A Mass of Christian Burial for Lawrence E. Spoon will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 24, 1997 in St. Joseph's Catholic Church with Fr. Joseph Burger officiating. Burial will be in the Newkirk Cemetery.

A prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23 in the Memory Chapel of Hackler Funeral Home.

Lawrence E. Spoon was born on Dec. 25, 1914 in Collinsville, Okla. to Carl and Millie Jane (Lee) Spoon. Lawrence died on Oct. 22, 1997 at Blackwell Regional Hospital. He moved to Blackwell as a small child. He was married to Alice Ciskowski on May 5, 1943 at St. Joseph's Church in Tonkawa by Fr. Steven A. Leven. They lived on a farm near Arkansas City for seven years and then moved to Blackwell in August 1954. They have made their home here ever since.

He was employed at Blackwell Zinc for 33 years. At his retirement, he was foreman in the furnace department. He was a World War II veteran who served in Europe with the 90th Division under Gen. George Patton. He entered the Army in 1942 and was discharged in October of 1945. He then served with the 45th Division Unit of the National Guard in the Korean Conflict. He served from September 1950 until May 1952.

He belonged to the American Legion and the VFW Posts of Blackwell. He was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church.

He is survived by his wife, Alice of the home. He is also survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Joyce and Carl Reutter of Ponca City; his grandson and his wife, Jeff and Dee Reutter of Tulsa; his granddaughter and her husband, Cindy and Mike Riggs of Ponca City. He has two great-grandchildren, Eric Riggs of Ponca City and Alec Reutter of Tulsa. He is also survived by three sisters, Cleone Deichman of Blackwell, Arlene Sawyer of Seattle, Wash. and Millie Gene Barrows of Braman and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his mother and father and step-father, Eugene Pierce.

The Flag presentation will be conducted by the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled American Veterans Posts of Blackwell. Hackler Funeral Home is in charge of service arrangements.

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