OBITUARIES
Richard Lee Dicandeloro
Jun 26, 2017
Richard passed away on Monday, June 26, 2017. He was 62. Private family services are planned.
Dennis Patrick Grace
Jun 22, 2017
Dennis Patrick Grace passed away on Thursday, June 22, 2017. He was 89.
Milford Adair Mann
Jun 20, 2017
Funeral service for Milford "Fred" Mann will be held 11:00 a.m. Friday, June 23, 2017, at the Inola United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at the Bill Batt Cemetery in Rocky Ford under the direction of the Inola Funeral Home & Crematory. Milford passed away on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 in Tulsa at the age of 75. The son of...
Marylin Faye Crisp
Jun 20, 2017
Marylin Faye Crisp passed away at her home on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. She was 67. Services are pending.
Shirley Ann Brown
Jun 19, 2017
Service for Shirley A. Brown will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, June 22, 2017 at Harvest Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Ross Mayes Cemetery. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Wednesday, June 21 from 2--8 pm, with family receiving visitors from 4--6 pm. Shirley passed away on Monday, June 19, 2017. She was 77. Shirley was born at...
Sherri Ann Ladd
Jun 10, 2017
Funeral services for Sherri Ann Ladd will be held 11:00 a.m Thursday, June 15, 2017 at the First Baptist Church of Claremore. Pastor Sam Nichols will officiate. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery under the direction of the MMS-Payne Funeral Home & Cremation Service. Sherri passed away on Saturday, June 10, 2017 at the age of 56. Sherri Ann Ladd...
Dwight Wayne Rumsey
Jun 8, 2017
Dwight Rumsey passed away on Thursday, June 8, 2017. The son of Dwight Rumsey, DDS and Lorene Rumsey of Sperry, Dwight graduated from Oklahoma Military Academy in 1959. He went on to graduate from Northeastern State University in 1964. His first post-graduate position was with Hominy Public Schools for one year, and on to Catoosa Public Schools, where he taught...
James Franklin Findley
Jun 8, 2017
James Franklin Findley passed away on June 8, 2017 at the age of 83. Jim was the son of Charles Franklin Findley and Odessa Mae Johns. He was born and raised in Claremore, attending Claremore Public Schools. Although legally blind since the age of 16, Jim worked full time for 45 years, delivering papers on his bicycle for the Tulsa...
Aaron Leonard Brunson
Jun 8, 2017
Aaron Leonard Brunson passed away on June 8, 2017, at the age of 88. Funeral service will be 11 a.m., Tuesday, June 20, at the Church of God 7th Day, Claremore. The family will greet visitors at the Funeral Home Monday, June 19, 3-8 p.m. Aaron was born March 17, 1929, in Boynton, Oklahoma, the son of Aaron Kenneth Brunson...
Alberta Mae McGuire
Jun 5, 2017
Memorial service for Alberta Mae McGuire will be Monday, June 19, 2017, at 6:30 pm at the Inola United Methodist Church. Alberta passed away on Monday, June 5, 2017. She was 92. Born May 8, 1925 in Osawatomie, Kansas to Albert Denver and Grace Elizabeth (Speck) Castleberry, Alberta grew up in the Claremore and Inola area. She attended school at...
Florene Vanzant
Jun 5, 2017
Florene Nuckolls Vanzant, 76, of Claremore, died Monday, doing what she loved. Her day began like any other and she was in good spirits when she went outside to work in her garden. Florene's passing was unexpected, but her family and friends are thankful for the love and laughter she brought into their lives. Florene was born in Pryor on...
Fritz Akin
Jun 4, 2017
Graveside service for Fritz Akin will be held 11:00 a.m. Thursday, June 8, 2017 at Oakhaven Memorial Gardens. Pastor Mike Clark will officiate. Maynard Fritz Akin passed away on Sunday, June 4, 2017, at the age of 91. The son of Bernie and Ida Bowen Akin was born March 23, 1926, in Fortuna, Missouri. There he was raised and attended...
Cody Allen Thurman
May 30, 2017
Service for Cody Allen Thurman will be 10:00a.m., Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at Claremore Assembly of God Church; burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Monday, June 5 from 1pm--8pm, with family receiving visitors from 6pm--8pm. Cody passed away on Tuesday, May 30, 2017. He was 26. Born August 22, 1990 in Claremore,...
Donnie Lewis Armbrister
May 30, 2017
Service for Donnie Lewis Armbrister will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, June 2, 2017 at The House of Prayer Holiness Church at 920 S. Lynn Lane Road, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74108. Burial will follow at Ross Mayes Cemetery in Salina. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Thursday, June 1, from 1--8 pm, with family receiving visitors from 6--8 pm. Lewis...
Kayla Jewell "Kay" Roberts
May 27, 2017
Service for Kayla Jewell "Kay" Roberts will be 11:00a.m., Friday, June 2, 2017 at Cedar Crest Baptist Church, Locust Grove; burial will follow at West Liberty Cemetery in Quinton. Kay passed away on Saturday, May 27, 2017 at her home with family by her side. She was 55. Born January 25, 1962 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Roy Keith and Beatrice...
Betty Lou Miller
May 27, 2017
Memorial service for Betty "Lougie" Miller will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at The First United Methodist Church in Claremore. Dr. Ray Crawford will officiate. Betty Lou Miller passed away on Saturday, May 27, 2017 at the age of 84. The daughter of Russell and Alice Steffens Allton was born January 23, 1933 in Claremore, Oklahoma....
Gary Lynn Lester
May 27, 2017
Gary Lynn Lester passed away on Saturday, May 27, 2017 at the age of 61. The son of TC and Wanda Sears Lester was born November 23, 1955 in Claremore, Oklahoma. Gary attended school in Tulsa. He left Oklahoma for Texas where he married Patricia Pinner and had two sons Johnathen and Donny. Later he married Gwendolyn Hassel and had...
Kenith Edward Smith
May 26, 2017
Funeral service for Kenith Edward Smith will be held 10:00 a.m. Friday June 2, 2017 at First Baptist Church in Inola. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in Claremore. Kenith Smith passed away on May 26, 2017 at the age of Kenith Smith was born on February 7, 1945 in Catoosa, Oklahoma. Around the age of 5 he and his...