Gary Lynn Breeze

Gary Lynn Breeze, 74, Mountain Park, passed peacefully in his sleep on the morning of September 6, 2024, in his home in Mountain Park. Graveside services will be held Monday, September 16, 2024, at 10 a.m. at the Mt. Park cemetery. 
Gary Lynn Breeze Sr. was born on December 20, 1949, in Snyder, the youngest of five children. He attended Snyder Schools from 1st to 12th grade, graduating in 1968. In 1967, Gary was introduced to Bonnie Jean Dempsey. Bonnie became the love of Gary’s life and they were joined in marriage on April 4, 1972. 
After high school, Gary studied business in Oklahoma City before receiving his draft notice on his birthday in 1970. He completed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Due to the Viet Nam war winding down, Gary and most of the men he attended basic with became military policemen. After Leonard Wood, Gary was stationed briefly at Fort MacArthur, California, and finished his military service at the Presidio in San Francisco. One of Gary’s duties while at the Presidio required him to don civilian clothes and walk through the crowd as security during a visit by The President of the United States.  He received his Honorable Discharge in October of 1972. 
After re-joining civilian life, Gary studied drafting at WOSC while being taught carpentry by his father in law. Other than a brief stint as a truck driver, Gary would work his entire career in construction. He started as a carpenter and worked his way up the ranks to project manager.
Gary was a great student of genealogy, a passion shared by his sister. Through his research, Gary was able to trace his family tree back to 1408 England. One of his pet peeves was finding an obituary that didn’t list the person’s relatives, as it hampered his research. 
Gary was the definition of selfless, with family unable to recall many things he bought for himself that weren’t necessities. He truly led by example. 
He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Clara Mae and Andrew Jessie Breeze of Snyder, three brothers and their wives: Edward Odell and LoReta Breeze of Lawton, Hugh Lowell and Sarah Ann Breeze of Snyder, Coyle Allen and Betty Jean Breeze of Mt. Park, one sister and her husband, Florence LaDeen and Wyndel Ray Morton of Vernon, Texas, one niece Rhonda Kay Rozzell of Vernon, Texas, his mother and father –in-law, Helen Lorena and Cleave Edward Dempsey of Mt. Park, two brothers-in-law: Charles Dean Jackson of Snyder, and Charles E. Harnden of Tipton and two sisters-in-law: Laverne Dempsey of Mt. Park, and Carol Ruth Turner of Mt. Park.
Gary is survived by his wife, Bonnie Jean Breeze, of the home, two sons: Gary Lynn Breeze Jr. of Frederick, and Edward Andrew Breeze of Mt. Park, one daughter-in-law, Pari Ann Breeze of Mt. Park, and two grandchildren: Grant Edward Breeze and Kaitlynn Ann Breeze of Mt. Park. He is also survived by three brothers-in-law: Henry Lee Dempsey of Mt. Park, Ronnie Grantham of Mt. Park, and Robert Turner of Mt. Park, three sisters-in-law: Mary Ann Grantham of Mt. Park, Cleta Kay Jackson, of Snyder, Helen Louise Harnden of Tipton, and a multitude of nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, and a hand full of great-great-nieces and nephews.