OBITUARIES
Myrna R. Barbee
Jun 20, 2020
Memorial service for Myrna Barbee will be held 10:00 a.m. Monday, June 29, 2020 at Wofford Cemetery in Catoosa. Myrna passed away on Saturday, June 20, 2020 at the age of 69. The daughter of Wiley and Ruthie Scott Berry was born June 17th, 1951 in Claremore, Oklahoma. She was raised in Catoosa where she would spend all of her...
Doc Woodrow Clinton
Jun 19, 2020
Doc Woodrow Clinton was born March 19, 2001, in Claremore, Oklahoma. He went to be with his Savior on June 19, 2020. He was 19 years old. Doc lived on and loved the family cow-calf ranch, and was most at home riding his big grey horse to gather the herd for fall and spring works. Doc enjoyed many years as...
Robert E. Sellman
Jun 17, 2020
Robert Eugene Sellman passed away on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. He was 70. A celebration of his life will be held at the Sellman home from 2pm-5pm, on Saturday, June 20, 2020.
Margaret Louise Nelson
Jun 11, 2020
Margaret Louise Nelson was born March 24, 1928 south of Inola, Oklahoma, to Marshall Clark and Flora Harris Clark. She married William "Bill" Wilson Nelson on May 21, 1944. They were married for 54 years and together they ran a dairy farm east of Inola. Margaret enjoyed fishing, traveling, camping, and making ceramics. She was preceded in death by her...
Raymond Lee Cleek
Jun 11, 2020
Raymond Lee Cleek passed away on June 11th, 2020. He was 74 years old. Raymond was born to Joseph and Francis Susana Cleek on May 15th, 1946 in Owalla, Oklahoma. He went to the Owalla School until 8th grade. He spent the first part of his life in the Claremore area trading horses and working with race horses. when Raymond...
Charles Dale Jones
Jun 8, 2020
Charles “Charlie” Dale Jones passed away Monday June 8th, 2020 at the age of 61. He was born March 31, 1959 in Fairland Oklahoma. Charlie was married to Kay in 1990. He was a long-haul truck driver for most of his life. He enjoyed fishing, working with his hands by finding, fixing and tinkering with things. He was known for...
Donna Jane Brewer
Jun 5, 2020
A celebration of the life of Donna Brewer will be held on Wednesday, June 10th at 10 a.m. at MMS-Payne Funeral Home in Claremore. Her wonderful life began on October 4, 1937 to parents Otho and Maye Wittenmyer in Baxter Springs, Kansas. Donna married Fred Brewer on April 23, 1955 and were blessed with a 58 year marriage, raising a...
Pearl LuAnn Bennett
Jun 2, 2020
Pearl LuAnn Remer was born on January 24th, 1944 in Gore, Oklahoma to Madelene (Ingle) Remer and Edward Preston Remer. Pearl departed this life on June 2nd, 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 76. Pearl attended and later graduated fron Vian High School in Vian, Oklahoma, class of 1962. After graduating high school, Pearl and Joe Bennett married...
Helen Katherine Palmateer
May 30, 2020
Service for Helen Palmateer will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, June 8, 2020 at Calvary Baptist Church in Inola. Friends may visit at the funeral on Sunday, June 7 from 1pm to 6pm. Helen passed away at her home on Saturday, May 30, 2020. She was 93. Born June 9, 1926 in Deaf Smith County, Texas to Alfred Lorraine and Ona...
Cheryl Ann Ritzman
May 30, 2020
Graveside service for Chelsea resident Cheryl Ann Ritzman will be 10:00 am Thursday, June 4, 2020, at Winganon Cemetery. Visitation will be at Chelsea Funeral Home and Cremation Service from 1-8 pm on Wednesday, June 3. Cheryl left her home in Chelsea for her heavenly home on Saturday, May 30, 2020. She was 61 years old. The daughter of Jimmie...
Tommie Marie Moore
May 30, 2020
Graveside service for Tommie Marie Moore will be held 10:00 a.m. Thursday, June 4, 2020 at the Chelsea Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at the Chelsea Funeral Home from 1-8 p.m. Tommie Marie Moore passed away on Saturday, May 30th, 2020 at the age of 87. The daughter of Thomas and Goldie (Brower) Martin was...
Ruby Edna Kapchinsky
May 28, 2020
Graveside service for Ruby Kapchinsky will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at Washington Cemetery. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Monday, June 1 from 1pm to 8pm. Ruby passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2020. She was 99.
Gloria Ann Hooks
May 28, 2020
Gloria Ann Hooks (Meeks) was born December 06, 1961, to Homer Meeks Sr. and Mamie B Meeks (Tillman) in Osceola, Arkansas. She passed away in Tulsa, OK, May 28, 2020. She grew up in Osceola, AR where she graduated from high school in 1978. Gloria married Henry Hooks in December of 1985, in Claremore, OK, where they lived for the...
Jayne Ann Singer
May 27, 2020
Memorial service for Jayne Ann Singer will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, June 4, 2020 at the MMS-Payne Funeral Home chapel. Jayne Singer passed away on May 27, 2020 at her home in Chelsea at the age of 72. The daughter of Jess and Ruby McLaughlin was born April 7, 1947 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As a young girl she...
Billy Jack Harvell Jr.
May 24, 2020
Graveside services celebrating the life of Billy Jack Harvell, Jr., 51, of Inola, Oklahoma, will be Friday, May 29, 11:00 A.M. at Sweeten Cemetery in Inola, Oklahoma, under the direction of MMS Payne Funeral Service. Due to Covid-19, visitation will be restricted to the day of graveside services and burial. Family and friends may visit before or after services. Billy...
Harry Allen Simpson
May 23, 2020
Graveside service for Harry Allen Simpson will be 2:00 p.m., Monday, June 1, 2020 at Oakhaven Memorial Gardens, Claremore, Oklahoma. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Sunday, May 31 from 3pm-6pm. Harry passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2020. He was 75. Harry Allen Simpson attended OMA from 1960 through his graduation in 1965. While on college Hill,...
Jason Hedge
May 22, 2020
Michael Jason Hedge was born on March 2, 1972 to Jack and Nancy Hedge. He was baptized on October 26, 1986. He left this world on May 22, 2020. He was preceded in death by his mother and grandparents. He leaves behind his wife, Amanda Hedge, and two daughters of the home, Mackenzie Olson and Kamrey Olson. Also daughter Jacquelyn...
Aaron Ray Brown
May 21, 2020
Aaron Ray Brown passed away on May 21, 2020 at the age of 33. The son of Joey and Deborah McFarland Brown was born in April 29, 1987 in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. At a young age he and his family moved to Inola. There he would later begin attending school. He enjoyed participating in wrestling, football, and track. After graduation he...
Phyllis Jean Replogle
May 21, 2020
Phyllis was born on June 6, 1954 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to her loving parents H.D. and Sheila Ratliff. Her family moved to Catoosa when she was eight years old, and Phyllis lived there for the remainder of her life, except for three years in Tahlequah while attending college. She participated in basketball, softball, and track. Phyllis was voted queen in...
Carol Irene Story
May 20, 2020
CAROL IRENE (Collins) STORY Carol, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt passed into heaven on May 20, 2020. She and her husband John were high school sweethearts and married 54 blessed years. She is survived by her daughter Stacy Risenhoover and husband Randy of Verdigris and son Slade Story and wife Jennifer of Broken Arrow; also grandchildren Kelsey McKay...