OBITUARIES
James Franklin Findley
Jun 8, 2017
James Franklin Findley passed away on June 8, 2017 at the age of 83. Jim was the son of Charles Franklin Findley and Odessa Mae Johns. He was born and raised in Claremore, attending Claremore Public Schools. Although legally blind since the age of 16, Jim worked full time for 45 years, delivering papers on his bicycle for the Tulsa...
Aaron Leonard Brunson
Jun 8, 2017
Aaron Leonard Brunson passed away on June 8, 2017, at the age of 88. Funeral service will be 11 a.m., Tuesday, June 20, at the Church of God 7th Day, Claremore. The family will greet visitors at the Funeral Home Monday, June 19, 3-8 p.m. Aaron was born March 17, 1929, in Boynton, Oklahoma, the son of Aaron Kenneth Brunson...
Alberta Mae McGuire
Jun 5, 2017
Memorial service for Alberta Mae McGuire will be Monday, June 19, 2017, at 6:30 pm at the Inola United Methodist Church. Alberta passed away on Monday, June 5, 2017. She was 92. Born May 8, 1925 in Osawatomie, Kansas to Albert Denver and Grace Elizabeth (Speck) Castleberry, Alberta grew up in the Claremore and Inola area. She attended school at...
Florene Vanzant
Jun 5, 2017
Florene Nuckolls Vanzant, 76, of Claremore, died Monday, doing what she loved. Her day began like any other and she was in good spirits when she went outside to work in her garden. Florene's passing was unexpected, but her family and friends are thankful for the love and laughter she brought into their lives. Florene was born in Pryor on...
Fritz Akin
Jun 4, 2017
Graveside service for Fritz Akin will be held 11:00 a.m. Thursday, June 8, 2017 at Oakhaven Memorial Gardens. Pastor Mike Clark will officiate. Maynard Fritz Akin passed away on Sunday, June 4, 2017, at the age of 91. The son of Bernie and Ida Bowen Akin was born March 23, 1926, in Fortuna, Missouri. There he was raised and attended...
Cody Allen Thurman
May 30, 2017
Service for Cody Allen Thurman will be 10:00a.m., Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at Claremore Assembly of God Church; burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Monday, June 5 from 1pm--8pm, with family receiving visitors from 6pm--8pm. Cody passed away on Tuesday, May 30, 2017. He was 26. Born August 22, 1990 in Claremore,...
Donnie Lewis Armbrister
May 30, 2017
Service for Donnie Lewis Armbrister will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, June 2, 2017 at The House of Prayer Holiness Church at 920 S. Lynn Lane Road, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74108. Burial will follow at Ross Mayes Cemetery in Salina. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Thursday, June 1, from 1--8 pm, with family receiving visitors from 6--8 pm. Lewis...
Kayla Jewell "Kay" Roberts
May 27, 2017
Service for Kayla Jewell "Kay" Roberts will be 11:00a.m., Friday, June 2, 2017 at Cedar Crest Baptist Church, Locust Grove; burial will follow at West Liberty Cemetery in Quinton. Kay passed away on Saturday, May 27, 2017 at her home with family by her side. She was 55. Born January 25, 1962 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Roy Keith and Beatrice...
Betty Lou Miller
May 27, 2017
Memorial service for Betty "Lougie" Miller will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at The First United Methodist Church in Claremore. Dr. Ray Crawford will officiate. Betty Lou Miller passed away on Saturday, May 27, 2017 at the age of 84. The daughter of Russell and Alice Steffens Allton was born January 23, 1933 in Claremore, Oklahoma....
Gary Lynn Lester
May 27, 2017
Gary Lynn Lester passed away on Saturday, May 27, 2017 at the age of 61. The son of TC and Wanda Sears Lester was born November 23, 1955 in Claremore, Oklahoma. Gary attended school in Tulsa. He left Oklahoma for Texas where he married Patricia Pinner and had two sons Johnathen and Donny. Later he married Gwendolyn Hassel and had...
Kenith Edward Smith
May 26, 2017
Funeral service for Kenith Edward Smith will be held 10:00 a.m. Friday June 2, 2017 at First Baptist Church in Inola. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in Claremore. Kenith Smith passed away on May 26, 2017 at the age of Kenith Smith was born on February 7, 1945 in Catoosa, Oklahoma. Around the age of 5 he and his...
Danny Joe Lamb
May 26, 2017
Memorial service for Danny Joe Lamb will be 10:30a.m., Monday, May 29, 2017 at Tiawah Community Baptist Church. Danny passed away on Friday, May 26, 2017 at Claremore Nursing Home. He was 64. Born Christmas Day, in 1952 to N.D. and Ruth (Kirkley) Lamb, Danny attended school in Claremore, Tiawah and Inola. He married Reada Casto Phelps of Miama, Oklahoma....
Aubrey L. Faught
May 25, 2017
Service for Aubrey L. Faught will be 2:00pm, Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel; burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Monday, May 29, from 1pm--8pm, with family receiving visitors from 6pm--8pm. Aubrey passed away at his home on Thursday, May 25, 2017. He was 87. Born August 22, 1929,...
James Joseph Davis
May 25, 2017
Memorial service for James Davis will be held on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at Cedar Point Church. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemtery, under the direction of the MMS-Payne Funeral Home & Cremation Service. James Joseph Davis passed away on May 25, 2017 at the age of 67. The son of Gordon and Irmengard Davis was born November 9, 1949...
Bruce Douglas Renne
May 22, 2017
Funeral service for Douglas R. Renne will be held 2:00 p.m. Friday, May 26, 2017 at the Tiawah Community Baptist Church. Pastor Ernie Gill will officiate. Burial will follow at Dick Duck Cemetery in Catoosa. Douglas Renne, known to many as Bruce, passed away on May 22, 2017, at the age of 77. The son of Walter and Irene Hutchinson...
Jeannie Blalock
May 18, 2017
Vennie Jean Blalock, known to most as Jeannie, passed away on May 18, 2017, at the age of 64. The daughter of Mose and Revennie Noah Tiger was born August 21,1952, in Claremore, Oklahoma. She was raised in the Tulsa area, where she attended Central High School. There she was active as a cheerleader and in chorus. She was a...
Diana Renae Kohler
May 17, 2017
Lifelong Chelsea area resident Diana Renae Kohler passed into eternal peace on Wednesday morning, May 17, 2017 at Hillcrest Hospital in Tulsa. Diana Renae Gifford was born January 16, 1959 in Claremore to Don and Shirley Jenkins Gifford. She spent her entire educational career in Chelsea schools, where she was involved in band and FHA. She graduated in May 1977....
Marjorie Lee Sumter
May 16, 2017
Service for Marjorie Lee Sumter will be 10:00a.m., Monday, May 22, 2017 at Claremore Assembly of God Church; burial will follow at Oakhaven Memorial Gardens. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Sunday, May 21, from 1pm--6pm, with family receiving visitors from 4pm--6pm. Marjorie passed away at her home on Monday, May 16, 2017. She was 82. Born May...
Dorothy Louise Wills
May 14, 2017
Visitation for Dorothy Louise Wills will be 1--8 pm, Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at Chelsea Funeral Home, family will receive visitors from 6--8 pm. Dorothy passed away on Sunday May 14, 2017. She was 87 years old.
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