Funeral service for Ronald F. "Buzz" Reese, 84, Lawton, will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the Saint Paul's United Methodist Church with Rev. Lisa Beavers and Tom Laubert officiating. Mr. Reese died Sunday, December 2 in Lawton. Burial with military honors will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. Mr. Reese was born March 30, 1928 in Lawton to Floyd F. and Myrtle S. Reese. He grew up in Lawton and attended first grade through twelfth grade in Lawton, graduating in 1946 from Lawton High School. He married Mildred M. Keith on December 9, 1946 in Lawton. She preceded him in death on May 13, 1989. He then married Lilah M. Bane on September 1, 1989 in Lawton. He joined the U.S. Army on October 1, 1946 at Fort Sill, served in Japan and was discharged in 1947. Following his discharge from the Army he worked for Civil Service at Fort Sill in the Training Aids Model Shop from 1951 until 1959. He then went to work as a salesman for Southwest Distributing Company in Lawton calling on retail liquor stores in Oklahoma. In 1966 he opened his own retail liquor store at 1311 West Gore Blvd. called Buzz's Gore Blvd Liquor Store and also opened a Hallmark Card and Gift Shop in downtown Lawton at 414 SW C Avenue. He sold both businesses in 1981 and went back to work at Fort Sill in the Training Aids Model Shop, retiring in 1990. Following his retirement he built a home in Kerrville, Texas, and a home in Lawton. He is survived by his wife, Lilah, of the home; a son, Tony K. Reese, and two daughters, Rita Hudson and husband Sid and Vickie Baker, all of Lawton; two step sons, Mike Bane and wife Sondra, Blue Springs, Missouri, and Rick Williams, Red Rock, Texas; a sister in law, Fonda Riggs, Lawton; eight grandchildren, Brandon Reese and wife Dawnell, Stillwater, Oklahoma, Heath Reese and wife Kristi, Stillwater, Christi Ferguson and husband Trent, Norman, Austin Killian, Norman, Reese Baker, Lawton, Tyler Bane and wife Jennifer, Bates City, Missouri, Jason Bane, Blue Springs, Missouri, and Ryan Bane and wife Elizabeth, Kansas City, Missouri; 18 grandchildren, Dallin, Gannon, Daryn and Garhett Reese, Bayden, Kamdyn and Kellyn Reese, all of Stillwater, Abbie and Gabe Ferguson and Berkeley Killian, Norman; Jacob, Leslie and Lilah Bane, Bates City, Missouri, Maddox, Sailor and Everleigh Hope Bane, Blue Springs, Missouri, and Owen and Eva Bane, Kansas City. He was preceded in death by his father and mother, his first wife, a brother, Armond Reese and his wife Mary, a sister, Kay "Patsy" Kennedy, and his daughter in law, Kathy Reese. The family will greet friends from 6-8 pm Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 841125, Dallas, Texas 75284-1125 or to the Kathy Holsinger-Reese Foundation, 910 NW 38th Street, Lawton OK 73505.