OBITUARIES
David Paul Cowles
Sep 21, 2025
DAVID PAUL COWLES
March 7, 1933 to September 21, 2025
David Cowles passed away on September 21st. He was blessed with a long productive life of more than 92 years, getting to be active doing the things he wanted to do until only days before the time God called him home. His family and people around him were blessed by his love...
Sharon Kay Proctor
Sep 19, 2025
Memorial service for Sharon Proctor will be held at 2:00 p.m, Saturday, September 27, 2025 at the Sanctuary Christian Worship Center in Chelsea.
Sharon Kay Proctor, age 62, of Chelsea, Oklahoma, passed away on September 19, 2025.
Sharon was born on April 10, 1963, in Claremore, Oklahoma, to Melvin and Juanita Proctor. She grew up in Chelsea and graduated from Chelsea High...
Mary Lee Spinks
Sep 16, 2025
Mary Lee Gilstrap Spinks was born March 19, 1936 in Claremore, Oklahoma and passed away September 16th, 2025 in Conroe, TX. She was 89 years old.
Memorial Services will be held at 9 am; October 4th, 2025 at the Payne Funeral Home; 102 W 5th St, Claremore, OK 74017. If you care to view the service remotely, here is the live...
Pamela Gay Davis
Sep 16, 2025
Graveside service for Pamela Davis will be 1:00p.m., Friday, September 19, 2025, at Sweeten Cemetery, Inola, Oklahoma. Pamela passed away on Tuesday, September 16, 2025. She was 76.
Pamela Gay Davis, born on August 26, 1949, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was a beloved sister, aunt, and friend, leaving behind a legacy of kindness and laughter. She was the daughter of Shelby...
Billy Ray James
Sep 16, 2025
Billy Ray James Jr. was born on June 7th, 1962 in Hartshorne, Oklahoma, to Billy James Sr. and Mary Campbell. He attended Haileyville public school until the 10th grade when the family moved to Chelsea, Oklahoma. Billy graduated from Chelsea High School in 1980 as the starting kicker on the football team. In 1982, he married his high school sweetheart,...
Sharon Rosene Brasier
Sep 15, 2025
Sharon Rosene (Bell) Brasier passed away on September 15, 2025, in Tulsa, at the age of 84.
She was born on August 3, 1941, in Claremore, Oklahoma, to A.L. and Juanita Bell. Sharon was raised in rural Rogers County, where she began school in Foyil before her family moved to Claremore. There she enjoyed playing the clarinet in the band and...
Mary Joyce Bates
Sep 14, 2025
Mary Joyce Bates passed away on Sunday, September 14, 2025, at the age of 80.
Mary was born in Chelsea, Oklahoma to Loyd and Ruby (Womack) Bible. She attended Waller School in her early years before moving on to Chelsea Schools. There she enjoyed playing basketball and making lifelong friends like Danny Bradshaw. She graduated with the Class of 1962.
Shortly after...
Gerald Carl Little
Sep 10, 2025
Family and friends, we gather here today to celebrate the life of a wonderful man, Gerald Little—a loving husband, a devoted father, an attentive son, a kind brother, a proud Vietnam veteran, a passionate art teacher, and a soulful guitar enthusiast. His spirit left an indelible mark on everyone who knew him. Born in Lincoln, Arkansas and raised in Claremore,...
Daniel Allen Chasteen
Sep 9, 2025
Daniel Chasteen
October 31, 1952 – September 9, 2025
Daniel Chasteen, age 72, of Inola, Oklahoma, passed away on September 9, 2025.
Born on October 31, 1952, to Jack and Zelma Chasteen, Daniel grew up in Inola and attended Inola Public Schools. After marrying the love of his life, Kathy, on October 12, 1974, the couple shared 51 wonderful years together.
Daniel proudly served...
Shelly Faye Riley
Sep 9, 2025
Funeral service will be held on Monday, September 15, 2025 at the First Christian Church of Chelsea. Burial will follow at Winganon Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Sunday, September 14, 2025 at the Chelsea Funeral Home from 1p.m.-5 p.m. With family receiving friends from 3p.m. -5p.m..
