Memorial service, with full military honors, for SFC (Retired) Troy R. Lee will be 2:00 PM Monday, October 30, 2017 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain (CPT) Uche Iheke, Fort Sill, OK officiating.

Burial will follow in the Duncan City Cemetery, Duncan, OK.

SFC (Retired) Troy R. Lee, 66, passed away on Sunday, October 22, 2017 at his home in Lawton. Troy was born June 3, 1951 in Blackwell, OK to Jack and Lawanda (Clayton) Sparr Lee. He married Linda K. Hillgardner on October 21, 1972 in Wichita, KS and was married for 25 years until Linda passed away November 24, 1997. Troy married Dena Gayle Bassett on December 12, 1998 in Anadarko, Oklahoma.

Troy graduated from high school in Wichita, KS. Following high school Troy went to college for a couple of years before joining the United States Army in 1972 and served his country in the US Army until his retirement in 1992. While in the military Sergeant Lee served as a Supply Specialist and earned several honors including the; Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon – 2, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal – 6, Army Commendation Medal with Silver Oak Leaf Cluster, Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon – 3, National Defense Service Medal with Bronze Service Star, Army Achievement Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, and the Meritorious Service Medal.

Following his military service Troy worked as a graphic designer at T & S Printing in Lawton while being a good father and husband. Troy was very active in his children's lives and their events, especially athletics. He coached his kids in little league and was a very loyal, dedicated father and fan of his kids through school and their extracurricular activities. He enjoyed drawing and art.

Troy is survived by his wife Dena, sons, Travis Lee and his wife Cary of Lawton, Danny Lee of Lawton, Jared Neilson of Lawton, Joshua Neilson and his wife Micah of Aubrey, TX, daughters, Jozi Neilson and Jamie Neilson of Lawton, grandchildren, Denton Lee, Kaysie Lee, Kaynen Whitmore, and Wayland Whitmore, his mother, Lawanda Sparr and husband Del, sister Joan Colgan, half-brother Bob Lee of Vermont, step-sisters, Sara Salyer of Puyallup, WA, and Edie Ariestanto of Wichita, KS, and step-brother, Tim Sparr of Wichita, KS.

Troy was preceded in death by his father, his first wife Linda Kay Lee, and a sister, Terri Bryant, brother-in-law, Larry Colgan.