OBITUARIES
Belinda Kaye Hitchcock
Sep 21, 2022
Graveside service for Belinda Hitchcock will be held on Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at Memorial Park Cemetery in Tulsa. Visitation will be held on Monday, September 26, 2022 at the MMS-Payne Funeral Home in Claremore. Belinda Kaye Hitchcock passed away on September 21st, 2022 at the age of 63. The daughter of Marion and Mary (Dykes) Hitchcock was born January...
Charles Franklin Woody
Sep 20, 2022
Service for Charles Franklin Woody will be 3:00 p.m., Friday, September 23, 2022 at MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel, burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Thursday from 2pm-8pm, with family receiving visitors from 6pm-8pm. Charles passed away on Tuesday, September 20, 2022. He was 86. Born August 4, 1936 in Claremore, Oklahoma to...
Trilla Faye Coe
Sep 19, 2022
A Funeral Service will be held on Friday, September 23, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at the MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 22, 2022 family will greet the friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Trilla Faye Coe passed away on September 19th, 2022 she was 83 years old. Trilla...
Kenneth Gene Steele
Sep 19, 2022
Kenneth Gene Steele passed away on September 19th, 2022 he was 62 years old. Kenneth was born in Searcy, Arkansas. he grew up and attended school at Bald Knob Public Schools and graduated with the class of 1978. After his high school years he attended college at ASUBB. He later worked for the Land O' Frost meat company for a...
Katherine Jean Schonholtz
Sep 17, 2022
A visitation will be held Wednesday, September 21st, 2022 from 1 PM to 6 PM, with family being present from 5 PM to 6 PM, at MMS-Payne Funeral Home. A graveside service will be held 10 AM, Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 at Woodlawn Cemetery, Claremore, Oklahoma with Bro. Randy Childers officiating. Katherine Jean (Appleby) Schonholtz, 78, passed away on Saturday,...
Deborah Faye Williams
Sep 15, 2022
Memorial service for Debbie Williams will be 2pm, Thursday, September 22, 2022 at Oologah Assembly of God. Family lunch will be at 11:30 at Oologah Assembly of God. Deborah Faye Williams, the daughter of late Earl E. Ridenhour and late Lydia F. Henderson was born on March 10, 1956 in Claremore. September 15th, 2022 Debbie was called to her eternal...
William Douglas Gardner
Sep 14, 2022
William Douglas Gardner, Jr. (Bill) passed away on September 14, 2022, he was 78 years old. Bill was born to William Douglas Gardner Sr. and Bonnie Lee Gardner, Potter in Tulia, Texas. He graduated from Tulia High School in the class of 1961. In 1965 he married Alma Sue Gardner. He graduated from West Texas State University in 1967, and...
Dianah Kay Hale
Sep 11, 2022
The family of Dianah Hale would like to invite everyone to a come and go celebration of life for her on Friday, September 16, 2022, from 4pm-8pm at The Hidden Porch, 4883 East Highway 266, Catoosa, Oklahoma 74015. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Thursday, September 15, from 2pm-8pm, with family receiving visitors from 6pm-8pm. Dianah passed away on Sunday, September 11, 2022. ...
Bonnie Lue Gary
Sep 9, 2022
Memorial service for Bonnie Lue Gary will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at the Inola Funeral Home, Inola, Oklahoma. Bonnie passed away peacefully at 6:03 a.m. on Friday, September 9th, 2022, at the age of 78. The daughter of Hugh Ellis and Edna Easley-Stephens, Bonnie was born at home on November 9, 1943, in Broken Arrow,...
Tom Lehman
Sep 4, 2022
Service for Lee Thomas "Tom" Lehman will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 9, 2022 at Washington Baptist Church; burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Thursday, September 8 from 2pm-8pm, with family receiving visitors from 5pm-7pm. Tom passed away on Sunday, September 4, 2022. He was 79. Born August 9, 1943 in Des...
Ronald Ray Hintz
Aug 30, 2022
Ron is survived by his children; Aaron Hintz, Sam Hintz and Nick Burch (Claremore, Ok) Ronnie Schneider (Kansas)His brother Jim Hintz (Nebraska) Nieces and Nephews; Chantel Woodcock (Kansas) Kit Fox, Corbin smith and Keaton Hintz (Nebraska) Granddaughter Raine. Ron was born in Salina, Ks to Donald and Bernadine (Korbe) Hintz. He graduated from Hays High School. Ron was an over...
Norma J. Dorsey
Aug 30, 2022
Funeral service for Norma Dorsey will be held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at the Claremore Assembly of God. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 6, 2022 from 1-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8. Norma Jean Dorsey went home to be with the Lord on August 30th, 2022 at the age of 90. The daughter of...
Ester Iona Nelson
Aug 29, 2022
Ester Iona Wooldridge Nelson passed away on August 29,2022 she was 84 years old. She was born to Eva and Carl Wooldridge on July 25, 1934 in Neosha, Missouri. Ester enjoyed sewing, cooking, arts and crafts writing, and yard sales. She also loved country music, girl time, and adored her cat. In her younger years she was a great pool...
Joyce Faye Howard
Aug 25, 2022
Service for Joyce Faye Howard will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at Inola Funeral Home and Crematory, burial will follow at Vernon Cemetery in Coweta. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Tuesday, from 2pm-7pm, family will receive visitors from 5-7. Joyce passed away on Thursday, August 25, 2022. She was 81. Born July 28, 1941 in...
June Smith
Aug 24, 2022
A celebration of life service for Lawanda June Smith will be held at Claremore First Baptist Church, located at 107 E Will Rogers in Claremore, on Monday, August 29, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.. A visitation will be held Sunday, August 28, 2022 at MMS - Payne Funeral Home (formerly Musgrove Merriott Smith Services) located at 102 W 5th Street in Claremore, from 2:00 to 5:00 pm. June...
Fredda Fern Morgan
Aug 23, 2022
Service for Fredda Fern Morgan will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, August 29, 2022, at Oakhaven Memorial Gardens Chapel in Claremore under the direction of MMS-Payne Funeral Home. Fredda entered her heavenly home on Tuesday, August 23, 2022. She was 91. The daughter of Benjamin Harrison and Pearl Esther (Farmer) Anderson, Fredda was born on June 9, 1931 in Lubbock Texas,...
Johnathan "Todd" Fryer
Aug 23, 2022
Visitation for Johnathan "Todd" Fryer will be Monday, August 29, 2022 at MMS-Payne Funeral Home, from 12pm-3pm. Todd passed away at his home with family at his side on August 23, 2022. He was 47.
Martha Sue Fox
Aug 22, 2022
Martha Sue Fox passed away on Monday, August 22, 2022. She was 78. Born April 17, 1944 in Ketchum, Oklahoma to John and Martha (Dixon) Baldridge, Martha graduated from Salina High School with the class of 1962. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Education from Northern State University, later she went back and got her Master's. While teaching in Gallup,...