Shelly Faye Riley, age 59, of Chelsea, Oklahoma, passed away on September 9, 2025.
She...
Barbara Gwen Johnson
Sep 8, 2025
Gwen Johnson passed away September 8th, 2025 peacefully surrounded by her children.
Gwen was born in Couch, Missouri on December 15, 1935. Her family moved to Claremore in the early 1950's. Soon after graduating Claremore High School in 1953, she met the love of her life, Buck Johnson. They married in 1955 and built their entire lives in Claremore, with the...
Ross Lauder Fryer, III
Sep 7, 2025
Ross Lauder Fryer III, known affectionately as “Skipper” to his family, passed away peacefully on September 7, 2025, in Claremore, Oklahoma. Born on September 18, 1944, in Detroit, Michigan, to the loving parents of Ross Fryer Junior (Father) and Mary Jane (Papworth) Fryer, along with two older sisters, Mary Jane (Fryer) Ten Eyck and Martha (Fryer) Johnson. Ross's 81 years...
Dennis Kelley
2025
Service for Dennis Kelley will be at 10:00am, Friday, September 12, 2025, at Cedar Point Church in Claremore, OK. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Thursday, September 11, from 1pm-7pm, with family receiving visitors from 5pm-7pm. A beloved father, grandfather, brother and friend. Dennis passed away on September 5, 2025, in Catoosa, OK. He was 74.
Dennis was born...
Thomas Joseph Malin
Sep 1, 2025
Thomas Joseph Malin, 69, of Inola, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 1, 2025, surrounded by his loving family.
Born on October 1, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois, Tom was the son of the late Stephen Michael Malin and Alice Lucille Malin.
Tom was a skilled heavy equipment technician who could fix anything — from toasters to tractors. Whether it was HVAC,...
Marcella Clara Brasel
Aug 31, 2025
Marcella went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 31, 2025 at the age of 89. She was born Marcella Clara Schulze on June 12, 1936, in a farm home south of Chelsea, Oklahoma, to Paul and Louisa Schulze. She was the youngest of six, and lived on the farm in her youth and adolescent years. She graduated...
Terry Henry
Aug 30, 2025
Terry Leon Henry was born on April 4,1952 in Wichita, Kansas, to Sidney and Bobbie Henry. He passed away at his home in Claremore, Oklahoma on August 30, 2025 surrounded by his loving family. He was 73 years old. Terry will be greatly missed by all those who knew him.
Joan Anita Couch
Aug 30, 2025
Joan Anita Couch was born on April 13, 1945, in Mineral Wells, Texas. She was the daughter of Mahlon and Billie (White) Breidling. Joan graduated from Mineral Wells High School in 1963 and worked diligently during her school years, first at a local dress shop and later for a moving and storage company.
The moving business took Joan and her family...
Michael Patrick Brown
Aug 30, 2025
A visitation will be held from 1:00-8:00 pm, Thursday, September 4, at MMS - Payne Funeral Home in Claremore. The family will be available to greet guests from 5:00-7:00 pm. The funeral will be celebrated at 11:00 am, Friday, September 5, 2025, at Claremore First Methodist Church. A graveside service will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please...
Delbert Jay Frye
Aug 29, 2025
Graveside service for Delbert Frye will be held on Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at Rose Hill Cemetery in Tulsa. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 2, 2025 from 4-8 p.m. at the Chelsea Funeral Home, with family receiving visitors from 6:00-8:00pm. A memorial service will take place at First Assembly in Foyil, OK, on Thursday, September 4, at 4...
Donald Dean Green
Aug 28, 2025
Donald Dean Green passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 28, 2025, at the age of 89.
Born on May 19, 1936, in Wagoner Oklahoma, Don’s early years were spent in the Sequoyah area before his family moved to Cherokee Central. When the state acquired the family farm for the development of Oologah Lake, Don eventually found his way to Chelsea Oklahoma....
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