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Lawton & Snyder, OK Obituaries

Roberta 'Amaw' Hadley

Roberta 'Amaw' Hadley

Nov 29, 2013

Funeral services for Roberta "Amaw" Hadley, 72, Lawton will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at the Westminster Presbyterian Church with Rev. Mark Henslee, Pastor, and Rev. John Saville, Retired Minister, officiating. Mrs. Hadley died Friday, November 29 in Lawton. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. Roberta was born April...

Wilma Jean Bounds

Wilma Jean Bounds

Nov 26, 2013

Graveside service for Wilma Jean Bounds, 80, Elgin, will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at the Bethany Cemetery, Bethany, Oklahoma. Miss Bounds died Tuesday, November 26 in Lawton. Arrangements are with the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. The family will greet friends from 6 - 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Wilma Jean was born October 28, 1933 in...

Clifford (Skip) Winston Holasek, Jr.

Clifford (Skip) Winston Holasek, Jr.

Nov 26, 2013

Memorial service for Clifford (Skip) Winston Holasek, Jr., 69, Lawton, will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, November 30, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church with Rev. Don Howard and Dan Tucker officiating. Mr. Holasek died Tuesday, November 26, at his residence. Cliff Holasek, the son of Clifford W. Holasek Sr. and Bernice (Haseley) Holasek was born December 1, 1943 in St. Paul,...

Morris James Smith

Morris James Smith

Nov 25, 2013

Graveside service for Morris James Smith, 85, Lawton will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday November 30, 2013 at the American Fork Cemetery, American Fork Utah. Mr. Smith died Monday, November 25 in Lawton. Local arrangements are with the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. Morris was born September 22, 1928 in Alpine, Utah to Dean and Nancy (Holman) Smith. Upon the death of...

Willa Mae Caudill

Willa Mae Caudill

Nov 24, 2013

Memorial service for Willa Mae Caudill, 78, Lawton will be at 2:00 PM Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ordean Nelson officiating. Mrs. Caudill died Sunday, November 24, 2013 in Lawton. She was born April 10, 1935 in Boswell, Oklahoma to Willie and Opal (Pettit) Krebbs. She married Jim Caudill on December 10, 1968...

Nell Lee

Nell Lee

Nov 23, 2013

Funeral service for Nell Lee, 85, formerly of Lawton, will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 6, in the Chapel of Peace Mausoleum at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Lee died on November 23, 2013 in Bakersfield, California. Arrangements are under the direction of the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. The family will have a visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, December 5,...

Lois Priest

Lois Priest

Nov 23, 2013

Funeral for Lois Priest, 84, Lawton will be at 2:00 PM Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at Western Hills Christian Church with Dave Menge, senior minister officiating. Mrs. Priest died Saturday, November 23, 2013 in Lawton. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. The family will greet friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM...

Danny Ray

Danny Ray

Nov 22, 2013

Funeral service for Danny Ray, 48, Mountain Park, will be at 3:00 pm Tuesday, November 26, 2013 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home of Snyder Chapel with Jimmy Smith, Jr., Frederick, OK officiating. Danny passed away Friday, November 22, 2013, at his home in Mountain Park, following a lengthy illness. Burial will be in Mountain Park Cemetery, Mountain Park, Oklahoma under...

Sfc (Retired) Elmer E. Carter

Sfc (Retired) Elmer E. Carter

Nov 22, 2013

Funeral for SFC (Retired) Elmer E. Carter, 58, Lawton will be at 10:00 AM Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel. Sgt Carter died Friday, November 22, 2013 in Lawton. Burial with full military honors will be at Post Cemetery, Fort Sill. He was born December 21, 1954 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma to Jess and Anna Bell (Finley)...

Zema Faye (Sally) Smiddy

Zema Faye (Sally) Smiddy

Nov 21, 2013

Funeral for Zema Faye (Sally) Smiddy, 67, Lawton, will be at 1:30 PM Friday, November 29, 2013 at the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ken Baden officiating. Mrs. Smiddy died November 21, 2013 of a heart attack in a Denver, Colorado hospital while en route to visit friends and family. Burial will be at Pecan Cemetery, southwest of Lawton....

