Funeral service for Virginia Marie Cortez, 88, Lawton will be at 10:30 am Tuesday in the First Baptist Church, Indiahoma with Rev. Jeff Crow, Pastor officiating. Mrs. Cortez died Saturday in a Lawton hospital. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. *** The family will greet friends Monday evening from 6pm until 8pm at the funeral home *** Virginia was born October 3, 1923 in Avilla, Missouri to Clarence Oliver and Alice (Dykes) Hosier. She married Leo Ellis Cortez on August 8, 1944 in Parsons, Kansas. He died April 20, 1997. She was a homemaker, worked for Lawton Public Schools as a cook for many years, and had worked at Zale's and Gordon Jewelry. She was a very active member of the First Baptist Church in Indiahoma, as well as volunteering her time at the Center for Creative Living in Lawton. She is survived by her son Leo Cortez, Jr. of Damascus, VA, three daughters, Patricia Marie Magnus and husband Ronald of Colorado Springs, CO, Carman Sareitta Kinney and husband Stacy of Lawton, OK, Robin Faye Harper and husband Kevin of Yukon, OK, seven grandchildren, Ranee McCollum, Lea Ochs, Larry Smith, Jr., Terry Bluford, Stacy Kinney, Jr., Phillip Kinney, Yvette Sawyer and three great grandchildren, Daniel McCollum, Ayden Smith and Alexis Smith. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, a son Jerrold Loyd Cortez, two brothers, Robert Hosier and Lloyd Hosier and a sister Rev. Minnie McKinney. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 5700 N. Portland, Suite 203, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73112.