Age 96, former Lawton resident - Funeral Mass will be 10:00 a.m. Friday in Holy Family Catholic Church with Rev. Kirk Larkin, Pastor, officiating. Colonel Belland died May 24 in Lansing, Kansas. Burial with full military honors will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. Born White Bear Lake, MN December 12, 1911. He married Florence Marie Floss on August 28, 1940 at St. Paul, Minnesota. She preceded him in death on September 5, 2006. Joined National Guard in 1932; entered active duty as a Second Lieutenant on January 6, 1941. Served with the 217th Artillery Group and the 212th Artillery Group, participating in the Aleutian Campaign. Col Belland took a ten month break to finish his studies at St. Thomas College, St. Paul, MN He was commissioned in the Regular Army and attended the Advanced Course at Fort Sill, OK and school at Fort Leavenworth, KS and the US Army & Missile School, Fort Sill, OK. He served from 1948 to 1952 as G-4 of TRUST, a United Nations Command in Trieste (F.T.T.), then returned to Fort Sill as the Executive Officer of the 17th Field Artillery Group and later as Commander of the 967th A.F.A. Battalion in 1953 In March of 1955 he was assigned to Vietnam as a logistical planner on a special planning staff Col. Belland returned to Fort Sill for four years as an instructor in Department of Target Acquisition and later from 1960 to 1961 as Secretary of the School. Following an assignment in Izmir, Turkey, where he was Commander of the Support Command, and as Headquarters Commander for Allied Land Forces, Southeast Europe and Headquarters 6th Tactical Air Force. On returning from Turkey Col. Belland assumed command of the Artillery Training Center 1963 where he served until his retirement in 1967. He was president of the Fort Sill Red Leg Flying Club, treasurer of the Fort Sill Golf Club, and served on other community organizations. After retiring he was Assistant and then City Planner of Lawton, Oklahoma for ten years. Col. Belland is survived by his daughter Kathleen B. Glenn, two grand-daughters and husbands, Catey and Dennis Edwards and Ann Austin and Bill Broeker, four great-grandchildren Tilden Guy Edwards, Hayes Thomas Edwards, Layne Elizabeth Broeker, and Chase Michael Broeker all of Leavenworth, Kansas Memorial contributions may be made in lieu of flowers to Heartland Hospice, 1001 East 101st Terrace, Suite 180, Kansas City, Kansas 64131 The family will greet friends from 6-8 pm Thursday at the funeral home.