obituaries
lawton & snyder, ok Obituaries
Charles O. Farris
Dec 5, 2009
Age 60, Geronimo - Funeral services will be 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel. Mr. Farris died Saturday in Lawton. Burial with military honors will be in the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin. He was born November 14, 1949 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He graduated high school in Junction City, Kansas. He served in the...
Clarence William "Bud" Wright
Dec 5, 2009
Age 85, Burkburnett - Graveside service will be 3:00 p.m. Monday in the Fairlawn Cemetery, Snyder, Oklahoma. Mr. Wright died Saturday in Wichita Falls. Burial will be under the direction of Becker Funeral Home of Snyder. He was born October 9, 1924 in Snyder, Oklahoma. He grew up in Snyder and graduated from Snyder High School. He served in the...
Linda Gay Strelecki
Dec 3, 2009
Age 65, Lawton - Funeral services will be 10:00 am Monday at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Al Potts, pastor officiating. Mrs. Strelecki died Thursday at a local hospital. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. She was born January 28, 1944 in Walters, Oklahoma to A.E. Gross and Melva Sue (Conrad)...
Esther Virginia Mills
Dec 2, 2009
Age 75, Snyder - Funeral services will be at 2:30pm Friday in the First Baptist Church, Snyder with Rev. Jeff Flowers, Pastor officiating. Mrs. Mills died Wednesday in Snyder. Burial will be in the Fairlawn Cemetery, Snyder under the direction of Becker Funeral Home of Snyder. She was born December 13, 1933 in Duncan, Oklahoma to Carl C. and Lula...
Grace Guerrero
Dec 1, 2009
Age 86, Lawton - Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Friday at the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Michael Franklin, pastor of Rye Hill Baptist Church in Fort Smith, Arkansas officiating. Mrs. Guerrero died Tuesday in Lawton. Burial will be in Memory Lane Cemetery, Anadarko. She was born January 1, 1923 in Fort Cobb, Oklahoma to Ernest and...
Elsa Maria "Honey" Matos
Dec 1, 2009
Age 56, Lawton - Funeral services will be 1:30 pm Monday at the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Del Traffanstedt, Minister to College Students, Oak Crest Baptist Church, Midlothian, Texas officiating. Mrs. Matos died Tuesday at a local hospital. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Elsa was born in the Panama Canal Zone on December 19, 1952 to...
Pauline Carol Stuples
Dec 1, 2009
Age 77, Lawton - Services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday in the El Reno Cemetery, El Reno, Oklahoma, with Rev. Charles King officiating. Mrs. Stuples died Tuesday in Oklahoma City. Burial will be under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. She was born November 27, 1932 in El Reno to Earl and Iva Kate (Miller) Cooksey. She graduated high...
Csm (Ret) Richard Myall Applegate
Dec 1, 2009
Age 81, Lawton - Graveside service will be 1:00 p.m. Monday at the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill. Sergeant Major Applegate died Tuesday at a local hospital. Burial with full military honors is under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. He was born September 16, 1928 in Washington, Iowa to Donald Ross and Bessie Evelyn (Myall) Applegate. He served in...
Maurice B. Garlow
Dec 1, 2009
Age 84 - Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday, at First Baptist Church, Lawton, with Shane Hall, Pastor officiating. Major Garlow died December 1 in Lawton. Burial with full military honors will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday in the Restlawn Cemetery, Altus, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. Major Garlow was born September 26, 1925 in...
Charles E. "Chuck" Rice
Dec 1, 2009
Age 76, Lawton - Graveside services were held Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at Highland Cemetery. Mr. Rice died Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at his home. Burial was under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. He was born March 29, 1933 in Chattanooga, Tennessee to Willie R. and Georgia (Bean) Rice. He attended schools in Chattanooga, TN, and enlisted in the...
W. Clyde Shelton
Nov 30, 2009
Age 95, Fairfax, Virginia - Services will be 1:00 p.m. Friday in St. Andrew's Episcopal Church with The Rev. Dr. William B. Carlin, II, Rector officiating. Mr. Shelton died November 30 in Fairfax, Virginia. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. He was born December 12, 1913 in Klondike, Texas, and spent his...
Imogene Marie Cooper
Nov 28, 2009
Age 84, Chickasha - Funeral service will be 10:00 AM Thursday at the First Baptist Church in Cement with Rev. Raymond McPherson, pastor of Life Journey Church officiating. Mrs. Cooper died Saturday in Chickasha. Burial will be in Celestial Gardens Cemetery in Cyril under the direction of Becker Cement Chapel (formerly Robbins Cement Chapel). She was born June 12, 1925...
Doris C. Hyde
Nov 28, 2009
Age 87, Lawton - Funeral services will be 3:00 PM Tuesday at Lawton Heights United Methodist Church with Rev. Charles King, pastor officiating. Mrs. Hyde died Saturday in a local care center. Arrangements are under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. She was born April 30, 1922 in Bath, New York to Carl and Gladys (Kelly) Racklyeft. Mrs. Hyde worked...
Ssg (Retired) Billy R. Addington
Nov 26, 2009
Age 69, Lawton - Funeral services will be at 12:30pm Tuesday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Randy Shorter, Pastor of Bethel Assembly of God, Lawton officiating. Sergeant Addington died Thursday in Oklahoma City. Burial with full military honors will be in the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, Oklahoma. *** The Family Will Greet Friends Monday Evening...
Melva Jo Garrett
Nov 24, 2009
Age 78, Lawton - Memorial Service will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday at the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Dr. Arthur Blount, pastor of First Baptist Church of Carnegie and Rev. Charlie Blount, pastor of First Baptist Church of El Reno, officiating. Mrs. Garret died Tuesday at her home. She was born July 21, 1931 in Lawton to John Ed...
Ltc (Retired) Billy J. Slusher
Nov 24, 2009
Age 74, Lawton - Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Monday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Chaplain (LTC) Paul Andreasen officiating. Colonel Slusher died Tuesday in Lawton. Burial with full military honors will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill. He was born April 18, 1935 in Oklahoma City. He graduated from Newcastle High School in 1953....
Maria A. Lucio
Nov 22, 2009
Age 88, Lawton - Graveside service will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at Highland Cemetery with Rev. Domingo Herrera and Rev. Marie Herrera, officiating. Mrs. Lucio died November 22 in Lawton. Arrangements are under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. She was born May 14, 1921 in Carthage, Missouri, to Valentine Cortez, Sr., and Jennie Mitchell Cortez. She grew up...
Marvin E. Rogers
Nov 22, 2009
Age 74, Apache - Graveside service will be 1:00 PM Friday at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Mr. Rogers died Sunday in Lawton. Burial will be under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. He was born September 17, 1935 in Osage County, Oklahoma to Alvis E. and Ruby (Mahaney) Rogers. As a child he lived in Lawton, Fouke, AR and Roswell, NM....
Charley E. Snyder
Nov 21, 2009
Age 78, Lawton - Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Harold Metheny officiating. Mr. Snyder died Saturday in a Lawton hospital. Burial with military honors will be in Highland Cemetery. A gathering of family and friends will follow the interment ceremony at the Hampton Inn and Suites, 2610 NW Cache Road. Mr....
Sgm (Retired) Juan Bautista Cordero
Nov 19, 2009
Age 82, Lawton - Graveside service will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill. Sergeant Major Cordero died Thursday in Lawton. Burial with full military honors is under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. Sergeant Major Cordero was born July 19, 1927 in Humacao, Puerto Rico, to Juan Bautista and Rafaela Christian Cordero. He served in...


