OBITUARIES
Paul Delbert Thompson
Dec 17, 2020
Paul Thompson was born at home to Luther and Pauline Thompson (England) on July 30,1935. He passed away Thursday, December 17, 2020, at the age of 85. He has lived around Claremore all of his life. He started at a young age working in the sawmill and drilling water wells with his dad . In 1953 he went on a...
George Martin Peper
Dec 16, 2020
George Martin Peper passed from this life, December 16, 2020 at home with his family by his side. George was born November 25, 1928 in Adair, Ok to George Ernest and Lydia (Ruppel) Peper. He was baptized and confirmed in the Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Adair. He later graduated from the Lutheran Church School. George went on to serve in...
Jodel Elton Lewellen
Dec 15, 2020
Jodel E. Lewellen was Born on March 19, 1938. He passed away on December 15, 2020. He is survived by his wife Elaine; sons Reid, Tim and wife Sharon, and Jerry and wife Lyslie; ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Jodel enjoyed being a part of a truck stop ministry for 15 years, and working with Claremore First Baptist Church disaster...
Steven Wade Roberts
Dec 13, 2020
Services celebrating and remembering the life of Steven W. Roberts will be December 29th, 2020 at 2 p.m. at the Oologah Senior Center. Steven passed away December 13, 2020 in Tulsa, OK, at the age of 38. He was born in Claremore, OK on January 19, 1982 to Grant and Jeri Roberts. Steven was raised in Chelsea Oklahoma. He graduated...
Beverly J. Hancock
Dec 13, 2020
Beverly Hancock passed away peacefully on December 13th, 2020. She was 78 years old. She was born to Otto Hartlipp and Amanda Hartlipp in Hoyleton, Illinois on September 30th, 1942. She grew up and attended school in Hoyleton. Later in life, her family moved around in Illinois and Indiana, and making Chelsea, Oklahoma their final home in 1979. Beverly enjoyed...
Rosemary Catherine Steigert
Dec 11, 2020
Mass of Christian burial will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, December 17, 2020 at St. Cecilia Catholic Church. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Wednesday, December 16 from 1pm -8pm. Rosemary passed away on Friday, December 11, 2020. She was 100.
Margaret Ann Tapley
Dec 10, 2020
Memorial service for Margaret Tapley will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, January 9, 2021 at First United Methodist Church. Margaret passed away on Thursday, December 10, 2020. She was 92. Born August 25, 1928 in Pella, Iowa to Andrew John and Anna (Verros) Buwalda, Margaret attended school and graduated high school in Pella. On August 28, 1947 she married Charles Alfred...
Virgil Lee McLain
Dec 9, 2020
Graveside service for Claremore resident Virgil Lee McLain will be 1 pm Friday, December 18, 2020, at Washington Cemetery, under the direction of MMS-Payne Funeral Home. Virgil passed away at his home on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. He was 78 years old. The son of Oscar McLain and Evelyn Loraina Hamilton was born January 19, 1942, in Pryor, Oklahoma. He...
Jerry Samuel Copp
Dec 9, 2020
Jerry Samuel Copp passed away peacefully in Tulsa, Oklahoma on December 9th, 2020, He was 78 years old. Jerry was born to Virgil "Buck" and Louise Copp on December 4th, 1942 in Claremore, Oklahoma at the Franklin hospital. He has been a long time Claremore and Rogers County Native. He attended Claremore Public Schools and graduated with the class of...
Beverly Diane Maddox
Dec 7, 2020
Memorial service for Beverly Diane Maddox will be 11:00 am Friday, December 11, 2020, at MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel in Claremore. Beverly passed from this life on Monday, December 7, 2020, at the age of 66. The daughter of Marvin and Velma England was born October 27, 1954, in Claremore. She grew up and attended school in her birth community,...
Edwin Neal Rackleff
Dec 6, 2020
Funeral service for Edwin Neal Rackleff will be 1 pm Friday, December 18, 2020 at MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel. Ed passed away Sunday, December 6, 2020, at the age of 59. Ed Rackleff, full blood Keetowah Cherokee, originally from the rural community of Rocky Ford, near his birthplace of Tahlequah, OK, has been a resident of Claremore for the past...
Helen Virginia Burks
Dec 5, 2020
Helen Virginia (Austin) Burks journeyed peacefully to be with her Lord and Savior on December 5th, 2020. She joined in heaven her beloved adoptive parents, aunt and uncle Clessie (Wimberly) and Dee Austin, and her birth parents Oland and Vera (Wimberly) Meaders, along with her sister Loretta Watts and five brothers: Wayland, Wayne, Marl, Owen and Baby Meaders. She is...
John B. Lingren
Dec 5, 2020
John B. Lingren passed away on Saturday, December 5th, 2020 at the age of 84. The son of Pete and Linnie Pearl Ring Lingren was born June 8th, 1936 in Wenona, Illinois. As a young child his family moved to the Adair area. There he would attend Longbranch and Adair High School, graduating in 1953. He then enrolled in college,...
Clara Louise Rosencutter
Dec 4, 2020
Clara Louise Rosencutter passed away on Friday, December 4th, 2020 at the age of 86. The daughter of Hawley and Lora Hogan Stanley was born November 20, 1934 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As a young girl she was raised in Tulsa, where she attended Jenks schools. During her time at Jenks she enjoyed participating in FHA, and Choir, and was also...
James Lee Eimer
Dec 3, 2020
James Lee Eimer age 83, died peacefully in the arms of his wife on December 3, 2020 at their home in Claremore, Oklahoma after a courageous battle with cancer. James was born on April 19, 1937 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Clark and Ester Eimer. James graduated from Will Rogers High School. He was employed for many years with the city...
Ralph Louis Watkins
Dec 2, 2020
Ralph L. Watkins, 93, departed to his heavenly home on December 2, 2020, in Carrollton, TX, from COVID. He was greeted by his wife, Lila (Harrison) Watkins, infant son, Martin, and son, David. Born and raised in Littleton, CO, his family relocated during his early teens to Rogers, AR, building and operating a family dairy farm until he enlisted in...
Jewel Eloise Grigg
Dec 1, 2020
Jewel Eloise Grigg passed away peacefully in her home on December 1st, 2020. She was 91 years old. Eloise was born to Van and Callie Murnan in Rogers County, Oklahoma, on February 10, 1929. She was raised in Chelsea and attended Chelsea Public Schools. She met the love of her life, Ronal Grigg, in Chelsea, OK. The two married on...
Chad Walter Dee Pope
Dec 1, 2020
Graveside service for Chad Pope will be 11:00 am Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at Winganon Cemetery, under the direction of Chelsea Funeral Home and Cremation Service. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Monday, December 7, from 1-5 pm. Chad passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2020, at the age of 49. Chad was born to Tom and Ellen Pope...
Billie Louise Heiligman
Nov 29, 2020
Billie Louise Heiligman (Craighead) was born on September 13, 1933 in the Blackgum, Oklahoma, home of her grandmother, a mid-wife. At the age of three, Billie cried daily as older children passed her home on their way to school. A family friend who was a teacher at the school became aware of the stress, she suggested Billie come to school,...
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