OBITUARIES
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...
Aurelia Faye Woodward
Jul 23, 2022
A funeral service will be held on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 11:00 p.m., at the Coweta First Baptist Church Visitation will be held on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at the Inola Funeral Home, from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. family will great friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Aurelia Faye Woodward passed away on July 23, 2022 she...
Beatrice M. West
Jul 22, 2022
Beatrice Marie Novotny Hanley West, the daughter of Marie Kosour and Ferdinand Novotny, was born on January 3, 1926 in Havelock, Nebraska. On Friday, July 22, 2022 she cast off this crude matter and returned to luminous being. She died peacefully with her family present; she was 96 years old. Bea lived an incredibly full life. She traveled across the...
Troy Samuel Sumter
Jul 21, 2022
Service for Troy S. Sumter will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at Claremore Assembly of God Church, burial will follow at Oakhaven Memorial Gardens. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Tuesday, July 26, from 2pm-8pm, with family receiving visitors from 6pm-8pm. Troy passed away at his home on July 21, 2022. He was 92. Troy Samuel...
Aaron Blake Melda
Jul 19, 2022
Memorial service for Aaron Melda will be held on Friday, July 29, 2022 at the MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel. Aaron Blake Melda passed away on July 19th, 2022 at the age of 27. The son of Connie (Hill) Keefer and Jimmie Melda was born February 6th, 1995 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His childhood was spent in the Tulsa metro area. He...
Billy Loye Scullawl Sr.
Jul 17, 2022
A visitation will be held 3 pm- 7 pm, Monday, August 1st, 2022 at Inola Funeral Home and Crematory. A funeral service will be held 1 pm, Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022 at Inola Funeral Home and Crematory. Billy Loye Scullawl, 55, passed away Sunday, July 17th, 2022 in Inola, Oklahoma. He was born July 23rd, 1966. He was preceded in...
Richard Seth Harrison
Jul 15, 2022
A memorial service will be held on Thursday July 21, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Skelly Drive Baptist Church in Tulsa ,Ok. Richard Seth Harrison passed away on July 15, 2022 at the age of 82. Richard was born to William and Dimple Harrison in Bowie, Texas on May 5, 1940. Richard grew up in Temple, Texas and graduated from...
Lonnie Wayne Lowther
Jul 15, 2022
On Friday, July 15, 2022, Oologah resident Lonnie Wayne Lowther was called to his eternal home unexpectedly and suddenly at the age of 72. The world has lost a great son, brother, husband, father, bonus father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. Lonnie was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on February 5, 1950, to Harold and Veronia (Lyman) Lowther and graduated from Inola High...
Elsie L. Mann
Jul 11, 2022
Service for Elsie L. Mann will be 10:00a.m., Thursday, July 14, 2022 at Cowboy Gatherin' Church in Inola, burial will follow at Sweeten Cemetery. Friends may visit at the funeral home from 1pm-8pm, Wednesday, July 13. Elsie passed away on Monday, July 11, 2022. She was 75.
Frank William Rehanek
Jul 11, 2022
Frank William Rehanek entered Heaven on July 11, 2022 at 83 years old. Frank was born to Frank and Elizabeth Rehanek in Bobtown, Pennsylvania on January 21,1939. He grew up in Bobtown and attended Point Marion High School graduating in 1957. After high school he felt the call to serve his country in the Untied States Air Force. He served...