OBITUARIES
Norma J. Dorsey
Aug 30, 2022
Funeral service for Norma Dorsey will be held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at the Claremore Assembly of God. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 6, 2022 from 1-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8. Norma Jean Dorsey went home to be with the Lord on August 30th, 2022 at the age of 90. The daughter of...
Ester Iona Nelson
Aug 29, 2022
Ester Iona Wooldridge Nelson passed away on August 29,2022 she was 84 years old. She was born to Eva and Carl Wooldridge on July 25, 1934 in Neosha, Missouri. Ester enjoyed sewing, cooking, arts and crafts writing, and yard sales. She also loved country music, girl time, and adored her cat. In her younger years she was a great pool...
Joyce Faye Howard
Aug 25, 2022
Service for Joyce Faye Howard will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at Inola Funeral Home and Crematory, burial will follow at Vernon Cemetery in Coweta. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Tuesday, from 2pm-7pm, family will receive visitors from 5-7. Joyce passed away on Thursday, August 25, 2022. She was 81. Born July 28, 1941 in...
June Smith
Aug 24, 2022
A celebration of life service for Lawanda June Smith will be held at Claremore First Baptist Church, located at 107 E Will Rogers in Claremore, on Monday, August 29, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.. A visitation will be held Sunday, August 28, 2022 at MMS - Payne Funeral Home (formerly Musgrove Merriott Smith Services) located at 102 W 5th Street in Claremore, from 2:00 to 5:00 pm. June...
Fredda Fern Morgan
Aug 23, 2022
Service for Fredda Fern Morgan will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, August 29, 2022, at Oakhaven Memorial Gardens Chapel in Claremore under the direction of MMS-Payne Funeral Home. Fredda entered her heavenly home on Tuesday, August 23, 2022. She was 91. The daughter of Benjamin Harrison and Pearl Esther (Farmer) Anderson, Fredda was born on June 9, 1931 in Lubbock Texas,...
Johnathan "Todd" Fryer
Aug 23, 2022
Visitation for Johnathan "Todd" Fryer will be Monday, August 29, 2022 at MMS-Payne Funeral Home, from 12pm-3pm. Todd passed away at his home with family at his side on August 23, 2022. He was 47.
Martha Sue Fox
Aug 22, 2022
Martha Sue Fox passed away on Monday, August 22, 2022. She was 78. Born April 17, 1944 in Ketchum, Oklahoma to John and Martha (Dixon) Baldridge, Martha graduated from Salina High School with the class of 1962. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Education from Northern State University, later she went back and got her Master's. While teaching in Gallup,...
Jeffrey Darryl Leslie II
Aug 21, 2022
A memorial service for Jeffrey Darryl Leslie, II will be held at 11:00 a.m. on August 25, 2022 at the Chelsea Memorial United Methodist Church. Jeffrey Darryl Leslie II passed away on August 21st, 2022. He was 57 years old. Jeff was born in Ojai, California to Jeffrey Darryl Leslie I and Barbara Lydia Leslie. Jeff grew up in California...
Brian Fredrick Yagle
Aug 19, 2022
Celebration of life services for Brian Fredrick Yagle will be Saturday, August 27, 2022 at MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel in Claremore, Oklahoma. Brian passed away on August 19th, 2022, at the age of 49. Brian was born to Harry and Joyce (Dolan) Yagle, in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 22nd, 1972. Brian attended Rancho High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. Brian...
Kathy Lynn Doss
Aug 18, 2022
Funeral service for Kathy Doss will be held on Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at the Calvary Baptist Church in Inola, OK. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery in Inola. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at the Inola Funeral Home from 1-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-8. Kathy Lynn Doss passed away on Thursday, August...
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....