obituaries

lawton & snyder, ok Obituaries

Mollie A. Mitchell

Mollie A. Mitchell

Dec 27, 2008

Age 88, Lawton - Graveside service will be at 2:00 PM Tuesday at Highland Cemetery with Father Joseph R. Ross, pastor of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church officiating. Mrs. Mitchell died Saturday in Lawton. Burial will be under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. She was born February 12, 1920 in Paris, Texas to Frank J. and Ann (McLain) Alverson. She...

Robert Garrett

Robert Garrett

Dec 26, 2008

Age 81, Lawton - Memorial service will be 10:00 a.m. Monday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Dr. Arthur Blount, son in law, pastor of First Baptist Church, Carnegie, and Rev. Charlie Blount, grandson, pastor of First Baptist Church, El Reno, officiating. Mr. Garrett died Friday in Lawton. He was born July 4, 1927 in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, to...

Delbert Grant (Coach) Swaner

Delbert Grant (Coach) Swaner

Dec 26, 2008

Age 61, Snyder - Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm Tuesday in the Becker Funeral Home Chapel, Snyder with John Albright officiating. Mr. Swaner died Friday in an Altus hospital. Burial with Military Honors will be in the Fairlawn Cemetery, Snyder under the direction of Becker Funeral Home of Snyder. He was born March 19, 1947 in Sayre, Oklahoma...

Faye Good Godwin

Faye Good Godwin

Dec 26, 2008

Age 85, Lawton - Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday in the First Assembly of God with Rev. Don Barnes, Pastor, officiating. Mrs. Godwin died Friday in Lawton. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. She was born February 19, 1923 west of Lawton to E.C. and Flossie Louticia Ball Moore. She...

Penny Leigh Portwood Nelson

Penny Leigh Portwood Nelson

Dec 26, 2008

Age 49 - Services will be at 2:30pm Wednesday in the First United Methodist Church, Snyder with Rev. Patrick McPherson, Pastor officiating. Penny passed away Friday, December 26th in Front Royal, Virginia of a sudden illness. Burial will be in the Fairlawn Cemetery, Snyder under the direction of Becker Funeral Home of Snyder. She was born January 3, 1959 in...

Clara M. Ross

Clara M. Ross

Dec 25, 2008

Age 79, Lawton - Funeral services will be at 1:00 PM Saturday, December 27, 2008 at the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Stanley Baker, pastor of Northside Baptist Church and Dr. Samuel Craig, chaplain, Hospice of Southwest Oklahoma officiating. Mrs. Ross died Thursday in Lawton. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. She was born April 18, 1929 in...

Latricia Ann Kovacs

Latricia Ann Kovacs

Dec 24, 2008

Age 65, Marlow - Funeral services will be 1:30 PM Monday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Vivian Garza, Pastor, Antioch Baptist Church, officiating. Mrs. Kovacs died Wednesday at her home. Burial will be in the Sterling Cemetery, Sterling. She was born on March 3, 1943 at Fort Sill to Bluford Hudson and Mary Octavia (Carter) Cain....

Jerry B. Gilson

Jerry B. Gilson

Dec 24, 2008

Age 61, Lawton - Memorial service will be held at a later date. Mr. Gilson died Wednesday. Arrangements are under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. Mr. Gilson was born August 31, 1947 in Lawton to Margaret and Barney Kelley. He was adopted by Tony Gilson at the age of six. He married Betty L. Kissner on May 17, 1989...

Jack Thomas (Jack) Joyce Iii

Jack Thomas (Jack) Joyce Iii

Dec 24, 2008

Age 88 - Funeral services will be at 11:00 am Wednesday in the Becker Funeral Home Chapel, Snyder with Rev. Jack Atkinson, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Elk City officiating. Mr. Joyce died Wednesday in the Tamarack Retirement Center, in Altus where he and Evelyn had lived since January of 2008 due to health issues. Burial with Full Military...

Margaret E. Dorr

Margaret E. Dorr

Dec 22, 2008

Age 84, Lawton - Services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday in the Letitia Baptist Church with Abe Deutschendorf officiating. Mrs. Dorr died Monday in Lawton. Burial will be in the Letitia Cemetery, east of Lawton, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. She was born April 14, 1924 in Comanche County, Oklahoma, to Curtis and Headie (Tuckey) Harding. She...

