Funeral for Valeria Tom, 83, Lawton will be at 2:00 PM Monday, January 5, 2015 at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church with The Rev. Shelley Forrester, Rector officiating. Mrs. Tom died Sunday, December 28, 2014 in Brenham, Texas. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 4:00 PM until 6:00 PM Sunday, January 4, 2015 at the funeral home. She was born April 17, 1931 in Mayodan, North Carolina to Marvin Columbus Venable and Mozelle Ollie Zigler Venable. They moved to Temple, Texas in 1941 where she attended public schools until her senior year when they moved to Manila, Philippines. She graduated high school there in 1948. She went to Temple Junior College for two years and then transferred to the University of Texas in Austin. There she met Charles Alfred Tom. They were married on June 14, 1952 (Flag Day) in Temple, Texas. He died March 6, 1988. She was always doing volunteer activities. She was a member of every PTA at her children's schools where she frequently served as president. She was involved with Girl Scouts where she served as troop leader to area coordinator. She was Mother Advisor for the International Order of Rainbow Girls and was a member of the Lawton Post Adjudicatory Review Board. She received her fifty year pin from the Lawton Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 82. She was a member of the Potpourri Group and the General Federation of Women's Clubs. She has so many lifelong friends from each of her volunteer and club adventures. Survivors include her children and their spouses, Marvin Alfred (Mat) and Daisy Tom, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Niles Andrew (Andy) and Sandy Tom, Fortuna, Missouri and Valerie (Christi) Tom and David Flicker, Brenham, Texas and three beautiful granddaughters, Stephanie Erin Tom, Seattle, Washington and Julia Carol Flicker and Emily Elizabeth Flicker, both of Brenham, Texas. She was preceded in death by an infant brother, her parents and her husband. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.