Funeral service for Velma Ruth Parker will be 1:30 p.m. Monday, May 9, 2016, in Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dave Menge officiating.

Burial will follow in Post Cemetery, Fort Sill.

Velma Ruth Parker, age 99, Lawton, died Wednesday, May 4, 2016 in Norman, Oklahoma.  She was born September 30, 1916 in Beaver, Iowa to Thomas and Grace Shaw.  Her father was a coal miner and she grew up in Minnesota until his death.  The family returned to Des Moines, Iowa and she was a graduate of North High School.

Mrs. Parker married MSG (Retired) Vincent Dwight Parker on April 12, 1936 in Des Moines.  When her husband retired from the Army she began a 20 year career with the U.S. Postal Service.  She was a member of Beta Sigma Phi.  She had many interests among which her favorites were reading and gardening.  She also enjoyed cooking, needlepoint and was an accomplished seamstress.  Central to everything however was her family.

She is survived by a son, Jim Parker, Lawton; a daughter and son in law, Joneé Parker Paul and Al, Aubrey, Texas; two grandchildren, Scott Paul and wife Stacy and Brandi Brogdon; four great grandchildren, Katherine, Nikki, David and Parker; one great great grandson, Levi and a soon to be born great great grandchild.