obituaries

lawton & snyder, ok Obituaries

Robert L. Mcfarland

Robert L. Mcfarland

Dec 10, 2008

Age 89, Lawton - Funeral services will be at 1:30 PM Friday at the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Al Potts, pastor of the First United Methodist Church officiating. Mr. McFarland died Wednesday in Lawton. Entombment will be in the Chapel of Peace Mausoleum at Sunset Memorial Gardens. He was born May 27, 1919 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma to...

Bessie M. Swindler

Bessie M. Swindler

Dec 9, 2008

Age 84, Lawton - Funeral services will be at 10:00 AM Monday at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Al Potts, pastor officiating. Mrs. Swindler died Tuesday in Lawton. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. She was born December 23, 1923 in De Queen, Arkansas to John Fredrick and Nora E....

Gilberto Velez Del Castillo

Gilberto Velez Del Castillo

Dec 7, 2008

Age 83, Lawton - Services will be 1:30 PM Wednesday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. David Jones, Pastor, New Light United Methodist Church, officiating. Mr. Velez Del Castillo died Sunday in a local hospital. Burial with full military honors will be in the Highland Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 - 8:00 PM Tuesday...

Johnny R. "John" West

Johnny R. "John" West

Dec 6, 2008

Age 71, Geronimo - Services will be 10:00 AM Wednesday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Ron Bartoli, Pastor, New Salem Baptist Church, officiating. Mr. West died Saturday in a local hospital. Burial will be in the Sunset Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6:00 - 8:00 PM Tuesday at the funeral home. He was...

Olga Eneida Coleman

Olga Eneida Coleman

Dec 5, 2008

Age 77, Cache - Services will be 1:30 PM Thursday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Dr. William F. Watkins, officiating. Mrs. Coleman died Friday in Austin, Texas. Burial will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. She was born October 14, 1931 in Maricao, Puerto Rico, to Ramon and...

Charles Donald "Billy" Roberts

Charles Donald "Billy" Roberts

Dec 2, 2008

Age 68, Robinson's Boat Landing - Services will be 2:00 PM Thursday in the Cowboy Church, North of Porter Hill, with Paul Lutz, officiating. Mr. Roberts died Tuesday in Marlow. Burial with Lawton Fire Department Honors will be in the Paradise Valley Cemetery, North of Lawton, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. He was born on May 18,...

Ellan "Frances" Hilliard

Ellan "Frances" Hilliard

Dec 1, 2008

Age 90, Lawton - Services will be 1:30 PM Friday in the Trinity Baptist Church with Rev. Eddie Coast, officiating. Mrs. Hilliard died Monday at her home. Burial will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. Ellan was born near Electra, Texas on December 27, 1917. She married Billy Watson in 1938....

Judith Laird (Canse) King

Judith Laird (Canse) King

Nov 30, 2008

Age 71, Lawton - Memorial service will be 2:00 p.m. Monday in the Lawton Heights United Methodist Church with Rev. Charles King, Rev. Patrick D. McPherson, Rev. P.J. Stewart and Rev. Michael R. Bartley, officiating. Mrs. King died November 30 in Lawton. Arrangements are under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. She was born January 20, 1937 in East...

Mary George White

Mary George White

Nov 30, 2008

Age 98, Lawton - Services will be 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Tom Willoughby, officiating. Mrs. White died Sunday in Lawton. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. She was born April 28, 1910 in Comanche County, Southeast of Geronimo, on the farm homesteaded by her parents, S.H. and Ella (Johnson) George. She was...

Norman E. Dennis

Norman E. Dennis

Nov 30, 2008

Age 54, Lawton - Funeral services will be at 12:30 PM Thursday at the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Dr. William F. Watkins officiating. Mr. Dennis died Sunday in Lawton. Burial with military honors will be in Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin. He was born June 1, 1954 in Evansville, Indiana to Norman Paul and Shirley Fern (Calvert) Dennis....

