Graveside service for SFC (Retired) Norman J. LaVigne, will be at 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, OK.

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

Public viewing will be at the funeral home Sunday, September 3, 2017 and Monday, September 4, 2017 from 9:00 am to 8:00 pm. The family will greet friends Monday evening from 6pm until 8pm at the funeral home.

SFC (Retired) Norman J. LaVigne, 86, passed away Thursday, August 31, 2017 at his home in Lawton surrounded by his family. Norm was born to John Joseph and Anna Delima (Gauthier) LaVigne in Black River/Alcona County, Michigan, on March 1st, 1931. He grew up on his family farm where he worked in farming and logging.  A talented baseball player, he pitched for the local county league, and later with the U.S. Army Team after he enlisted in the service in 1948.  Norm met and married Anna E. (Frank) LaVigne while stationed in Germany in 1953. Norm and Anna were married for 56 years before Anna's passing on May 16, 2009. SFC LaVigne served in the U.S. Army as a mechanic in both Korean and Vietnam Wars. After his retirement at Fort Sill in 1969, he owned and operated LaVigne's Phillips 66 Service Stations in Lawton for twenty plus years.

Norm is survived by one son, one daughter-in law and five daughters, two son-in-laws, fourteen grandchildren and twenty-three great-grandchildren. Children; Norman W. and Pamela LaVigne, of Maryville, TN, Sylvia Burgamy, Karen and Michael Everett, Patricia LaVigne all of Lawton, OK, Desiree and Charles Roan of Brownsville, TX., Angie Mitchell of Lawton, OK. Grandchildren; Stacey Riles, Sara Robinson, Andrea Irwin, Christopher and Brian Burgamy, Rhonda Hanson, Jason and Clinton Everett, Jeremiah LaVigne, Christine Roper, Jacob Roan, Michael Musgrove, Jessica Thaxton, and Matthew Mitchell, Great-grandchildren; Brooklyn, Ethan and Brandon Irwin, Shayna and Amarria Cook, Tyree, Tiana, Sage and Kayson Robinson, Elijah Burgamy, Evelyn Burgamy, Hayden, Aspen, Ryker and Hartlie Everett, Evan and Savannah Everett, Aubrey and Zane Roper, Elizabeth, Easton, Hayden Oleta and Nicklaus Musgrove; Two sisters: Marie Lee of Oscoda, Michigan and Jeanette Neveau of Bay City, Michigan, sisters-in-law, Jewell LaVigne of Clinton, OK. Gladys LaVigne, Vera LaVigne, Margaret LaVigne, Marion LaVigne, and one brother-in-law Rudy Wenzel, all of Michigan, one brother-in-law Arnold and sister-in-law Marie-Luise Frank of Germany, along with several nieces and nephews, and Dr. Michael Ramos of Meers, OK.

Norm was preceded in death by his parents, eight brothers, four sisters, his wife and one child.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Disabled American Veterans, 4704 NW Motif Manor Blvd. #5, Lawton, OK 73505, Aspire Hospice, 6217 W. Gore Blvd, Lawton, OK 73505, or Lawton Animal Welfare, 2104 SW 6 ^th St., Lawton, OK 73501.