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lawton & snyder, ok Obituaries

Sfc (Retired) Thomas F. Smith

Sfc (Retired) Thomas F. Smith

Aug 24, 2024

A graveside service with full military honors for SFC (Ret.) Thomas F. Smith will be on Thursday, August 29, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., at Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, Oklahoma, with a U.S. Army Chaplain officiating.

Burial will be under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Thomas was born on September 6, 1944, in Many,...

Barbara Jane Albert

Barbara Jane Albert

Aug 23, 2024

Funeral service for Barbara Jane Albert, 84, of Lawton Oklahoma will be 9:30 A.M. Thursday, August 29, 2024 at Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel.

The service may be viewed by following the livestream link at www.beckerfuneral.com or by visiting the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Facebook page.

Following the chapel service, burial will take place at Fort Sill...

Inez Kay Love

Inez Kay Love

Aug 23, 2024

Inez Kay Love, 77, of Lawton, Oklahoma, passed away on August 23, 2024. Born on April 10, 1947, in Indianapolis, Indiana, she was the daughter of the late William E. Nail and Ruth E. (Nail) Osborn.

Kay moved to Lawton in 1977, following several years as a military dependent. Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in 1975 and...

Nancy Elizabeth Nunn

Nancy Elizabeth Nunn

Aug 23, 2024

It is with great sorrow that the family of Nancy Elizabeth Nunn announces her death.

A gathering of family and friends will be held on Thursday, August 29, 2024 from 6-8 pm at Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Nancy Elizabeth Nunn was born January 26, 1945 in Manchester, New Hampshire to Donald Ernest and Arlene Elizabeth (Tenney)...

Sfc (Retired) James R. "Jp" Price, Sr.

Sfc (Retired) James R. "Jp" Price, Sr.

Aug 22, 2024

A Celebration of Life service for SFC (Retired) James R. "JP" Price, Sr. will be at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, August 29, 2024 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Sam Buzzard of Central Baptist Church, Central High, Oklahoma officiating.

Burial, with full military honors, will follow in Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, Oklahoma.

The...

June Bell Harris

June Bell Harris

Aug 21, 2024

A memorial service for June Bell Harris will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 14, 2024 at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 1313 SW "D" Avenue, Lawton, Oklahoma.

A longtime business owner, friend, faithful wife and Lawton resident died peacefully on Wednesday morning, August 21, 2024 at the age of 95 at home to stand before...

Ryley Dane Maness

Ryley Dane Maness

Aug 20, 2024

Ryley Dane Maness, 23, of Elgin, Oklahoma, died peacefully in his home Tuesday, August 20, 2024, from a rare brain cancer. He was formally diagnosed in 2009 with Neurodegenerative Central Nervous System Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis and Diabetes Insipidus. Ryley had suffered symptoms starting in 2006 at the age of five. Ryley fought through years of chemotherapies and targeted therapies...

Reta Rose Russell

Reta Rose Russell

Aug 19, 2024

Funeral service for Reta Rose Russell will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, August 30, 2024                 in Cameron Baptist Church with Rev. Mike Teel, Pastor officiating.

Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens under direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Reta Rose Russell died Monday, August 19, 2024 in Lawton, Oklahoma at the age of 90.  She was...

Sgt (Retired) Joseph D. "Joe" Mulligan

Sgt (Retired) Joseph D. "Joe" Mulligan

Aug 19, 2024

SGT (Retired) Joseph D. "Joe" Mulligan passed away peacefully on Monday, August 19, 2024 into the Lord's hands with his family by his side. Joe was born May 20, 1960 in the town of Blue Point, New York on Long Island. Joe entered the United States Army in April 1978 at the age of 17.  Joe was stationed in...

Gloria J. Bowlin Foreman

Gloria J. Bowlin Foreman

Aug 19, 2024

Memorial service for Gloria J. Bowlin Foreman will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, August 23, 2024 in Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Larry Massad officiating.

The service may be viewed by following the livestream link at www.beckerfuneral.com or by visiting the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Facebook page.

