Word has been received of the death of Salvador Lucero, Jr., Lawton, 61. Mr. Lucero passed away on August 19, 2009 in Walters, Oklahoma Private services were held at Becker Funeral Home on the day of cremation. Sal was born in El Paso, Texas to Salvador and Maria (Lechuga) Lucero on September 14, 1947. He attended El Paso schools and graduated from Ysleta High School. His interest in baseball took him to the University of Texas at El Paso where he was soon drafted to the California Angels. He worked in various fields throughout his life and retired with the GEO prison institute. He spent the majority of his life in Lawton, Oklahoma where his family resides. Sal is survived by a son and his wife, Sal III and Sandra Lucero, a son Jason Lucero; a brother and his wife Lorenzo and Nan Lucero, a sister and her husband and family, Yvonne and Louie Salazar; his parents, Salvador and Maria Lucero; Grandchildren, Braydon, Victoria, and Seth Lucero; the Dyers family, the Hollars family, and the Luna Family Sal was preceded in death by his daughter Yvette and his sister Norma. The family of Salvador "Pichon" Lucero, Jr. would like to thank the staff at Parkview Manor and Autumn Light Hospice.