OBITUARIES

Dec 22, 2023

Funeral service for Pat Pelley will be held Friday, December 29, 2023 at the MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel.  

Dec 19, 2023

 

Stephen P. Crowley (age 75) left this Earth on his heavenly journey December 19th, 2023. Stephen was a man of love, deep faith, compassion, prayer, and had a love for the truth and the Word of God. He desired to walk with and listen to God and pray for others and his country. 

After graduating from the University of...

Dec 17, 2023

Dec 16, 2023

William Everest Burr was born on December 23, 1948, the first child of William Charles and Deloris Irene (Schaal) Burr, in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Their family circle was enlarged over the years by the births of five siblings who followed: Jack, Richard, Nancy, Patricia, and Charles. Bill is survived by his wife for 52 years, Pamela, two sons, William...

Dec 16, 2023

   Claude Robert Maurice Jochmans was born 20 June, 1944 in Algiers, Algeria, North Africa. He came to America through Ellis Island when he was five years old, and became a U.S. citizen at the age of thirteen. He lived with his family in St. Joseph, Michigan, where he grew up and graduated in 1962. Immediately, he joined the U.S....

Dec 16, 2023

A funeral Mass for Mary Joan Tetreault will be held at 10:00 am, Friday, December 22, 2023, at St. Cecilia Catholic Church, Claremore. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery, Tulsa.  Friends may visit at the funeral home on Thursday, December 21 from 1pm-7pm.  A prayer service will begin at 7pm, following the visitation.   Mary Joan Tetreault passed away December 16, 2023. She...

Dec 16, 2023

Patricia (Pat) Ann Mooney was born August 12, 1936, in Bristow, Oklahoma, to Arlie and Gatha (Slead) Mooney. Her parents moved to Chelsea when Pat was three years old and attended Chelsea schools where she graduated in 1954. That same year she met her future husband, Don Dennis, from the Sequoyah area through mutual friends. 

While Don served with the...

Dec 14, 2023

 

A memorial service to honor and celebrate Julia Helen's life will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, at the First Methodist Church in Claremore. Dr. Ray Crawford will officiate.

Julia Helen Latham, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and cherished member of the Claremore community, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 14, 2023, at the age...

Dec 12, 2023

 

Frank B Chenoweth was born in Smithville, Missouri on February 02,1955 to Jane and Jim Chenoweth. After a valiant battle with cancer he passed in his home with his wife Laura by his side on December 12,2023. He was reared on the family farm in Lathrop, Missouri from birth until June of 1969. The family then moved to Pryor Oklahoma...

Dec 9, 2023

 

 

Celebration of life services for Judy Sears will be held on Monday, December 18, 2023, at 1:00pm at MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel. Judy passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2023, she was 74.

On a cold winters night she was the first of 5 children born to Gene and Peggy Tucker in the small riverside town of Helena,...

Dec 4, 2023

Tommy Ray Wallace, a beloved father, husband, and friend, passed away on December 4, 2023, leaving behind a legacy of love and kindness. Born on September 20, 1968, in Eakley Oklahoma, to Linda Hood and Tom Wallace.  Tommy grew up surrounded by the beauty of nature that would later become one of his passions in life.Tommy served his country with...

Dec 4, 2023

 

Graveside services for Carol Back will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, December 11, 2023, at Wofford Cemetery. Visitation at the funeral home will be on Sunday, December 10, from 3:00-6:00pm for friends.   Margaret Carol Back passed away on December 4, 2023, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was born on August 5, 1962, in Tulsa, Oklahoma to her parents Clayton and Patty...

Dec 3, 2023

Services are pending.

Dec 2, 2023

Ray Gene Cochran, 60, from Tahlequah, Oklahoma, passed away unexpectedly on Dec 2, 2023.

Born on November 13, 1963, Ray spent his early years in Tahlequah, OK where he was surrounded by many friends and family.  He eventually moved to the Houston, Tx area where he met and married his late wife Debbie in November, 1992.  They moved back to...

Dec 1, 2023

 

Funeral services for Patty Bushyhead will be held on Wednesday, December 6, 2023at Catoosa First Baptist Church in Catoosa OK with burial to follow at Resthaven Cemetery in Sperry, OK. 

Patty Jean Bushyhead, 87, passed away on Friday, December 1, 2023 surrounded by her family. She was born to Robert and Johnny (Williams) Cates on July 30, 1936, in Tulsa,...

Nov 28, 2023

 

A funeral service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, December 2 at the Foyil Methodist Church, Foyil Oklahoma. 

The daughter of O.M. and Elsie Patrick was born July 11, 1927 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. As she said, I was born “way out in the country”.  At the age of 10 the family moved to an area north...

Nov 25, 2023

Our dearly beloved, Nancy Marie Massey of Claremore, passed away on Saturday, November 25th, 2023. She was born in Trenton, Michigan, on August 16, 1963, to John and Margaret Murawski. Nancy was the oldest of three siblings, brother Dave and sister Beth. The family moved to Oklahoma in 1980, and the following year, she graduated from Claremore High School. After...

Nov 25, 2023

 

Service for Belzarah Wallis will be 2:00p.m., Thursday, November 30, 2023, at MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel, burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery.  Friends may visit at the funeral home on Wednesday, November 29 from 2pm-7pm, with family receiving visitors from 5pm-7pm.  Belzarah passed away at her home on Saturday, November 25, 2023.  She was 89.

Belzarah Josephine Wallis was...

Nov 23, 2023

Jerry Moren, a devoted family man and life-long resident of Tulsa and Broken Arrow, OK passed away peacefully on November 23, 2023, at the age of 79. Jerry is preceded in death by his parents Calvin and Jacqueline Moren.  He is survived by his wife Susan; son John Moren; son Mitch Moren and wife Sara whom he saw as “the daughter...

Nov 23, 2023

 

Memorial services for Nancy Lowther will be held on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 11:00a.m. at the Inola Christian Church with graveside service immediately following at the Eden Mennonite Church cemetery under the direction of Inola Funeral Home. Pastor Jim Page will officiate services.

Nancy was born into this world on April 25, 1940, in Pryor, Oklahoma to Ralph...