Age 76, Lawton - Funeral services will be 2:30 PM Friday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Joseph R. Ross, Pastor, Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, officiating. Mrs. Avera died Tuesday in a local hospital. Burial will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill. The family will receive friends from 7:00 – 8:00 PM Thursday at the funeral home. She was born on March 15, 1932 in Claremore, Oklahoma to William Hampton and Dora Rosser. She served in the US Army for four years before being honorably discharged. She married Major John A. Avera in Dillon, South Carolina on December 2, 1955. He died on April 9, 1970. She was a Catholic. Survivors include two sons, George M. Avera, and Craig Avera of Lawton; and a sister, Alma Jane Royster of Reeds, Missouri. Her parents, husband, and a sister, Glenda Badger, preceded her in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 332 N. Lauderdale, Mailstop 505, Memphis, Tennessee 38105.