Obit of William F. Lawler Jr. (l460) - Comanche County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 17 April 2003 Return to Comanche County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/comanche/comanche.html *========================================================================* USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *========================================================================* Lawton Constitution 17 April 2003 William F. Lawler Jr. Graveside service for William F. Lawler Jr., 83, Lawton, will be Saturday in Foothills Garden of Memory, Longmont, Colo. The time has not yet been announced. Mr. Lawler died Sunday, April 13, 2003, at a Lawton hospital. Arrangements are by Howe Mortuary, Longmont, Colo. Local arrangements are by Becker Funeral Home. He was born Feb. 4, 1920, in Marlow. He graduated from Marlow High School in 1937, then graduated from Cameron College, Lawton, in 1939. He entered the Air Force in 1941, and was commissioned in 1942. He was a pilot and instructor on the P-51 Mustang. He was discharged in 1946. He married Olga Sandra Tomich on July 5, 1947, in Wyoming. She died Feb. 28, 1991. He did seismograph work for the Livingston and Wilson Drilling Company. He later worked for Beech Aircraft in its aerospace division with NASA. He worked there for 23 years, before retiring in 1985. He was a 32nd-degree Mason and a Shriner. Survivors include two daughters and a son-in-law: Danya and her Wayne Arguello, Alta Loma, Calif.; and Teresa Lawler, Albuquerque, N.M.; a son and daughter-in-law, William F. III and Laura Lawler, Lakewood, Colo.; a sister, Wilma Dean, Marlow; and three grandchildren: Allyson and Daniel Arguello and Grace Lawler. He was preceded in death by a sister, Pearl Ballew; and a brother, Wayne Lawler.Friends may call from noon to 5 p.m. today at Becker Funeral Home. Sympathy cards may be sent to the family at www.beckerfuneral.com. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Comanche County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/comanche/comanche.html