Funeral for SFC (Retired) David C. Gomez, 85, Lawton will be at 11:00 AM Friday at the First United Methodist Church with Chaplain (CPT) Andrew Dressler officiating. Sergeant Gomez left to be with the Lord, peacefully, with his family by his side on Monday, August 6, 2012. Burial with full military honors will be at Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. The family will greet friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Thursday at the funeral home. He was born July 22, 1927 in Sweetwater, Texas. He was the seventh child of sixteen born to George R. and Susana (Cegobia) Gomez. He joined the Army at the age of sixteen. During his military career he worked as a medic and a paratrooper. He served in World War II, the Korean War and three tours in the Vietnam War. In 1946 he was stationed in Vienna, Austria. He married Rosie m. Rauscher on February 22, 1946 in Germany. They were married for thirty two years. They had six children together. He later married Betty L. Williams on May 30, 1980 in Wichita Falls, Texas. They were married for thirty two years. After twenty seven years of service he retired to do Civil Service and worked in orthopedics at Reynolds Army Community Hospital. After his retirement from Civil Service, he was called back to perform duties due to a lack of physicians during the Gulf War. Due to his illness, he had the honor of being a resident of the Lawton/Fort Sill VA Center, where he lived the remainder of his life. Sergeant Gomez loved music, dancing, playing softball, bowling and watching western movies. He umpired women's softball and was also a mall walker. He was an avid fan of the New York Yankees, Washington Redskins and the OU Sooners. Survivors include his wife, of the home, six children and their spouses; Johnny and Cynthia Gomez, Moore, Oklahoma, Suzanne and John Abbey, Lawton, Delores and Gary White, Yuma, Arizona, Dorothy and Joel Murphree, Shelbyville, Texas, Charlotte and James Laurent, Jr., Duncan, Oklahoma and Carol and Bobby LaPierre, Elgin, Oklahoma, a step son, Roy Williams and a sister; Rosalie Thompson. He is also survived by seventeen grandchildren; Robert Gomez, Brenda Buell, Christy Rollins, Phil Bonar, Debbie White, Darla Joson, Corinna Jackson, Sheila Martinez, Lori Murphree, Shelly Murphree, Melissa Tehauno, Buddy LaPierre, Steven Williams, Amber Williams, Angela Williams, Dianna Moore and Cynthia Holt, eighteen great grandchildren and many nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers; Joe Lee Gomez, Freddie Gomez, Jim Gomez, Jack Gomez, Gee Gomez and Sammy Gomez, sisters; Nellie Silvas, Mary Sterling, Maggie Sandaval, Susie Williams and Juanita Cannon. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lawton/Fort Sill VA Center, P.O. Box 849, Lawton, OK 73502.