OBITUARIES
Rhetha Jean Harris
Jan 24, 2023
Rhetha Jean Harris passed away on January 24, 2023. She was 82 years old. Rhetha was born to John and Martha Johnson on April 16th, 1940 in Stilwell, Oklahoma. She grew up in Stilwell and attended Stilwell Public Schools. Rhetha met the love of her life, Billy Harris, on a blind date. The couple married on March 15, 1959...
Joseph Thomas Simones
Jan 22, 2023
A funeral mass for Joe will be held at Saint Cecilia Catholic Church in Claremore, Oklahoma on February 4th at 10:00 a.m. The Rite of Committal will follow at Saint Therese Cemetery in Collinsville, Oklahoma. Following the burial, a lunch will be provided by the Saint Cecilia’s women’s club for the family and friends of Joe at St. Cecilia Catholic...
Mary Sue Gardner
Jan 22, 2023
Mary Sue Gardner took her place with our Lord and Savior, Sunday January 22 surrounded by her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and family friends.
She was born April 18, 1936 in Locust Grove to Cullis and Myrtle England. In 1942 they moved to Claremore where Sue graduated from Claremore High School in 1955. Shortly afterwards, she attended Northeastern State College in...
Beulah May Wells
Jan 21, 2023
Services will be held for Mrs. Buster Wells this Thursday, January 26, 2023 at New Life Baptist Church at 2:00p.m., burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Wednesday, January 25, from 2pm-8pm, and family will be receiving visitors from 6pm-8pm. Beulah passed away on Saturday, January 21, 2023. She was 81.
Beulah...
Geraldine Brown
Jan 13, 2023
Funeral service for Geraldine LaRue Brown will be at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, January 19, 2023, at Memorial Heights Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in Claremore. Visitation will be at MMS-Payne Funeral Home in Claremore from 1-8 p.m. on Wednesday, January 18. Family will greet friends from 6-8 p.m. Geraldine passed from this life on Friday, January 13, 2023,...
Doyle Alan Burma
Jan 8, 2023
Doyle Alan Burma passed away on Sunday, January 8th, 2023. He was 63 years old. Doyle was born on November 3rd, 1959 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to George Vernon Burma and Alyce Carol Hawkey. He was the youngest child of three. Doyle graduated from Catoosa High School in 1978. He sold insurance for several years as an independent agent...
Boyce Burnell Welch
Jan 8, 2023
Boyce Burnell Welch passed away on January 8, 2023 he was 83 years old. Boyce was born to Jeuel Welch and Dortha Welch on May 20, 1939 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He grew up in Sand Springs, Ok attending Sand Springs Public Schools. Shortly, after his high school years he took a job as surveyor in Minnesota. There he met...
Courtney Ann Westfall
Jan 6, 2023
Service for Courtney Ann Westfall will be 11:00a.m., Thursday, January 12, 2023, at Eastland Assembly of God Church, 12310 East 21st Street, Tulsa, OK 74129. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 from 2pm-8pm, with family receiving visitors from 5pm-8pm.
Courtney was born may 18th in Tulsa Oklahoma to Melissa Speer and Brian Westfall....
James Scott Newcomb
Jan 4, 2023
James Scott Newcomb (Jim) passed away on Wednesday, January 4th, 2023, he was 56 years old.
James was born to James and Susan (Cook) Newcomb on August 21st, 1966, in San Mateo, California. In 1976 James moved to Claremore and began attending Justus & Claremore Public Schools where he graduated with the class of 1985. During and after...
Virginia Lasater
Jan 4, 2023
Funeral service for Virginia Naomi Lasater will be 2:00p.m., Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at Chelsea Assembly of God Church, burial will follow at Chelsea Cemetery. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Tuesday, January 10, from 1pm-8pm, with family receiving visitors from 4pm-8pm. Virginia passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2023. She was 88.
Born November 12, 1934,...