Gloria J. Bowlin Foreman died Monday, August 19, 2024 in...

Robert John Cunningham, Jr.

Robert John Cunningham, Jr.

Aug 17, 2024

Celebration of Life for Robert John Cunningham, Jr. will be scheduled at a later date in Riverside, New Jersey.

Bob was born on March 5, 1933, to Priscilla (Stoops) and Robert Cunningham. He passed quietly in his sleep on August 17, 2024, after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease. He was a lifelong resident of Riverside, New...

Jane Elizabeth Craley

Jane Elizabeth Craley

Aug 15, 2024

Funeral service for Jane Elizabeth Craley will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, August 19, 2024 in Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel.

Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens under direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

The service may be viewed by following the livestream link at www.beckerfuneral.com

Jane Elizabeth (Ryder) Craley died Thursday, August 15, 2024...

Naoma Louise Addington

Naoma Louise Addington

Aug 15, 2024

Celebration of Life for Naoma Louise Addington will be from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. Sunday, August 25, 2024, at the VFW Post 5263, 103 NE 20th Street, Lawton, Oklahoma 73507.

Naoma Louise Addington passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Thursday, August 15, 2024, at the age of 78. She was born on September 18, 1945,...

Billy Earl Poolaw, Jr.

Billy Earl Poolaw, Jr.

Aug 15, 2024

Billy Earl Poolaw Jr. passed away on Thursday, August 15, 2024, at his home in Lawton at the age of 52. Billy was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming on December 7, 1971, to Billy Poolaw and Vikki Poolaw. Following his birth the family relocated to Lawton, Oklahoma. Billy was a member of the Kiowa tribe with heritage from both Kiowa...

Clay Peregrine "Peri" Grover

Clay Peregrine "Peri" Grover

Aug 13, 2024

Clay Peregrine "Peri" Grover passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2024 in Lawton, Oklahoma at the age of 84. A resident of Lawton for well over 40 years, she was born April 9, 1940 to Felix and Muriel (Greenhalge) Mantell in Olympia, Washington.

No services are scheduled. Peri's father traveled the world as the director of the Armed...

Lisa Gong Mckague

Lisa Gong Mckague

Aug 13, 2024

A memorial service for Lisa Gong McKague will be on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, at 2:00 p.m., at the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Tom Trautman, of Elgin Methodist Church, Elgin, Oklahoma, officiating.

Lisa was born in Nanchang, China, on July 3, 1959, to Gong Zhaoqi and Shi Shuqin. She passed away on Tuesday, August 13,...

Mayre Shriver

Mayre Shriver

Aug 11, 2024

Graveside service for Mayre Shriver will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August 15, 2024, at Letitia Cemetery, East of Lawton with Minister James Rennaker, Pastor of Sterling Church of Christ, Sterling, Oklahoma and Rev. Matt Kelly, Pastor of Letitia Baptist Church, east of Lawton, Oklahoma officiating.

Arrangements are under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

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Ramona Gay Simmons

Ramona Gay Simmons

Aug 9, 2024

Ramona Gay Simmons, age 71, peacefully passed from this world and went home to be with our Lord in paradise on Friday, August 9, 2024, at her family home in Cache, Oklahoma.

Funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, August 16, 2024 at the Cache Christian Church. Interment will follow at the Cache Cemetery...

Johnny Lewis Caldwell

Johnny Lewis Caldwell

Aug 8, 2024

Funeral service for Johnny Lewis Caldwell will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, August 12, 2024 in Park Lane Church of Christ.

Burial will follow in Letitia Cemetery under direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

The family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Johnny Lewis Caldwell died Thursday, August 8, 2024 in Cache,...

Keely Kristine Cox

Keely Kristine Cox

Aug 5, 2024

Memorial service for Keely Kristine Cox will be at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 13, 2024 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ray Ackerman, Pastor of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Lawton, Oklahoma officiating.

Keely Kristine Cox, born on February 3, 1972, in Augsburg, Germany, to Dwight and Rose (Weskamp) Cox, passed away peacefully at her home...