Gaye V. Thompson

Gaye V. Thompson

Nov 29, 2008

Age 51, Snyder - Funeral services will be at 11:00 Am Tuesday in the Becker Funeral Home Chapel, Snyder with Roderick W. Jackson, Pastor of Salt Of The Earth Ministries, Lawton officiating. Mrs. Thompson died Saturday at her home in Snyder. Burial will be in the Fairlawn Cemetery, Snyder, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home of Snyder. She...

Lawson Dale Guthrie, Sr.

Lawson Dale Guthrie, Sr.

Nov 29, 2008

Age 68, Lawton - Funeral services will be at 12:30 PM Wednesday at New Post Chapel, Fort Sill with Chaplain (MAJ) Jimmy Ward officiating. Mr. Guthrie died Saturday in Lawton. Burial with full military honors will be in Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. He was born January 5, 1940 in Coal Center, Pennsylvania...

Harold Lee Smith

Harold Lee Smith

Nov 29, 2008

Age 69, Lawton - Funeral services will be at 1:30 PM Wednesday at the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Don Barnes, pastor of First Assembly of God Offciating. Mr. Smith died Saturday in Lawton. He was born September 2, 1939 in Harlan County, Kentucky to Pearle and Vesta (Dye) Smith. Mr. Smith served in the U.S. Army for...

Betty Lynn Shields

Betty Lynn Shields

Nov 28, 2008

Age 79, Lawton - Funeral services will be at 10:00 AM Wednesday at the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Bishop Clyde Page, Lawton First Ward, Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints officiating. Mrs. Shields died at the OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City on Friday, November 28, 2008. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. She was born...

Donald Dean Wickens

Donald Dean Wickens

Nov 27, 2008

Age 78, Lawton - Funeral services will be at 1:00 PM Monday at the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Cliff Gravitt, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Hull, Texas officiating. Mr. Wickens died Thursday. Burial will be in the Marlow Cemetery. The family will greet friends at the funeral home from 4:00 PM until 6:00 PM on...

Sfc (Retired) Edward Valverde

Sfc (Retired) Edward Valverde

Nov 27, 2008

Age 72, Lawton - Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Leonard Reimer officiating. Sergeant Valverde died Thursday in Lawton. Burial with full military honors will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill. He was born February 26, 1936 in Los Angeles, California to Pedro and Isbel Rosas Valverde. He grew...

Elaine Smith

Elaine Smith

Nov 23, 2008

Age 98, Lawton - will be 2:00 PM Tuesday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Dick Neptune, officiating. Miss Smith died Sunday at her home. Inurnment will be in the Highland Cemetery. She was born on July 12, 1910 in Monticello, Kentucky to Dr. H.W. and Mary L. Smith. She graduated from Lawton High School in 1929 as...

Dr. Thomas Leckman

Dr. Thomas Leckman

Nov 20, 2008

Age 62, Lawton - Memorial service will be at 10:00 AM Monday at the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Philip Messner, Parkway Hill United Methodist Church, Madison, Mississippi officiating. Dr. Leckman died Thursday in Lawton. He was born October 17, 1946 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania to Oscar and Mildred (Dodds) Leckman. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the...

Bonnie Bridgman Hoover

Bonnie Bridgman Hoover

Nov 20, 2008

Age 44, Colorado Springs, Colorado - Graveside service will be 2:00 PM Friday, November 28, 2008, at Sterling Cemetery with Adraine Smith officiating. Mrs. Hoover died Thursday, November 20, 2008 in Colorado Springs. Burial will be under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home of Fletcher. She was born May 11, 1964 in St. Augustine, Florida to James Townsend and...

Sgt (Retired) John F. Hettiger

Sgt (Retired) John F. Hettiger

Nov 16, 2008

Age 77, Lawton - Funeral services will be at 10:00 AM Thursday at the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. William F. Todd, senior pastor at Centenary United Methodist Church officiating. Sgt Hettiger died Sunday. Burial with full military honors will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. He was born June 17, 1931 in South Hampton, Long Island, New York...