenn, minister, officiating. Mr. Dunham died Tuesday in Edmond. Burial with military honors will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. He was born December 19, 1915 in Medford, Oklahoma, to Raymond and Minnie Dunham. He grew up quickly following his father's death when he was a child. He took care of his mother and sisters by working in a restaurant during school and as a ranch cowboy. He joined the U.S. Army before World War II and began his service in the horse drawn artillery. He served as a drill sergeant training troops for the war and in Europe with Patton's 3rd Army. He was an air forward observer and received four air medals and a bronze star. He married Reba E. Norton on March 6, 1942 in Enid. She preceded him in death on June 19, 2005. Following World War II he began work with Civil Service at Fort Sill as well as farming and ranching. He worked primarily as a mechanic and technician on the Minute Man and Pershing missile systems. He retired after 30 years of federal service but continued to farm and ranch. He worked, along with others, to develop the Cox's Store Volunteer Fire Department. He and his wife were married 63 years and throughout his life he remained a man of honor and impeccable character. He is survived by his daughter, Suzette Watson, Edmond; two grandsons, Steven Crow, east of Lawton, and James Watson, Edmond; two step grandsons, Larry Watson, Connecticut, and Gordon Watson, Jr., Norman; two great grandchildren, Ryan Crow and Isabelle Watson; eight step great grandchildren; and a sister, Avis Crumbliss. His parents, a son in law, Gordon Watson, Sr., a sister and two brothers in law and ten brothers and sisters in law. Memorial contributions may be made to the Westview Boy's Home, P.O. Box 553, Hollis, OK 73550

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