Florence Spurlin

Florence Spurlin

Dec 22, 2008

Age 93, Carthage, Missouri - Graveside service will be 9:00 am Tuesday in the Post Cemetery on Fort Sill. Mrs. Spurlin died Monday in Carthage, Missouri. Burial will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. She was born on July 30, 1915 at Littlefield, Texas to Elisha Clifton and Eunice (Little) Epps....

Marian Lee Krisher Stanley

Marian Lee Krisher Stanley

Dec 18, 2008

Marian Lee Krisher Stanley, 73, Edmond, Oklahoma, returned to our Lord on December 18, 2008, following a prolonged illness. The wife of Colonel George F. Stanley (Retired), she was born in Lawton, Oklahoma on July 31, 1935 to Major Theodore and Marjorie Krisher. A graduate of Lawton High School and a student at Cameron University, Marian wed George on July...

Roland M. "Ducky" Dunham

Roland M. "Ducky" Dunham

Dec 16, 2008

Age 92, Lawton - Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Sullivan Village Church of Christ with Rodger Schwenn, minister, officiating. Mr. Dunham died Tuesday in Edmond. Burial with military honors will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. He was born December 19, 1915 in Medford, Oklahoma, to Raymond and Minnie...

Msg (Retired) Don Poirot

Msg (Retired) Don Poirot

Dec 15, 2008

Age 78, Lawton - Graveside service will be at 2:00 PM Friday at Post Cemetery, Fort Sill with Chaplain (CPT) Robert Boettcher officiating. Sgt Poirot died Monday in Lawton. Burial with full military honors will be under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. He was born October 24, 1930 in Belleville, Illinois. He married Arline Allgire on August 22, 1954...

Robert S. Guern

Robert S. Guern

Dec 13, 2008

Age 59, Snyder - Graveside service will be at 2:00 pm Thursday in the Fairlawn Cemetery, Snyder with Rev. Jeff Flowers, Pastor of the First Baptist Church, Snyder officiating. Robert died Saturday in a Snyder nursing home. Arrangements are under the direction of Becker Funeral Home of Snyder. He was born June 27, 1949 in Great Falls, Montana to Cecil...

Susie E. Bentley

Susie E. Bentley

Dec 13, 2008

Age 97, Ponca City - Services will be 1:30 PM Thursday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Tom Willoughby, Associate Pastor, First Baptist Church, officiating. Mrs. Bentley died Saturday in Ponca City. Burial will be in the Sunset Memorial Gardens. She was born December 3, 1911, in Pottawatomie County, near Tecumseh, Oklahoma to Frank and Sallie (Shinpoch)...

Margaret L. "Pat" Meade

Margaret L. "Pat" Meade

Dec 11, 2008

Age 79, Lawton - Graveside service will be at 2:30 pm Sunday at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Meade died Thursday at her home. Burial will be under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. She was born September 8, 1929 in Fletcher, Oklahoma to William C. and Viola (Breedlove) Lawson. She married Raymond I. Meade on June 16, 1964 in...

Helga B. Wulf

Helga B. Wulf

Dec 10, 2008

Age 82, Duncan - Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday in the St. John Lutheran Church, Lawton, with Rev. Richard Mayer, pastor, officiating. Mrs. Wulf died Wednesday at her residence. Burial will be in the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. She was born September 8, 1926 in Ansbach, Germany to Andreas...

Jason Lamar Debay

Jason Lamar Debay

Dec 10, 2008

Age 29, Lawton - Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Tuesday in the Cameron Baptist Church with Rev. Bob Jones, Pastor, officiating. Mr. DeBay died Wednesday at a local hospital. Burial will be in the Stage Stand Cemetery in Homosassa, Florida at a later date. He was born on August 20, 1979 in Leesburg, Florida to Bruce G. and Karen...

Mildred E. Lechner

Mildred E. Lechner

Dec 10, 2008

Age 91, Lawton - Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday in the St. John Lutheran Church with Rev. Richard Mayer, Pastor, officiating. Mrs. Lechner entered glory on Wednesday December 10, 2008 at her home in Lawton. Burial will be 2:00 p.m. Friday in the Highland Cemetery in Winfield, Kansas. Arrangements are under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. Mrs....