OBITUARIES
Sandra Sue Politte
May 19, 2022
Graveside service for Sandra Politte will be held Friday May 27, 2022 at Wards Grove Cemetery at 10:00 am. Visitation will be held on Thursday, May 26, 2022 at the MMS-Payne Funeral Home from 1-8 p.m., Family will greet friends from 6-8. Sandra Sue Politte passed away on Thursday, May 19th, 2022 at the age of 80. The daughter of...
Pansy Ruth Smith
May 13, 2022
Pansy Ruth (Merrell) Smith, 76, of Inola, Oklahoma passed away Friday, May 13th, 2022 in Inola, Oklahoma. She was born to Fred and Sarah Jane Merrell in Egypt, AR on March 22nd, 1946. She is preceded in death by her parents and one son, Tony Anthony. Pansy’s favorite hobby was singing karaoke. She enjoyed it so much that she spent...
Ruth Ellen Sharpe
May 8, 2022
A memorial service for Ruth will be held at the First United Methodist Church of Checotah on Sunday, May 15, 2022, at 2:00 p.m., with a reception following. The service will be live-streamed on the church’s Facebook page: https://m.facebook.com/checotahfumc/ . Ruth Ellen Garnett Sharpe of Checotah, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 8, 2022, in Claremore, Oklahoma. She was 101. Ruth...
Barbara Jean Cutsinger
May 5, 2022
Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M., Thursday, May 12, 2022, at First United Methodist Church, 1615 N. Highway 88, Claremore, Oklahoma. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made in her name to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Barbara Jean Cutsinger of Claremore, Oklahoma, peacefully passed from this earth, with family, on May 5,...
Robert "Bob" Allen Small
May 3, 2022
Memorial service for Robert Allen "Bob" Small will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, May 9, 2022 at MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel. Bob passed away on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. He was 54. Born June 28, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois he was welcomed by his parents Gerald Morton and Ailene Ellen (Friedman) Small. He attended schools in Chicago and following his graduation...
Bill Collins
May 3, 2022
Funeral Service for Bill Collins will be 2:00 p.m., Monday, May 9, 2022 at Cowboy Gatherin' Church, Inola, burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery, Claremore. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Sunday, May 8, from 2pm-6pm, with family receiving visitors from 4pm-6pm. Bill Collins, resident of Rogers County, passed from this life on May 3, 2022. Marion Clyde...
Doris Marie Click
Apr 28, 2022
Doris Marie Click passed away on April 28, 2022 she was 76 years old. Doris was born in Claremore, Oklahoma to Claude Johnson and Marie Johnson on June 12, 1945. Doris attended Inola Public Schools growing up. She met Michael Don Click while the two were working at Goodwill. The two were married in Oklahoma City and made their home...
Megan Jean Valk
Apr 25, 2022
Oh come Angel Band Come and around me stand. Oh bear me away on your snow white wings to my immortal home. Our sweet sunshine Megan Jean Valk passed away on April 25th 2022 . Megan was born on December 18th 1997 to a loving mother Norma Jean Valk and her dad Richard, the one man who never let her...
Grace Ann Harrison
Apr 25, 2022
A visitation will be held on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at the MMS- Payne Funeral Home Chapel from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Family will greet friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Grace Ann Harrison passed away on April 26, 2022 at the age of 76 years old. Grace Ann was born to Dryden and Joan Carman in Pryor,...
Mary Jane Ellison
Apr 24, 2022
Mary Jane Ellison, 97, of Brookings, passed away on Sunday, April 24, 2022, at Edgewood Vista in Brookings. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at the Calvary Baptist Church in Inola, Oklahoma, beginning at 11:00 A.M. A time of visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Eidsness Funeral Home is assisting the family...
Verna Irene Keltner
Apr 24, 2022
Funeral service for Verna Irene Stanton Keltner will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, April 29, 2022 at MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel in Claremore. Burial will follow at Dawes Cemetery in Chelsea. Visitation will be at the Funeral Home from 1-8 p.m. on Thursday, April 28; family will greet friends from 6-8 p.m. Verna's graduation and change of address was April 24,...
Helen Marlene Walton
Apr 18, 2022
Helen Marlene (Chilcoat) Walton, of Inola, OK, passed away April 18, 2022 in Tulsa, OK. She was born July 12, 1940 in Tulsa. She was 81 years old. She was married to her high school sweetheart and love of her life, Johnnie Walton, and they were married 63 wonderful years. Marlene loved to cook and try new recipes, often sharing...
Jessie I. Lingenfelter
Apr 16, 2022
Celebration of life for Jessie I. Lingenfelter will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, April 21, 2022 at First Baptist Church Chapel, burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may visit at MMS-Payne Funeral home on Wednesday, April 20 from 3pm-8pm, with family receiving visitors from 6pm-8pm. Jessie passed away on Saturday, April 16, 2022. She was 107. Born December 11, 1914...
Sheila Diann Griffin
Apr 10, 2022
Funeral services for Sheila Diann Griffin will be 2:00pm Thursday April 14th, 2022 at Westside Holiness Church. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in Claremore, Oklahoma. Visitation will be at the church on Wednesday April 13th from 1-8. Sheila went home to be with her Lord and Savior surrounded by her loving family on Sunday, April, 10th at the age...
Mark Dwayne Holcomb
Apr 7, 2022
Mark Dwayne Holcomb passed away on April 7, 2022, he was 61 years old. He was born to Milfred and Judy Holcomb on July 14, 1960 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He attended Foyil Public Schools and graduated in the class of 1978. After his high school years, he worked in the pipeline industry for a couple years before going to college...
Roger Dean Norman
Apr 7, 2022
Services for Roger Dean Norman will be held at Wednesday, April 13, 2022, 10:00 AM, at Memorial Heights Baptist Church; burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be at the funeral home Tuesday, April 12, 3:00-8:00 PM, with family receiving visitors from 5:00-8:00 PM. Roger passed away on April 7, 2022 at the age of 68. Born April 22,...
Patricia Ann Colston
Apr 3, 2022
Patricia Ann (Nichols) Colston entered into the presence of her Savior on April 3, 2022. Patricia was born on April 5, 1960 to Marion Inez (Walker) and Harold Gene Nichols. She was the third of what would become a family of four girls and one boy. Patricia always said she was "yanked up" along the Red River, having been born...
Thomas "Harold" Osborn
Apr 2, 2022
Graveside service for Thomas Harold Osborn, Sr., will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, April 8, 2022 at Highland Cemetery. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Thursday, April 7, from 1pm-8pm. Harold passed away on April 2, 2022. He was 89. Born October 9, 1932 in Inola, Oklahoma to Frank and Hazel (Hoel) Osborn, Harold attended schools in Inola and...