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Joseph Stanley Reska, Jr.

Oct 19, 1935 — Oct 22, 2009

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Age 74, Lawton - Services will be 1:00 p.m. Monday in the Lighthouse Church of God with Rev. Delbert Hughes, Pastor officiating. Sergeant Reska died Thursday in Lawton. Burial will be in the Duncan City Cemetery under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. He was born October 19, 1935 in Burlington, Vermont, to Joseph Stanley Reska, Sr. and Lena Bedard Zeno. He served in the U.S. Army for 22 years. His awards include the National Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal with fourth award and the expert qualification badge with hand grenade, Rifle M-16, Rifle M-14 and the Sharpshooter Qualification Badge with Pistol .45 Caliber. Following his retirement from the military he was employed as a boiler operator engineer at Comanche County Memorial Hospital for 20 years. He married Sherry "Lynn" Cogan on October 3, 1959 in Lawton. He was a member of the Lighthouse Church of God and the VFW. He is survived by his wife, of the home; two daughters and a son in law, Tambrie L. Reska, Des Moines, Iowa, and Tracy L. and Joe D. Johnson, Altus, Oklahoma; two granddaughters, LaDawna Palmer and Amanda Palmer, both of Des Moines; a grandson, Jarrett Joseph Johnson, Altus; a great granddaughter, Ryana Palmer, Des Moines; three sisters and two brothers in law, Shirley and Tom Duval and Beverly Duval, all of Burlington, Vermont, and Jacqueline and Fred Brown, Milton, Vermont. His father, mother and step father, Howard Zeno, and two sisters, Sophie King and Barbara Chaloux, preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lighthouse Church of God Building Fund, 800 NW Rogers Lane, Lawton OK 73507.

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