Funeral service for SFC (Retired) John M. Stecco, 94, Lawton will be at 2:00 PM Monday at the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Terry Marsh, minister at Carriage Hills Christian Church officiating. Sgt Stecco passed away peacefully at home Thursday, April 12, 2012. Burial with full military honors will be at Highland Cemetery under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. The family will greet friends from 4:00 PM until 6:00 PM Sunday at the funeral home. He was born in Passaic, New Jersey on August 14, 1917 to Michael and Anna Stecco. He joined the United States Army in July 1937 and retired in June 1962 at Fort Sill after proudly serving his country for 25 years. He was a WWII and Korean War veteran. When he was stationed in Germany he met the love of his life Charlotte (Heidi) Breitkopf and they were married on March 9, 1946 in Murnau, Germany. After his retirement from the U.S. Army he went to work for the Lawton Public Schools as a custodian at Robert E. Lee Elementary School and retired after 20 years in 1983. Survivors include his wife of 66 years, of the home, two sons and their wives, Johnny and Peggy Stecco, Lawton and Mike and Ann Stecco, Wichita Falls, Texas, a daughter and her husband, Beverly and Randy Aumann, Lawton, five grandchildren, Kristina Stecco, Lawton, David Stecco, Broken Arrow, Scott Smith, Mikel and her husband Jason Rivera, Lawton and Jonathan Stecco, Wichita Falls, two great grandsons, Gabriel and Jeran Chavez, Lawton. He is also survived by a very special neighbor and friend of the family, Ms. Paula Albert and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and six siblings, Mike, Joe, Andrew and Nick Stecco, Anna Schwartzberg and Helena Falco. Honorary pallbearers will be Scott Smith, Chris McClung, David Stecco, Jonathan Stecco and Gabriel and Jeran Chavez.