OBITUARIES
Sammye Ella Wood
Oct 20, 2022
A funeral Service will be held 11:00 AM, Wednesday, October 26, 2022, at Verdigris Assembly of God with Bro. Michael Able officiating. Sammye Ella (Ryder) Wood, 87, passed away Thursday, October 20th, 2022, in Claremore, Oklahoma. She was born April 30th, 1935, to Haskell and Nettie (Burke) Ryder in Beggs, Oklahoma. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband,...
Zekiel Drake Eiser
Oct 20, 2022
Graveside servcie for Zekiel Drake Eiser will be held 1:30 p.m, Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at Winganon Cemetery. Zekiel Drake Eiser passed away on October 20, 2022 at 14 days old. The son of AlexZander Thompson and Savanah Eiser was born October 6th, 2022 in Claremore, Oklahoma. He is preceded in death by his grandpa, Kaleb Eiser and uncle, Lewis...
Billie Lee Luster
Oct 19, 2022
Billie “Bill” Luster; 80, of Oologah, Ok passed away on October 19, 2022 at the age of 80. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Woodlawn Cemetery in Claremore, OK. Billie “Bill” Luster was born on August 27, 1942 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to parents Eddie and Bessie Luster. He was raised on the old...
Jimmie Lynn "Jim" Dikeman
Oct 19, 2022
Funeral service for Jimmie Lynn "Jim" Dikeman will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 26, 2022, at North Park Trinity Baptist Church, Claremore, OK. Burial will follow at the Dikeman family cemetery. Friends may visit at MMS-Payne Funeral Home on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, from 1-8 p.m., with family receiving visitors from 6-8 p.m. Jim passed away on October 19, 2022....
Melvin Edward Reed
Oct 17, 2022
Funeral service for Melvin E. Reed will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, October 21, 2022, at Friendly Foyil Baptist Church, burial will follow at Wards Grove Cemetery. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Thursday, October 20 from 2pm-8pm, with family receiving visitors from 6pm-8pm. Melvin passed away at his home on Monday, October 17. He was 90. Born May...
Barry Luman Curtius
Oct 16, 2022
A memorial service will be held at the First Baptist Church-Inola on Friday, October 21, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. Barry Luman Curtius passed away on October 16th, 2022 He was 75 years old. Barry was born in Washington, District of Columbia on October 2nd, 1947 to Benjamin Luman Curtius and Catherine Rebecca Pelot, Curtius. Barry graduated from Nathan Hale High...
Teresa Marie Smith
Oct 15, 2022
Teresa Marie (Thoroughman) Smith arrived on November 24th, 1965, in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Terry and Dovie (Mallicoat) Thoroughman. She entered her heavenly home October 15th, 2022, in Claremore, Oklahoma. Growing up, her daddy asked what she wanted to be, she always answered “a wife and mother.” During high school, she met her future husband Bill Smith attending vo-tech together. After...
Lynn Daivd Sowards
Oct 15, 2022
Funeral service for Claremore resident, Lynn Sowards will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 21, 2022, at Chelsea Funeral Home Chapel. Lynn passed away Saturday, October 15, 2022, at the age of 65. The son of Henry and Frieda (Blehm) Sowards was born in Everett, Washington, on February 19, 1957. There he spent his childhood, and attended school.. After finishing school...
James Keither Cody
Oct 12, 2022
Funeral service for James Cody will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 15, 2022 at the First Christian Church of Chelsea. Burial will follow at Chelsea Cemetery under the direction of The Chelsea Funeral Home & Cremation Service. James Keither Cody passed away on Wednesday, October 12th, 2022 at the age of 79. The son of Jack and Doris Canoy Cody...
Jay Downey Bickel
Oct 12, 2022
Jay D. Bickel passed away on Wednesday, October 12, 2022. He was 61. Friends may visit at the funeral home with the family from 6pm-8pm, Tuesday, October 18, 2022, at MMS-Payne Funeral Home.
Crease Taylor Williams
Oct 12, 2022
Funeral Services for Crease Taylor Williams will be held at the MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, October, 14, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. Burial will take place at Woodlawn Cemetery
Travis Lee Austin
Oct 10, 2022
Travis Lee Austin, 40 of Claremore passed away on Monday October 10, 2022 at Saint Johns hospital with his loved ones by his side. Travis was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on April 9, 1982 to Dwight and Linda Austin. Not long after graduating from Charles Page High School Travis made the decision to join the United States Marine Corp in...
Larry Paul McClain
Oct 10, 2022
Larry Paul McClain passed away on October 11th, 2022. He was 78 years old. He was born to Charles and Pansy McClain on April 17, 1944 in Alabam, Arkansas and attended Huntsville High School. Shortly after high school, he enlisted in the United States Army and served his country proudly during the Vietnam War. When Larry came home from the...
Walter Krit Proctor
Oct 5, 2022
Funeral for Walter Krit Proctor will be on Monday, October 10, 2022 at MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel at 11:00am. Visitation will be Sunday, October 9, 2022 from 1:00pm-6:00pm at the family home at 3208 Cypress Point Circle Claremore, OK 74017. Krit was born on June 14th, 1935 in Proctor, Oklahoma to Walter and Ada (Brown) Proctor. Krit attended school in...
Jon Phillip Hancox
Oct 2, 2022
A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Friday, October 7th at 11:30am at First United Methodist Church in Claremore. Jon Phillip Hancox, loving husband to Frances Hancox, sweet father to Julie Hancox Grossman, passed on Sunday, October 2nd, 2022. He was seventy-five years young. Phil was born in 1947 in Louisiana, Missouri to Elizabeth Wamsley Hancox and John...
Billy Charles Francis
Oct 1, 2022
Service for Billy Charles Francis will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel, burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Tuesday, October 4 from 2pm-8pm, with family receiving visitors from 6pm-8pm. Billy passed away at his home on Saturday, October 1, 2022. He was 74. Born in Claremore,...
Euvah Gail Bryant
Sep 28, 2022
Euvah Gail Nimrod Bryant, 63, of Inola, OK, went to heaven on September 28, 2022. She was born on November 29, 1958, in Lawton, OK, the daughter of Cline Nimrod and Karen Bomhoff Nimrod and grew up in and loved Okmulgee. She met the love of her life, Steve “Red” Bryant, and married him on March 15, 1977, and graduated...
Martin Christopher Rios III
Sep 27, 2022
Martin Christopher Rios III passed away on September 27th, 2022 at the young age of 40. Martin was born December 11, 1981 in Westminster, California to Justine Palmore and Martin Menchaca Rios Jr. In his younger years Martin lived between Texas with his father and family or with his mother and sister in Oklahoma. Martin was a hard worker and...
Angela Fry
Sep 27, 2022
Service for Angela Fry will be 11:00 am, Friday, September 30, 2022 at Talala Christian Church, burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Thursday, from 2pm-8pm, with family receiving visitors from 6pm-8pm. Angela passed away at her home on Tuesday, September 27, 2022. She was 77. Born October 15, 1944 in Tonkawa, Oklahoma...



