Graveside service for William Lester Brown, 90, Elgin, will be 11:00 am Monday at the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, Oklahoma with Harlan Johnson, Chaplain, officiating. Mr. Brown died Wednesday at his home with his family at his side. Burial will be under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Fletcher (Formerly Robbins Funeral Home). The family will greet friends from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Friday at the funeral home. Lester was born in Gould, Oklahoma on May 27 1920 to Eva Viola (Easter) and William Berry Brown. He joined the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1937 and worked at Dolese Brothers Company from 1941 to 1942 before going into the army. Lester served in the U.S. Army from 1942 until 1945 assigned to the 494th Engineers as a mechanic and crane operator. He married Alene Hardzog on July 3, 1942 in Lawton. She died August 23, 2009. After he returned from WWII he and his wife operated the store at Porter Hill and he worked for Dolese Brothers at Richards Spur until his retirement in 1980. They farmed and ranched west of Porter Hill until recently. They were Comanche County Farm Bureau Farm Family of the Year for 1996. He is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Jeanette Brown of Stoney Point; 2 granddaughters and their spouses, Jeanine and Terry McCracken of the home and Jeri Lynn and Phillip Kosechequetah of Elgin; 7 great grandchildren, Melissa McCracken of Edmond, Brandon McCracken of Chickasha, Mitchell McCracken of the home, Dustin Ray of Stoney Point, Phillip Kosechequetah Jr., Brock Kosechequetah and Samuel Kosechequetah all of Elgin; 1 sister, Lillie Ellen Gann of Lawton, 5 brothers and their spouses, Jesse Lloyd and Juantia Brown of Lawton, Ira Robert and Lula Mae Brown of Lawton, Billy and Sue Brown of Lawton, Galvin Brown of Faxon, Floyd Brown of Lawton; 1 brother-in-law, Marvin Pierce of Oklahoma City, 1 sister-in-law, Dolores Bauman and husband Fred of Elgin; 3 brothers-in-law and spouses, C.C. and Katie Hardzog of Sterling, Johnny and Charlotte Hardzog of Elgin and Henry and Malvena Hardzog of Sterling; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, his parents, three sisters Martha Byrd, Eva Nichols and Nellie Pierce; a brother Kenneth Brown, a sister in-law Wanda Seals. Memorial contributions may be to Promise Care Hospice, 4202 SW Lee Blvd. Building B, Lawton, OK 73505.