obituaries

Lawton & Snyder, OK Obituaries

Sfc (Retired) Martin E. (Gene) Rowin

Sfc (Retired) Martin E. (Gene) Rowin

Jan 17, 2015

Funeral for SFC (Retired) Martin E. (Gene) Rowin, 90, Lawton will be at 1:30 PM Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel. Sgt Rowin died Saturday, January 17, 2015 in Lawton. Burial with full military honors will be in Post Cemetery, Fort Sill. He was born May 23, 1924 in Frost, Texas to Luther and Elsie (Young)...

Kerry Dee Choat

Kerry Dee Choat

Jan 17, 2015

Graveside service for former Lawton resident, Kerry Dee Choat, 66, Bakersfield, California will be at 11:00 AM Thursday, January 29, 2015 at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Kerry departed his life on Saturday, January 17, 2015 to join his son Matthew. At his bedside were his loyal and dedicated wife of thirty-four years, Alice and family members. Burial with military honors will...

Jose Agustin Maury

Jose Agustin Maury

Jan 16, 2015

Graveside service for José Agustin Maury, 91, Lawton will be at 2:00 PM Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin with Chaplain Charles Leggett, Faith Hospice officiating. José Agustin Maury died on January 16, 2015 at 2:35 am at Southwestern Hospital after brief illness. Burial with military honors will be under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home....

Nora Eddith Hupp

Nora Eddith Hupp

Jan 15, 2015

Funeral service for Nora Eddith Hupp, 79, Lawton will be at 10:30 am Wednesday, January 21, 2015 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Larry Thoma, Pastor of the First Assembly of God, Elgin officiating. Mrs. Hupp died Thursday, January 15, 2015 in a Norman, OK hospital. Burial will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, OK. The family will...

Frank W. Goodner

Frank W. Goodner

Jan 15, 2015

Funeral service for Frank W. Goodner, 57, Lawton will be at 2:00 pm Monday, January 19, 2015 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with J.W. "Billy" Bowen, First Baptist Church, Headrick, OK officiating. Mr. Goodner died Thursday, January 15, 2015 in a Lawton hospital. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. The family will greet friends Sunday evening from 4pm...

Lorene Vivian Bearden

Lorene Vivian Bearden

Jan 15, 2015

Lorene Vivian Bearden, Lawton, was born on January 29, 1916, in Fort Worth, Texas, to George and Harriet (Hattie) Tunal. She died in Lawton on January 15, 2015, at the age of 98 years and 11 1/2 months. A Service of Celebration of her life will be held at 1:30 pm on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at the Immanuel Baptist...

Bonita Fern Scruggs

Bonita Fern Scruggs

Jan 15, 2015

Funeral service for Bonita Fern Scruggs, 79, Marlow, will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday, January 22, 2015 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Gene Nease officiating. Mrs. Scruggs died Thursday, January 15, 2015, in Oklahoma City. Burial will be in Letitia Cemetery, east of Lawton. Mrs. Scruggs was born March 23, 1935 east of Lawton to Weldon Darrow "Bud"...

Ila Marie Bodenhamer

Ila Marie Bodenhamer

Jan 9, 2015

Memorial service for Ila Marie Bodenhamer, 84, Norman, Oklahoma, will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at First Baptist Church, Lawton, with the Rev. James Ehrlich officiating. There will be a reception at the church immediately following the memorial service. Mrs. Bodenhamer passed away on Friday, January 9, 2015. Private family burial will be at Waurika Cemetery, Waurika, Oklahoma,...

Betty Lou Harger

Betty Lou Harger

Jan 9, 2015

Funeral service for Betty Lou Harger, 82, Lawton, will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 13, 2015, in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel. Mrs. Harger died Friday, January 9, 2015, in Lawton. She was born October 12, 1932 in Mountain Park, Oklahoma, to Thomas Eldridge and Winnie Bruton. She grew up in Mountain Park and Indiahoma and attended school in Indiahoma....

Ronald 'Joe' Hanna

Ronald 'Joe' Hanna

Jan 9, 2015

Funeral service for Ronald "Joe" Hanna, 74, Lawton, will be 12:30 p.m. Friday, January 16, 2015 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Hanna died Friday, January 9, 2015, in Lawton. Burial with military honors will be in the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin. He was born October 4, 1940 in Oklahoma City to Wyley and Pauline Hanna. He grew...

