Graveside service for SGM (Retired) John A. "Jack" Kudelka, 81, Lawton, will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday in the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin. Sergeant Major Kudelka died Monday in Lawton. Burial with full military honors will be under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. He was born May 31, 1931 in Plymouth, Michigan. He married Gerda Hage on September 3, 1957 in Karlsruhe, Germany. She preceded him in death on April 22, 2009. He retired from the U.S. Army in 1975 after 27 years of service. His awards include the National Defense Service Medal with First Oak Leaf Cluster, Korean Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal (6th award), Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Air Medal with 4th oak leaf cluster and the Bronze Star Medal with 1st oak leaf cluster. He is survived by a daughter, Jeanette K. Williams, Tecumseh, Oklahoma; a son, Johan M. Kudelka, Oklahoma City; four grandchildren, Monica Kudelka, Nicole Williams, Chelsea Williams and Michael Kudelka; three great grandchildren; two sisters, Christine Sterms and Lynda Treamer; a brother, Chuck Baron; several nieces and nephews.