Funeral service for SFC (Retired) Floyd "Ace" Dumesnil, 83, Lawton, will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, November 19, 2015, in Emmanuel Lutheran Church with Rev. Rod Ozmun, Pastor officiating. Burial with full military honors and Masonic rites will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. Sergeant Dumesnil died Sunday, November 15, 2015, in Lawton. He was born September 28, 1932 in New Iberia, Louisiana. He moved to Port Arthur, Texas at the age of one and graduated high school there. He married Brunhilde Lutz on February 7, 1958 in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Floyd served in the Texas National Guard for three years because he was too young to enter the Army without his mother's consent which she wouldn't give. At the age of 21 he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served 24 years before retiring at Fort Sill in 1978. He was a veteran of Vietnam and his awards include the Army of Occupation Medal (Germany), National Defense service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Two Overseas Service Bars, Bronze Star Medal, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm, Good Conduct Medal Seventh Award, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with Four Service Bars and the Meritorious Service Medal. Follow his discharge from the Army he worked for ten years with Civil Service and later for various contractors, including Northrop, who employed him in the same capacity. He was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church, the German-American Club and a life member of VFW Post 5263, the Non Commissioned Officers Association and the DAV. He was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of Mt. Scott Masonic Lodge #540. Floyd also loved to cook. He is survived by his wife of the home as well as several nieces and nephews. His parents, a sister and two step brothers preceded him in death.