Cw3 (Retired) David W. Nies

Cw3 (Retired) David W. Nies

Jan 8, 2015

Funeral service for CW3 (Retired) David W. Nies, 77, New Castle, PA will be at 9:30 am Monday, January 19, 2015 at St. John Lutheran Church, Lawton, OK with Rev. Dr. Bill Schneider, Pastor officiating. CW3 Nies died January 8, 2015 at Jameson Hospital in New Castle, PA. Burial with full military honors will be in the Fort Sill National...

Doris Miller Mallow

Doris Miller Mallow

Jan 6, 2015

Funeral service for Doris Miller Mallow, 91, Lawton, will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, January 8, 2015, in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Tony Elkins and Rev. Steve Mallow officiating. Mrs. Mallow died Tuesday, January 6, 2015, in Lawton. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Doris was born in the Allendale Community, east of Geronimo, on April 17, 1923...

Ilse Debaca

Ilse Debaca

Jan 6, 2015

Funeral mass for Ilse DeBaca, 85, Lawton, will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 12, 2015, in Holy Family Catholic Church with Father Joseph R. Ross officiating. Mrs. DeBaca died Tuesday, January 6, 2015, in Lawton. Burial will be in Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, under the direction of the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. The family will greet friends from 2-4 pm Sunday,...

Legrande (Lee) Joseph Woods

Legrande (Lee) Joseph Woods

Jan 2, 2015

Graveside funeral service for LeGrande (Lee) Joseph Woods, 92, Lawton, will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 10, 2015 in the Chapel of Peace Mausoleum at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Mr. Woods went to Heaven on Friday, January 2, 2015. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. The family will greet friends from 5-7 pm...

Doris J. Culver

Doris J. Culver

Jan 1, 2015

Graveside service for Doris J. Culver, 88, Lawton will be at 2:00 pm Monday, January 5, 2015 in the Chapel of Peace Mausoleum, Sunset Memorial Gardens with Jim Roberts, Pastor of Peace Congregational Church, south of Indiahoma, Oklahoma officiating. She passed away Thursday, January 1, 2015 in Lawton. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Becker-Rabon...

Mary Virginia Ozier

Mary Virginia Ozier

Dec 31, 2014

She was born Aug. 8, 1922, in Fort Worth, Texas, the daughter of Charles C. and Mary E. Morris Grantham. In the 1920s and 30s, her family resided alternately in Wichita Falls, Texas, and Lawton. Mary Virginia attended Sam Houston elementary school in Wichita Falls for first and second grade, and Washington, Emerson, and Lincoln schools in Lawton through sixth...

Ltc (Retired) Jean Emery

Ltc (Retired) Jean Emery

Dec 31, 2014

Funeral Mass for LTC (Retired) Jean Emery, 89, Lawton will be at 11:00 AM Friday, January 9, 2015 at Holy Family Catholic Church with Father Joseph R. Ross officiating. Lt. Col Emery died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014 at his home in Lawton. Burial with full military honors will be in Post Cemetery, Fort Sill under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral...

Jim Parker

Jim Parker

Dec 31, 2014

Funeral service for Jim Parker, 69, Lawton will be at 10:30 am Monday, January 5, 2015 in the Central Baptist Church with Dr. Keith Miles, Senior Pastor officiating. Mr. Parker died Wednesday, December 31, 2014 in Oklahoma City. Burial with military honors will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. The family will greet friends...

Brenda Earlene Payne

Brenda Earlene Payne

Dec 30, 2014

Eternity began for Brenda Earlene Payne, 66, Lawton, on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. A celebration of life service for Brenda will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, at Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel. Brenda was born April 30 1948, in Anadarko, to Ernie and Doris Coffman. She graduated from Apache High School in 1966 with Salutatorian Honors. Upon moving...

Marx L. Calhoun

Marx L. Calhoun

Dec 28, 2014

Graveside service for Marx L. Calhoun, 72, Lawton, will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 2, 2015, in Sunset Memorial Gardens with Dr. Patrick Latham officiating. Mr. Calhoun died Sunday, December 28, 2014, in Lawton. Burial will be under the direction of the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. He was born August 26, 1942 in Norton, Virginia, to William M. and Cora B....