Funeral Mass for SSG (Retired) Paul G. Kozik, Sr., 79, Lawton, will be at 12:00 pm Thursday, April 2, 2015 in the Holy Family Catholic Church, Lawton with Rev. Philip Seeton, pastor and Deacon Jim Coe officiating. SSG Kozik passed away Sunday, March 29, 2015 in a Lawton hospital. Burial with full military honors will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Lawton under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. A Rosary service will be held Wednesday, April 1, 2015 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel at 6:30 pm. He was born August 21, 1935 to August Paul and Cecilia (Moniak) Kozik in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from Holy Rosary Irish Catholic School. Upon graduation from Chicago Vocational School he entered the United States Army on June 4, 1954 and went to basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. He retired after 20 years of honorable service at Fort Riley, Kansas on June 4, 1974. He returned to Lawton and was a delivery man for Wolverton Furniture. From there he worked civil service at Fort Sill for ten years. He then went to work for Kmart as a door greeter. During his time their, he played Santa Claus during the Christmas Holidays for any and all children's gatherings. He met Joanne Girsch while on leave from Japan in the summer of 1955. They married on April 27, 1957 at Saint Agnes Catholic Church in Chicago Heights, Illinois. To this union four children were born. He belonged to the Knights of Columbus 4th degree. He was a lifetime member of the DAV and VVA as well as the American Legion. He is survived by wife Joanne Kozik of the home, four children, Thomas Kozik of New Braunfels, Texas, Kathleen Kozik Walker and husband Kent of Lawton, Paul G. Kozik of Greeley, Colorado and Mary Kozik Gildon and husband Kenneth of Lawton, a brother Ray Kozik of Henderson, Nevada and a sister, Delores Segerich of Chicago, Illinois, 9 grandchildren, 6 great grand children, a God daughter Cheri Tenis Chandler and numerous nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his mother and father, 2 brothers, one brother in law, and 2 sisters-in-law. Memorial contributions may be made to Holy Family Catholic Church Building Fund, 1010 N.W. 82nd Street or the Ronald McDonald House, 1301 N.E. 14th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73117.