Funeral Mass for Rose Ann Belie will be 9:30 A.M. Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at Holy Family Catholic church with Rev. Roy Narisetti officiating.

Burial will follow in Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, with her late husband of 62 years, Robert A. "Sandy" Belie under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Rose Ann Belie, age 97, of Lawton, died Sunday, November 13, 2016, at her home.

She was born September 24, 1919, in Mountain Grove, Missouri to Henry and Clara Hoefer Keller.   She married Robert A. "Sandy" Belie on Sept. 24, 1946, in Charlotte N.C.  She received her bachelors of science in education from Southwest Missouri State College and was a 2nd grade teacher for Lawton Public Schools at Hoover Elementary for 15 years.  She retired from education in 1985 to become a full time care giver for her husband until he passed on March 2, 2008. She was a member of the Holy Family Catholic Church.

Survivors include five children:  Robert Gary and Nanette Belie, of Moorpark, Calif.;  Kathy Ann Stonitsch,  of Brookfield, Wis.;  Patty Lynn and Bill Ferguson, of Lawton;  Nancy Susan and Don Cole, of Little Rock, Ark.;  and John Richard Belie, of Tulsa;  13 grandchildren:  Christopher Scott Belie and his wife Dawn, Michael Matthew Belie and his wife, Debbie, Capt. Robert James Todd Belie, Stephen Andrew Belie, John Robert Stonitsch and his wife, Devon,  Katherine Joan Stonitsch and her husband Suneeth,  Michael Paul Ferguson and his wife, Courtney,  Joseph William Ferguson and his wife, Bond,  Christina, Joshua, and Matthew Cole, and Natalie and Lindsey Belie; nine great-grandchildren:  Lilly and Eve Belie,  Alyssa and Tyler Belie,  JT and Andrew Stonitsch,  Gabriel Samuel and Kelsey and Kinsley Ferguson.

She was preceded in death by her husband Robert A. Belie, four brothers: Steve Keller, Joe Keller, Jimmy Keller and Phil Keller, two sisters: Kathleen Alden and Elizabeth Pendergrass, and a son-in-law Peter Stonitsch.

Memorial contributions can be made, in her name, to the Lawton Public Schools Foundation, PO Box 2323, Lawton, OK 73502