obituaries
lawton & snyder, ok Obituaries
Adam Bitz
Aug 11, 2008
Age 84, Lawton - Services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday in the Holy Family Catholic Church Chapel with Rev. Mr. Herman Lawrence, Deacon, officiating. Mr. Bitz died Monday in Lawton. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. He was born September 8, 1923 near Napoleon, North Dakota to Joseph and Margaret (Voller)...
Linda L. Dietert
Aug 11, 2008
Age 63, Lawton - Services will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday in the St. John Lutheran Church with Rev. Richard Mayer, Pastor, officiating. Mrs. Dietert died Monday at her residence. Burial will be in the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. She was born June 4, 1945 in Cameron, Wisconsin to Warner and Lorraine...
George Picek
Aug 11, 2008
Age 86, Lawton - Funeral mass will be 10:00 AM Thursday at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church with Father Joseph R. Ross, pastor, Father Jarrel "Patricio" Wade, S. J., Honduras and Father John Wade, Tulsa officiating. Mr. Picek died in the Lawton home he was raised in on Monday, August 11, 2008. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery under the direction...
Sakae Empson
Aug 5, 2008
Age 80, Lawton - Graveside service will be 10:00 AM Friday at Post Cemetery, Fort Sill with Dr. William F. Watkins officiating. Mrs. Empson died Tuesday. Inurnment will be under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. She was born April 24, 1928 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. She married Rex Empson on July 7, 1966 in Sapporo, Hokkaido. Survivors include her...
Alvah Wayne "Alvie" Spannagel
Aug 4, 2008
Age 54, Lawton - Services will be 10:00 am Thursday at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Tom Willoughby, Associate Pastor, officiating. Mr. Spannagel died Monday in an Oklahoma City hospital. Burial will be in the Highland Cemetery under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6-8 pm Wednesday at the funeral home. He...
Roberta Maxine Hawk
Aug 1, 2008
Age 93, Lawton - Services will be 11:00 am Friday at the First Assembly of God with Rev. Don Barnes, Pastor, officiating. Mrs. Hawk died Friday, August 1 in a local care center. Burial will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. She was born January 24, 1915 in Bronson, Kansas to...
Thelma Marie Spruill
Jul 31, 2008
Age 83, Lawton - Services will be at 10:00 AM Monday at the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Tom Willoughby, associate pastor at First Baptist Church officiating. Mrs. Spruill died Thursday. Burial will be in Post Cemetery, Fort Sill. The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM until 6:00 PM Sunday at the funeral home. She was born...
Willie Agnes Wilks
Jul 31, 2008
Age 93, Longtime Snyder and Mountain Park resident - Services will be at 2:00 pm Sunday in the First United Methodist Church, Snyder with Rev. Lory J. Fahle, Pastor of the Mountain Park First United Methodist Church officiating. Mrs. Wilks died peacefully July 31 at St. Anthony's Hospital in Oklahoma City following a brief illness. Burial will be in Fairlawn...
Jerry Weldon Michael
Jul 31, 2008
Age 59, Snyder - Services will be 2:00 pm Tuesday, August 5, at the First Baptist Church of Snyder with Jessie Forrest, chaplain for Hospice of Southwest Oklahoma, officiating. Mr. Michael died Thursday at his home. Burial with military honors will be in the Fairlawn Cemetery in Snyder under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home of Snyder. He was...
Allen L. Oliver, Sr.
Jul 26, 2008
Word has been received of the death of Allen L. Oliver, Sr., 74, Lawton. Mr. Oliver died Saturday. Arrangements are under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. He was born March 9, 1934 in Garland, Texas to Elmer C. and Leona (Raney) Oliver. Survivors include four children, Jean Kosechata, Wisconsin, Sandra Skursky, Pennsylvania, and Debra Jordan and Allen Oliver, Jr.,...
Florence Hodsden
Jul 25, 2008
Age 75, Lawton - Graveside service will be 2:00 PM Monday at Elmwood Cemetery in Woodward, Oklahoma Mrs. Hodsden died Friday in Lawton. Burial will be under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. She was born April 1, 1933 in Peoria, Illinois to Peter and Dema (Bloomer) Dechaine. She married Richard Hodsden on August 18, 1950 in Woodward. He died...
Misao Nottingham
Jul 24, 2008
Age 78, Lawton - Graveside service will be 10:00 AM Monday at Post Cemetery, Fort Sill with Dr. William Sprague, pastor of Northwest Baptist Church officiating. Mrs. Nottingham died Thursday in Lawton after a lengthy illness. Burial will be under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM Sunday at the...
Audrey Rogers
Jul 22, 2008
Age 76, Lawton - Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday in the Cameron Baptist Church with Michael Welch, officiating. Mrs. Rogers died Tuesday in Lawton. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. She was born March 19, 1932 in Sayre, Oklahoma, to Harold A. and Alice (Hall) Hicks. She grew up...
Amanda Parrish
Jul 21, 2008
Age 93, Lawton - Funeral services will be at 10:00 am Friday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Kenneth E. Hayes, Pastor, Jefferson Baptist Church, officiating. Mrs. Parrish died Monday in a Lawton hospital. Burial will be in the Sunset Memorial Gardens. *** The Family Will Receive Friends Wednesday Evening from 7pm until 8pm at the Funeral Home....
Laura Estep
Jul 21, 2008
Age 82, Lawton - Funeral service will be at 1:30 pm Friday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Deacon David Bunch, Holy Family Catholic Church officiating. Mrs. Estep died Monday in a Weatherford nursing center. Burial will be in the Sunset Memorial Gardens. She was born January 13, 1926 in Baltimore, MD to Gordon W. and Laura C....
Heidi Postlethwait
Jul 20, 2008
Age 66, Lawton - Services will be 12:30 PM Wednesday in the First Assembly of God with Rev. Don Barnes, officiating. Mrs. Postlethwait died Sunday in a local hospital. Burial will be in the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. She was born on July 12, 1942 in Windischeschenbach, Germany to Hans and...
John Jones
Jul 19, 2008
Age 92, Mountain Park - Services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday in the First Baptist Church, Indiahoma, with Rev. Jimmy Lehew and Rev. Jeff Crow, officiating. Mr. Jones died Saturday in a Lawton hospital. Burial will be in the Springhill Cemetery, south of Cooperton, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home of Snyder. **** The family will receive friends...
Elaine Rusnow
Jul 17, 2008
Age 52, Lawton - Funeral services will be 10:00 am Monday at the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Father Joseph R. Ross, Pastor, Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church officiating. Ms. Rusnow died Thursday in a local hospital. Burial will be in the Highland Cemetery. ***The family will receive friends Sunday from 4-7 pm at the funeral home. She was born...
Elva Wayman
Jul 15, 2008
Age 71, Lawton - Services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday at Grace Fellowship with John Wallace, elder, officiating. Mrs. Wayman died Tuesday in Lawton. Burial will be at the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. She was born October 30, 1936 in Mullin, Texas, to John Burke and Norma Irene (Coleman) McGary. She was...
Tony Mazzo
Jul 14, 2008
Age 86, Lawton - Services will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday in the First Baptist Church with Dr. William F. Watkins, officiating. Sergeant Mazzo died Monday in Lawton. Burial with full military honors will be in the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. He was born April 7, 1922 in Norfolk, Connecticut, to Bartlow...


