Age 95, Snyder - Graveside service will be 10:30 AM Thursday at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Chaplain (CPT) Gary Fukes, Fort Sill, officiating. Sergeant Major Oxley died Monday in Lawton. Burial with full military honors will be under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. He was born on February 11, 1913 in Muskogee to Harry and Fern (Henderson) Oxley. He enlisted into the US Army in 1931 and took his Basic Training at Fort Warren, Wyoming. He married Maria Althea Nicolet in Council Grove, Kansas on September 15, 1937. She passed away on February 20, 1993. He was stationed with the Horse Cavalry at Fort Riley, Kansas and also fought during World War II. He retired on June 30, 1960 at Fort Sill. He then worked for St. Barbara's Catholic Church for 15 years. He was a member of the Holy Family Catholic Church. Survivors include four sons, Clayton Oxley of Snyder, Jerry Oxley and his wife, Earlene, of Mountain Park, Ray Oxley of Mountain Park, and Michael Oxley and Wendy Fowler of Traverse City, Michigan; nine grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren. His parents, wife and two brothers, Raymond and Joe Oxley, preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 12 SW 7th Street, Lawton, Oklahoma 73501.