Funeral service for Rosemarie "Mary" Franklin will be 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 30, 2018 in Trinity Baptist Church, 1916 W. Gore Boulevard.

Burial will follow in Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, under direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Rosemarie "Mary" Franklin, age 78, Lawton, died Monday, March 26, 2018 in Lawton.  She was born December 27, 1939 in Königslutter Am Elm, Germany.  She married her sweetheart, CSM (Retired) Troy L. Franklin on January 30, 1960 in Königslutter Am Elm.

Mrs. Franklin was an Army wife and followed her husband with his military career.  She worked as a professional butcher having worked for Longnecker's Restaurant and later worked in the meat market at the Fort Sill commissary.

She was a member of New Post Chapel.  She had also been active with the NCO Wives Club and the Sergeant Majors Wives Club.  She enjoyed gardening and her dogs.

Survivors include her husband, of the home; three sons and daughters-in-law, Michael and Kathy Franklin, Cookeville, Tennessee, Ricky and Anne Franklin, Mt. Holley Springs, Pennsylvania and Timothy and Tonya Franklin, Texarkana, Texas; grandchildren, Chelsea, Kayla, Shawna, Kacie, Kelli, Chris, Tim, Selina, Alexis, Autumn, Anna and Travis; ten great grandchildren; her sister, Elvira Lönnecka, Germany; and sisters-in-law, Cindy, Lola and Jutta.

Her parents, sister, Sonja, and brother, Klaus, preceded her in death.