Carol Joy Dally

Funeral service for Carol Joy Louise (Rohlman) Dally, 85, of Lawton, OK will be held at 12:30 p.m on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at Lawton Ritter Gray Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Teel, pastor of Cameron Baptist Church officiating.

Burial will follow at Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, OK.

Mrs. Dally passed away on Friday, December 5, 2025.

There will be a special viewing and visitation for family and friends on Monday, December 8, 2025 from 3:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

Carol was born on March 5, 1940 in Toledo, Ohio to Henry and Doris (Weible) Rohlman. She grew up in Toledo and graduated from Whitmer High School in 1958. She met Albert Edward Dally and they married March 19, 1961. They traveled through Albert's military career to Washington and Germany, coming to Lawton/Fort Sill. They later were stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii before returning to Lawton in 1971. Since the age of 14, Carol has had a variety of different jobs that include working at the local grocery store down the street from her childhood home, to working at the library, then working at Wackers, and finally working at Cameron University as her professional career in the Financial Assistance Office for many years before retiring in 2006, but then returned part time for another 10 years. While working, she received her Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration in 1985. Mrs. Dally was a faithful member of the Redeemer Missionary Church in Toledo for many years and when she came to Lawton, she attended Cameron Baptist Church. Carol was a proud member of the Lawton Chapter of the Daughter's of the American Revolution, and also a member of the Society of Sons and Daughters of WWII Veteran's, and a member of the National Society Daughter's of the Union 1861-1865. She was also a lifetime member of the Cameron Alumni Association and volunteered at the Post Adjudication Review Board (PARD) from 2003-2024, she had a true passion for the foster children in Oklahoma. She loved NASCAR, specially Jeff Gordon, crocheting, reading and playing on her kindle. She also loved traveling. Carol loved taking care of her fur grandbabies, Finnick and Carloito. Carol had a loving family, that lover her unconditionally. Her children could not have asked for a better mother, and she was very proud of both her children and loved them and her husband deeply. She was heartbroken losing her son, Albert. Her smile, sense of humor and stubbornness will be deeply missed.

She is survived by her daughter, Brenda Dally, of the home; her sister in lw, Emma Rohlman; and many nieces and nephews; and a host of loving friends.

She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Albert Dally; her son, Albert "Big Al" Dally, II.; her brothers and sisters in law, Edsel and Betty Rohlman, Russell Rohlman, Wilbert Rohlman II, and Wendell and Carol Rohlman.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Albert "Big Al" Dally Endowment Scholarship at Cameron University by contacting the Cameron Foundation Department.