Graveside services for SFC (Retired) John E. Haverstock will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, December 14, 2023 at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Rev. Gary Pratt, Associate Pastor of Lawton First Assembly officiating.

Burial with full military honors will be under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

John Edward Haverstock, 85, Lawton, passed away on Sunday, December 10, 2023, at the Lawton/Fort Sill Veterans Center.  He was born November 11, 1938, in Butler, Indiana to Albert Alcid and Opal Fern (Bishop) Haverstock.  He joined the United States Army and retired as a Sergeant First Class on April 30, 1987.  He served During the Vietnam War, and earned the following awards: National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with 1 Silver and 2 Bronze Service Stars, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Overseas Service Bar-5, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon-3, Good Conduct Medal-4, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Meritorious Unit Citation, Humanitarian Service Medal, Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Joint Service Commendation Medal, and the Expert Rifle M-16.  SFC Haverstock married Kil Hwa Haverstock on January 24, 1975, in Seoul, South Korea.  She preceded him in death on March 26, 2017.

He is survived by his daughter Opal Patton, grandchildren, Zabastian Medina, Johnny Jay and Candy Kay Haverstock, his identical twin brother Jimmy Haverstock of Butler, Indiana, and his sister Ethel Sudborough of Portland, Oregon.