Cover for Teiko (Betty) Suzuki's Obituary

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Teiko (Betty)

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Suzuki

Oct 9, 1929 — Apr 25, 2012

Obituary

Funeral Mass for Teiko (Betty) Suzuki, 82, Lawton, will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday in the Holy Family Catholic Church with Rev. Philip Seeton, Pastor officiating. Mrs. Suzuki was called home by the Lord on Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Burial will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. A wake service will be held at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel. Mrs. Suzuki was born October 9, 1929 to Shigemi and Sumi Chichibu in Tokyo, Japan. She married George Y. Suzuki on May 31, 1986 in Lawton. She came to the USA in 1951 and traveled abroad to many military posts and foreign countries as a military wife before settling down in Lawton. She was especially proud of visiting the Vatican with Donna where they had audience with Pope John Paul, II. She made numerous vacation trips to Branson, New York, Boston, Florida, California, Arizona, Texas, Las Vegas and Hawaii with her husband and other family members. Betty was a devout and dedicated member of Holy Family Catholic Church and previously St. Barbara's Catholic Church. She was employed by Comanche County Memorial Hospital Dietary Department from 1970 until 1986. She was a volunteer at the Ft. Sill Thrift Shop for over 20 years, a charter member of the Catholic Daughters of America, court St. Jude 2166, a life member of the VFW Post 5263 auxiliary and the Center for Creative Living. She loved music, especially jazz and classical music as well as country western, and ballroom dancing. She was a member of Jefferson Elementary and Lawton High School PTAs where she acted as an interpreter for Japanese exchange students. She was also the coordinator for the Catholic Daughters of America participation in the annual Salvation Army Angel Tree Program. Betty was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and will be greatly missed by her family and the many friends whose lives she touched. She is survived by her husband, George, of the home; four sons and two daughters in law, William and Roxann Poskey, Kyle, Texas, Michael K. and Jennifer Poskey, Tallahassee, Florida, James Poskey, Lawton, and Steven Suzuki, Denison, Texas; three daughters and two sons in law, Donna Poskey, Medicine Park, Oklahoma, Yvonne and Sanders Shaffer, Oklahoma City, and Linda and Dewayne Solomon, Del City, Oklahoma; nine grandchildren, Jonathan Suzuki, Denison, Texas, Benjamin and Zachary Solomon, Del City, Michael Poskey, Houston, Texas, Tim Poskey and wife Shirree, Phoenix, Arizona, Anna Gutierrez and husband Richard, St. Petersburg, Florida, Louis Poskey, Tallahassee, Florida, and Samantha Little and Whitney Poskey, both of Lawton; three great grandchildren, Jett and Aurora Poskey, Houston, Texas, and Chase Poskey, Phoenix; two brothers, Yuzo Chichibu and Juro Chichibu and wife Tatsue, all of Tokyo, Japan; two sisters and brothers in law, Miyoko and Shigeji Teranishi and Masako and Kazuaki Ishii, all of Tokyo, Japan; a favorite niece, Keiko Chichibu, Redondo Beach, California; many other relatives in USA and Japan. Her parents, two brothers, Yoshiaki and Shigeo, and two sisters, Takako and Harumi, preceded her in death. The pallbearers will be William Poskey, Michael K. Poskey, James Poskey, Steven Suzuki, Michael Poskey and Jonathan Suzuki. Memorial contributions may be made to the Catholic Daughters of America, court St Jude 2166, c/o Holy Family Catholic Church or to the Holy Family Catholic Church, both at 1010 NW 82nd Street, Lawton OK 73505.

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