Funeral service for SFC (Retired) Frank M. Patterson will be 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 24, 2017 in Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel.

Burial with full military honors will follow in Post Cemetery, Fort Sill.

SFC (Retired) Frank M. Patterson, age 91, Lawton, died Friday, March 17, 2017 in Lawton.  He was born February 18, 1926 in Ft. Worth, Texas.  He grew up in Ft. Worth where he graduated salutatorian of his class.  He later earned his degree from Cameron University.  He married Barbara Tenequer in Walters, Oklahoma.

Frank retired from the Army at Fort Sill after nearly 23 years of service.  He was a veteran of Vietnam and his awards include the National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Four Overseas Service Bars, Meritorious Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal Sixth Award, Vietnam Service Medal with Four Service Stars and the Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm.

Following his retirement from the Army he worked at the Fort Sill Shopette as well as a custodian for Geronimo Road Elementary School.

He is survived by his wife, of the home; five children and their spouses, Frankie Dale Patterson, El Paso, Texas, Glenda and Tommy Hodges, Karen and Glen Evans and Michael Lee and Susan Crumbley, all of Lawton, and Lisa Ezelle, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; thirteen grandchildren, Ashley, Parker, Taylor, Brett, Chad, Crystal, Shannon, Matthew, Brieanna, Leah, Lance, Brandon and Mitchell; and several great grandchildren and his brother-in-law, Bob Tenequer, Sr., Lawton.

His daughters, Monette and Sharon, and a son, Gary Bob Tenequer, preceded him in death.