OBITUARIES
Patricia Ann Dexter
Aug 14, 2022
Patricia Ann Shafer Dexter, 78, passed away Sunday, August 14th, 2022 in Claremore, Oklahoma. She was born January 27th, 1944 in Byron, Michigan to Aubra and Ruth Durling Shafer. Pat married the love of her life, Paul, on January 23rd, 1965, after meeting at a family birthday party. The couple later moved to Claremore in 1979, where they raised their...
Jo Anna Keetch
Aug 14, 2022
A memorial service will be held on Friday, August 19, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. at the MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel in Claremore, Ok. JoAnna Keetch passed away Sunday, August 14, 2022, at Hillcrest Hospital, Claremore, at the age of 85. The daughter of Henry Clifton Alderson and Mildred Elizabeth Hicks was born August 23, 1936, in Pontotoc County, MS. On...
Junior Riley Taber
Aug 11, 2022
Junior Riley Taber passed away on August 11, 2022 he was 90 years old. Junior was born in Peel, Arkansas to Riley and Rebecca Taber. He grew up and attended school in Arkansas. Shortly after high school he felt the call of service to serve his country and join the Army, were he fought in the Korean War. He had...
Vance Gilbert Watchous
Aug 11, 2022
The Celebration of Life Services will be held on Monday, August 22, 2022 from 3:00pm - 7:00pm at the Stokely Event Center in Tulsa, OK Vance Gilbert Watchous, 61, passed away Thursday, August 11th, 2022 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born August 23rd, 1960 in Wichita, Kansas to Vernon and Mary (Cross) Watchous. He was preceded in death by his...
Dona Ruth Coates
Aug 10, 2022
Graveside services for Dona Ruth Coates will be Friday, August 12, 2022 at 2:00pm at Oakhaven Memorial Gardens. Dona passed away on August 10th, 2022, at the age of 92. Dona Ruth Coates was born on September 11th, 1929 to Lawrence and Mary (Parker) Parkhurst in Welch, Oklahoma. She was raised in Vinita and attended Vinita schools. She always loved...
Frances Ruth Carter
Aug 10, 2022
Frances Ruth Carter passed away on August 10th, 2022 she was 96 years old. Frances was born on February 10th, 1926 in Chelsea, Oklahoma to Jess Clanton and Velma Watt Short. she grew up in Chelsea, Ok and attended Chelsea Public Schools graduating in the class of 1944. She met John Carter during her high school years and the two...
Eleanor M. Kincheloe
Aug 9, 2022
Funeral Mass for Eleanor M Kincheloe will be Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at 11:00am at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Claremore, Oklahoma. Rosary will be held at St. Cecilia on Tuesday, August 16, 2022 at 7:00pm. internment will take place at Mt. View Cemetery in Billings, Montana on September 3, 2022 at 10:00a.m. Eleanor passed away at her home on...
Caroline Jane Shaffer
Aug 4, 2022
A memorial service for Caroline J. Shaffer will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, Aug. 26, at First United Methodist Church in Claremore, with Dr. Ray Crawford officiating. Caroline will be interred at Bluff Cemetery, Springdale, Arkansas. The family will greet friends in the Fellowship Hall at the church immediately following the service. Caroline, 86, died Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022....
Ermagene Sidney Christianson
Aug 4, 2022
Visitation will be held Tuesday, Aug. 9 from 1 – 7 p.m. and memorial services are scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 10 at 10 a.m. at MMS Payne Funeral Home, 102 W. 5th Street, Claremore, Okla. Ermagene (Jeanie) Sidney Christianson, 73, of Inola, Okla., died at home, Aug. 4, 2022, following a long and courageous battle with ocular cancer. She was...
Robert Leroy McCamish
Aug 3, 2022
Robert LeRoy McCamish was born to the late Richard McCamish and Irene-Kerr-Stewart on April 11, 1940 in Claremore, Oklahoma.Irene later married E.J. Stewart, Robert’s stepfather. grew up in various locations around Rogers and Craig County. His grandmother, Anna-Marie Greenfeather and grandfather, Robert Kerr raised and cared for him.He went to school in Foyil, OK where he played baseball.After...
Shawn Payne
Aug 1, 2022
Shawn Eugene Payne passed away on Monday, August 1st, 2022 at the age of 55 after a hard fought battle with diabetes. The son of Gerry Payne and Judy (Morrison) Simpson was born June 14, 1967 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As a long time Rogers County resident, Shawn would spend all his early years in and around Chelsea. There he would...
Howard "Sandy" Huff
Aug 1, 2022
A visitation for Howard Sanford Huff (“Sandy” to close friends and family) will be held from 1-8 p.m, Friday, August 5, 2022 at the MMS-Payne Funeral Home with the family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m. A Celebration of Life will be held at a future date. Howard Sanford Huff passed away on August 1st, 2022 at the age of 79....
Reba Modene Floyd
Jul 28, 2022
Funeral service for Reba M. Floyd will be 10:00a.m., Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel, burial will be at 3:00p.m., Wednesday afternoon at Restheaven Cemetery in Oklahoma City. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Tuesday, August 2 from 2pm-8pm, with family receiving visitors from 6pm-8pm. Reba passed away at her home on Thursday, July 28,...
Jennifer Ann Granger
Jul 27, 2022
Memorial service for Jennifer Granger will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, August 5, 2022 at MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel. Jennifer passed away at her home on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, with her family by her side. She was 67. Born in Claremore, Oklahoma on July 25, 1955, her parents were John and Marjorie (Gourd) Hipp. Jennifer attended school at Verdigris, and...
Roy Eugene Schultz
Jul 26, 2022
Roy Eugene Schultz passed away on July 26, 2022 at the age of 60. Roy was born on June 15, 1962, in Shreveport, Louisiana, to Earl and Peggy (Petrey) Schultz. The Schultz family moved from base to base all over the country before settling in Claremore, Oklahoma. Roy graduated from Sequoyah Public School in 1980. It was then that Roy...
Richard Cortland Upton
Jul 24, 2022
Richard (Rick) Cortland Upton passed away on July 24th, 2022 he was 66 years old. Richard was born November 13, 1955, in Tulsa, OK to Fred and Darl Upton. Richard grew up in Inola and attended Inola Public Schools where he graduated in the class of 1974. He loved growing up on the farm working and being with his brothers....
Maxine May Tally
Jul 23, 2022
Maxine May Tally passed away on July 23, 2022, she was 82 years old. Maxine was born in Mazie, Oklahoma on July 23rd,1941 to Francis and Crystal May (Stewart) Vanbeber. She attended Chouteau-Mazie public schools and graduated in 1959. Shortly after high school she met George Tally and the couple married on June 18th, 1962. They moved to Inola and...
Jerry Davis Tharp
Jul 23, 2022
Visitation for Jerry Tharp will be held on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at the Chelsea Funeral Home from 1-8 p.m., with the family greeting friends from 5-8 p.m. Jerry Davis Tharp passed away on Saturday, July 23rd, 2022 at his home in Chelsea at the age of 64. The son of Euwell Davis and Betty (Rhoads) Tharp was born August...
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