Age 81, Lawton - Funeral services will be at 10:00am Tuesday at Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, with David Delker, Pastor of H2O Church.TV, Lawton officiating. Sergeant Gauthier died Wednesday in Lawton. Inurnment with Full Military Honors will be under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. He was born April 20, 1929 in Duluth, Minnesota to Michael and Alice M. (Cloutier) Gauthier. He married Dorothy Dee Campbell on May 9, 1953 in Connorsville, IN. She died January 27, 1979. He retired from the US Army in September of 1969 after 23 years of service. He served tours in Korea and Vietnam. He was a recipient of the Purple Heart. After his military retirement he worked for Lawton Public Schools for twenty years as the night custodian supervisor. He is survived by his three children, Laura Gauthier, Donald Gauthier and wife Debra and Mike Gauthier and wife Dee all of Lawton. He is also survived by two grandchildren, Christopher and Andrew, and a sister. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife and several siblings. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105.