Sammy Dean Lozano

Mr. Sammy Dean Lozano Mr. Sammy Dean Lozano, 64, retired Assistant Fire Chief for the Bartlesville Fire Department, died at 6:40 P.M. on Saturday, March 10, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at the Ridin’ for the Brand Cowboy Church (formerly Wann United Methodist Church) in Wann, Oklahoma with Rev. Paul Overholt officiating. Interment will be in the Wann Cemetery where full military rites will be accorded by the James H. Teel American Legion Post # 105. Funeral services and interment are under the direction of the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory. A memorial has been established to the American Cancer Society for Lung Cancer Research, ATTN: Kathy Leeper, P.O. Box 1094, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 74005. Mr. Lozano was born in Bartlesville on April 13, 1947 the son of Santos G. Lozano and Betty Jane (Kauffman) Lozano. He grew up and received his education at Wann, Oklahoma graduating from Wann High School in 1965. He attended NEO Junior College at Miami, Oklahoma until entering the U.S. Army on July 26, 1966. He served as a helicopter mechanic in Viet Nam and received his Honorable Discharge on March 27, 1969. Following his discharge he returned to Wann and was employed with National Zinc Company in Bartlesville and then as an automobile mechanic at Montgomery Ward and also at Firestone in Bartlesville. In June of 1974 he was employed as a firefighter with the Bartlesville Fire Department and rose through the ranks of the department until retiring as Assistant Chief in 1999. He was also involved with his father in the home construction business and remained active with his love of working on the family farm at Wann, Oklahoma. He was a member of the Bartlesville Firefighters Local # 2721 which he served as President from January 1989 to July 1991. Mr. Lozano was honored by the Tri County Tech Child Development Center with an award for his involvement in the Kid Safe Fire Safety Education Program from 1992 until 1999. He had attended the Wann United Methodist Church, liked to read, play cards and was an OU football fan. He was a loving person who always wanted to organize situations to be sure everyone was taken care of. Survivors include his wife, Sherry Ann (Sires) Lozano, one daughter, Samantha Deann Lozano and her fiancee Nathaniel Keylon of Wann, two step children, Kenneth Martin of Ochelata and Kim Jones and her husband Mark of Sedan, Kansas, one sister, Ethelyn Kay Forth and husband Russell of Barnsdall, his granddaughter, Tori Reynolds of Wann, three step grandchildren, Kyle Martin of Ochelata, Kelsy Eakin of Tulsa and Brock Jones of Wellington, Kansas, his niece, Sarah Brown and husband Edwin of Ramona, a great nephew, Ethan Brown and a great niece, Sydni Brown and many cousins and other family members. He was preceded in death by his parents, Santos G. Lozano and Betty Jane Lozano. PDF Printable Version

Sammy Dean Lozano

April 13, 1947 - March 10, 2012