Mg (Retired) Fred F. Marty

Mg (Retired) Fred F. Marty

Nov 20, 2013

Funeral service for MG (Retired) Fred F. Marty will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, November 25, in the New Post Chapel, Fort Sill, with Chaplain (COL) Matthew Pawlikowski officiating. General Marty passed away at home on Wednesday evening, November 20, 2013, after a long illness. Burial with full military honors will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, under the direction...

Edna Lorraine Bryant

Edna Lorraine Bryant

Nov 20, 2013

Graveside funeral service for Edna Lorraine Bryant, 94, former Amarillo, Texas, resident will be 10:00 AM Saturday, November 23, 2013 at Llano Cemetery in Amarillo with Gil Hiltbrunner, of Jeremiah 33:3 Ministries officiating. Burial will be under the direction of Rector Funeral Home, Amarillo. Local arrangements are under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. Mrs. Bryant died Wednesday, November 20,...

Nancy Jane Lewellen

Nancy Jane Lewellen

Nov 20, 2013

Memorial service for Nancy Jane Lewellen, 57, Lawton, will be 2:00 pm Saturday, November 23, 2013 at the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gary Neighbors officiating. Ms. Lewellen passed away on Wednesday, November 20 in an Oklahoma City hospital. Nancy was born January 24, 1956 in Lawton to Robert and Betty Jane (Landers) Sims. She was a 1974 graduate...

Troy F. Anderson

Troy F. Anderson

Nov 20, 2013

Funeral service for Troy F. Anderson, 89, former Lawton resident will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 23, in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gary Pratt officiating. Mrs. Anderson died Wednesday, November 20, in McKinney, Texas. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. She was born April 29, 1924 in Chickasha to Quientin and La Vera (Hurst) Chapman. She...

Polly Ann Johnson

Polly Ann Johnson

Nov 19, 2013

Funeral service for Polly Ann Johnson, 61, Altus will be at 2:00 pm Saturday, November 23, 2013 in the Greater Love Ministries Church of God in Christ, Altus with Superintendent Robert E. Green, Pastor officiating. Polly passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2013 in Altus. Burial will be in the Fairlawn Cemetery, Snyder under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home of...

Stanley E. Czernecki

Stanley E. Czernecki

Nov 15, 2013

Funeral services for Stanley E. Czernecki, 90, Lawton, will be 12:30 pm Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Czernecki passed away on Friday, November 15 at a local hospital. Burial with military honors will be at the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin. Stanley was born October 22, 1923 at Fort Sill to MSG Stanley "Duke"...

Sfc (Retired) Boyd D. "Johnny" Wait

Sfc (Retired) Boyd D. "Johnny" Wait

Nov 15, 2013

Funeral services for SFC (Retired) Boyd D. "Johnny" Wait, 75, Lawton, will be 9:30 am Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel. Sergeant Wait died Friday, November 15 at his home. Burial with full military honors will be at the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin. The family will greet friends from 5-7 pm Tuesday November 19 at...

Albert "Ward" Mccracken

Albert "Ward" Mccracken

Nov 13, 2013

Funeral service for Albert "Ward" McCracken, 95, Lawton, will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, November 18, at Olivet Baptist Church with Rev. David McCracken and Rev. Kenn Lane officiating. Mr. McCracken passed into the loving arms of his Lord and Savior early Wednesday morning with his wife Sarah at his side. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction...

Betty Jane Higgerson

Betty Jane Higgerson

Nov 13, 2013

Funeral for Betty Jane Higgerson, 89, Lawton will be at 1:30 PM Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mike Williamson officiating. Mrs. Higgerson died Wednesday, November 13, 2013 in Lawton. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. She was born March 21, 1924 in Union Valley, Oklahoma to Melvin and Betty (Whitehead) Dorton. She...

Ginny Kay Woody

Ginny Kay Woody

Nov 12, 2013

Graveside service for former Lawton resident Ginny Kay Woody, 56, Fort Worth, TX, will be at 1:00pm Friday, November 15, 2013 in the Highland Cemetery, Lawton, with Weldon Flanagan, Retired Church of Christ Minister, Lawton officiating. Mrs. Woody passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2013 in Fort Worth, Texas. Arrangements are under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. * The family...