Funeral Mass for SFC (Retired) Edward "Sock" Sockbeson will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, November 2, 2018 in Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church with Rev. Vic Luong, Parochial Vicar, officiating.

Entombment with full military honors and Masonic rites will be in the Chapel of Peace Mausoleum at Sunset Memorial Gardens under direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

A rosary service will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home chapel.

SFC (Retired) Edward "Sock" Sockbeson, age 84, Lawton, died Saturday, October 27, 2018 in Lawton.  He was born January 8, 1934 at Indian Island, Maine to Henry Joseph and Lena Sockbeson.  He grew up in Maine where he graduated high school.  He later earned college credit while in the military.  He married Maria D. Ramirez on May 29, 1956.

Edward was retired from the U.S. Army at Fort Sill after more than 23 years of service.  His awards include the Good Conduct Medal Sixth Award, Army Occupation Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, National Defense Service Medal Second Oak Leaf Cluster, Marksmanship Qualification Badge Rifle and the Good Conduct Medal Clasp Seventh Award.  Following his retirement from the military he worked at Fort Sill as a security guard and later worked for the City of Lawton as a security guard, including working security at the Lawton Police Department and also with Parks and Recreation, retiring from that department.

He was a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church and a life member of the VFW.  He was a 33 ^rd degree Mason and a member of Mt. Scott Masonic Lodge #540 and a member of the Scottish Rite.  He was a Shriner and also had served as a shrine clown.

He is survived by his wife, of the home; his son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Terrie Sockbeson, Lawton; two daughters and sons-in-law, Mary and Joe Gagne, Portland, Maine and Paula and Eric Buchanan, Oklahoma City; five grandchildren, two great grandchildren; his brother, Johnny, and two sisters, Carol and Sylvia.

His son, Edward Peter Sockbeson, three brothers and six sisters preceded him in death.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Shriner's Hospital for Children.