Mass of Christian Burial for Teodora "Dora" James, 96, Irving, TX, will be at 1:00 pm Thursday, April 14, at the Holy Family Catholic Church, with Rev. Philip Seeton, Pastor officiating. Mrs. James died Friday in an Irving, TX nursing center. Burial will be Post Cemetery, Ft. Sill, under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Lawton. **Visitation will be at the Funeral Home on Wednesday, April 13 between 6:00pm and 8:00pm.** She was born the tenth of thirteen children on May 19, 1914 in Cotabato City, Philippines to Lucio Flojo and Eugenia Asuncion (Aquilizan) Castro. She grew up in the Philippines and while being raised by her grandmother, she attended school and received her college education. She taught home economics for 5th, 6th, and 7th grades in the Philippines before she was married to Pascual C. James on June 22, 1946 in Manila, Philippines. They moved to Japan, Germany, and the states of Washington, California, and Oklahoma while he was in the U.S. Army. After his retirement in 1959 they made Lawton/ Ft. Sill their home. She was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church, Lawton, the Catholic Daughters of America and the Filipino- American Club of Lawton. Teodora was an active military wife, mother, homemaker, and did part-time childcare in her home. After her husband passed away in 1971, she continued to be active in the church through the many activities of The Catholic Daughters and overseeing the nursery. Dora enjoyed working in her yard, sewing, cooking, attending large gatherings with her friends, and she and her sister, Juanita (Aning) enjoyed traveling to The Holy Lands, China, Russia, Italy, as well as trips to visit family in the Philippines. She has lived in Irving, TX since 1996. Survivors include two sons, Victor James and wife Treva of Grand Prairie, TX and William "Bill" James of Dallas; four grandchildren, Kendra James of Brooklyn, NY, Kelley James of Grand Prairie, Stacey and husband Matthew Roth of New York and Brian Kennedy and wife Jinger of Plano, TX; 6 great grandchildren and other family members and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband; a daughter, Marie Joy Kennedy; a son, Alex James; a son-in-law, Don Kennedy; 6 brothers and 6 sisters. Memorial contributions may be made to Holy Family Catholic Church, 1010 NW 82nd St., Lawton, OK 73505.