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Felix Tingson Campos

May 18, 1930 — Nov 4, 2010

Obituary

Funeral mass for SFC (Retired) Felix Tingson Campos, 80, Lawton will be 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Holy Family Catholic Church with Rev. Philip Seeton, Pastor officiating. Sergeant Campos died Thursday in Lawton. Burial with full military honors will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. A wake service will be held at 6:00 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Sergeant Campos was born May 18, 1930 in Negros Occidental, Philippines, to Adriano and Rosalia (Tingson) Campos. He grew up in the Philippines and was married there to Elma Grino on February 17, 1953. Sergeant Campos enlisted in the U.S. Army and served with the 25th Infantry Division at the time of the Korean War. He would serve two tours in Vietnam with the 8th Infantry Division and the 101st Airborne Division. He retired from the Army after 22 years of service on September 30, 1976 at Fort Sill. His awards include the Good Conduct Medal (5th Award), Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, three overseas service bars, Bronze Star Medal with second oak leaf cluster, meritorious Unit Commendation, Army Commendation Medal with first oak leaf cluster, National Defense Service Medal and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm. Following his retirement from the Army he worked for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company for twelve years. He was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church and a founding member of the Filipino American Association in Lawton. He was an outstanding gardener of fruits vegetables and flowers. He enjoyed Karaoke and helping others. He is survived by his wife, of the home; four children and their spouses, Mary Ann and Paul K. Wade, Wichita, Kansas, Rose Marie and Richard C. Bishop, Marietta, Georgia, Bobby Lynn Campos, Lawton, and Eddie Raymond Campos, Yukon; five grandchildren, Jennifer Wade, James Wade, Jonathan Wade, Robert Bishop and Philip Bishop; a brother, Rudolfo Campos, Arizona; sisters, Rosita Lara, Arizona, and Alice Hester, Texas, as well as several brothers and sisters in the Philippines; extended family, Dr. Jim and Marie Pilar, Dr Rodirigo and Piere Mariano, Joe Morita and Ermi Alfar.

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