Floyd Fay Boyd
Jan 2, 2023
Floyd Fay Boyd, 86, of Talala, Oklahoma, passed away on January 2, 2023. Floyd was born on January 19, 1936, the fifth and youngest child of Garland and Leona Boyd of Winganon.
Floyd was a farmer, who operated a dairy, raised beef cattle, and grew a variety of crops. Floyd was kind and generous, with an ornery streak, and...
Janis Maurine Willmann
Jan 1, 2023
Janis Maurine Willmann passed away on January 1, 2023 she was 83 years old. Janis was born to Jesse and Dorothy Sutton on June 27, 1939 in Idabel, Ok. She graduated from East Central High School. After her school years she worked as a cashier at Warehouse Market and married the love of her life, Raymond Willmann on December...
Joseph Baron Gulisao
Dec 31, 2022
Joseph Gulisao December 25, 1940 - December 31,2022. Joe was born December 25,1940 to Rufino and Miguela Gulisao in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was a baker by trade, later becoming a Pastry Chef in many of the hotels in Hawaii and Tulsa.
One of Joe's many things he enjoyed doing was coaching and supporting his kids in whatever sports they...
Dale Eugene Pauley
Dec 31, 2022
Dale Eugene Pauley passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2022. He was 89. Memorial services are planned for Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 10:00am at the First Presbyterian Church, Claremore, OK. A committal service will take place at the Black Hills National Cemetery in Sturgis, South Dakota on June 16, 2023.Dale Eugene Pauley was born September 13, 1933 in the...
Betty Marie Horner
Dec 31, 2022
Funeral service for lifelong Rogers County resident Betty Horner will be held 11:00 a.m., Friday, January 6, 2023, at the First Baptist Church of Chelsea. Burial will follow at the Chelsea Cemetery, under the direction of the Chelsea Funeral Home & Cremation Service.
Betty Marie Horner passed away on Saturday, December 31st, 2022, at the age of 97.
The...
Ida Lois Weber
Dec 30, 2022
Ida Lois (Morrow) Weber was born April 14, 1927 in Monroe, Nebraska, the youngest of five children to Harlan and Ida Mae (Hill) Morrow. After Ida’s mom passed from complications of childbirth, she was raised by her Uncle Harry Hill and his wife Lucy (Potter) on their farm along with their adopted children Audley and Arnold. Ida Lois was...
Mary Rosebery-Foxworth
Dec 30, 2022
Memorial service for Mary Helen Rosebery-Foxworth will be 2:00p.m., Friday, January 13, 2021, at MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel. Mary passed away on Friday, December 30, 2022. She was 72.
Born January 14, 1950, in Tulsa, Oklahoma to James and Virginia VanVelzer, Mary attended schools in Claremore, graduating with the class of 1968. Following high school, she went to Northwestern...
Kenneth Lee Glass
Dec 30, 2022
Service for Kenneth Lee "Cookie" Glass will be 10:00a.m., Thursday, January 5, 2023 at Calvary Baptist Church, Inola, burial will follow at Sweeten Cemetery. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Wednesday, January 4, from 2pm-8pm, with family receiving visitors from 6pm-8pm. Kenneth passed away on Friday, December 30, 2022. He was 83.
Born February 4, 1939...
Nadine Carol Casey
Dec 29, 2022
Funeral services for Nadine Casey will be Thursday, January 5, 2023, at 10:00am at Claremore First United Methodist Church. Visitation will be Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at the funeral home from 1:00pm-8:00pm with family receiving visitors from 6:00pm-8:00pm.
Nadine was born in April 1935 in the small town of Luther, Oklahoma. Her father was a barber and her mother was...
Tommy Joe Applegate
Dec 29, 2022
Memorial service for Tommy Joe Applegate will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 3, 2023, at Calvary Baptist Church, Inola. Tommy passed away on Thursday, December 29, 2022. He was 80. Born January 19, 1942, in Inola, Oklahoma to Eddie Allen and Hazel Opal (Holt) Applegate, Tommy attended Bull Creek School. He grew up helping on the family farm before going to...
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