Age 71, Lawton - Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Monday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Mr. Herman Lawrence, Deacon, Holy Family Catholic Church, officiating. Sergeant Adamczyk died Wednesday in a local hospital. The family will received friends from 5:00 – 7:00 PM Sunday at the funeral home. He was born on July 30, 1936 in Winona, Minnesota to Stanley and Dorothy Adamczyk at Winona Community Hospital. He grew up in Winona and attended school at St. Stanislaus Church and then Cotter High School. He enlisted in the Army on August 30, 1953 and went to basic training at Fort Bliss, Texas. In July of 1954, he was sent to Germany. He was first stationed in Hanau and then Darmstadt, where he worked on the Atomic Annie. There is where he met his wife, Ilse Juliane Schafer, of Offenbach A/Main and they were married on April 7, 1956. He was sent to Fort Polk, Louisiana then to Fort Riley, Kansas. In 1960, he was sent to Korea for a year. Upon his return, he was sent to Fort Sill, Oklahoma where he remained until 1968 and then returned overseas to Frankfurt, Germany. After that, he was sent to Fort Snelling, Minnesota to close the base. In 1971, he returned to Fort Sill until he retired in 1975 and made Lawton his home for him and his family. He received numerous awards, medals and ribbons during his 22 years of service including the National Defense Service Medal (2nd Award), Army of Occupation Medal (Germany), Good Conduct Medal (6th Award), Meritorious Service Medal and the Army Commendation Medal. Upon his retirement, he went back to college to receive a degree in Business from Cameron University in 1979. He then returned to work at Fort Sill for Civil Service in the One Stop (Training Aides) and worked there until 1995, when he had to medically retire. He was a member of the VFW Post #5263 and served as the Post Commander. He was also a member of the DAV Chapter 56, Holy Family Catholic Church and the Winona Polish Historical Society. Survivors include his wife of the home; a son and daughter-in-law, Michael Adamczyk and Beth of Phoenix, Arizona; two daughters, Dorothy Adams and her husband, Paul, of Meers, and Mary Adamczyk of Lawton; his grandchildren, Christina Chilcote, Trista Adamczyk, Janell and Josh Bigger, Nicholas Chilcote and his fiancée, Amber Johnson, Brandon Adamczyk, Juliane Adams and her fiancé, Logan Jones, Christopher and Sabina Adamczyk, Donaven and Erin Adamczyk, Michael and Lisa Adams, Mathew Adams and his fiancée, Jessica Gilmore, Michael Smith, Brittany Smith and Heather Smith; his great grandchildren, Sean Bigger, Camdin Chilcote, Jacob Adamczyk, Isabella Adamczyk, Colton Adamczyk, Lexi Adams, Autumn Adams, Alan Adams and Davis Gilmore; a sister, Diane Duden; a brother and sister-in-law, Richard and Jean Adamczyk; a sister-in-law, Rosie Adamczyk; an uncle, Ralph Drwall, and many cousins, nieces and nephews. His parents, a daughter, Ilse Adamczyk, and a brother, Frank Adamczyk, preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the Disabled American Veterans, 4704 Motif Manor, Suite 5, Lawton, Oklahoma 73505