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Barbara Ann Aldridge was born to Millard and Edna McDowell in Morris, Oklahoma on June 29th, 1930. She lived a long full life. She was 94 years old when she died on April 14th, 2025. She grew up in Oklahoma and attended school in Okemah and graduated in 1948. She had one brother, Allen, and one sister, Carol, both...

Charles (Charlie) Hermon was born to Oscar and Lillie Hermon on December 29th, 1928, in Bazine, Kansas and died in his sleep at Clarehouse, a hospice house, on April 9th, 2025, in Tulsa, Oklahoma after choosing to stop dialysis at the age of 96.
Charlie grew up the youngest son of a rural mail carrier. It was in...

Services to celebrate and remember the life of Lester Dale Mullis Sr. will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 4, 2025, at Chelsea Assembly of God. Burial will follow at Chelsea Cemetery where Lester will be laid to rest by his parents. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Thursday from 3-7 with family there to...

Graveside services for Georgia Bennett will be held on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at 2:00pm at Blackwell Cemetery in Blackwell, OK. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, from 1:00-7:00pm at MMS-Payne Funeral Home in Claremore, OK.
Georgia June Murphy Bennett went to be with the Lord on the morning of...

Dayna Louise Butler, 82, beloved mother and grandmother, formerly of Claremore, Oklahoma, passed away on Tuesday morning, March 11, 2025, in Grandbury, Texas.
Dayna was born on November 4, 1942 to Frank and Nine (Condry) Butler. Dayna was raised in Claremore and graduated with the class of 1960. She later obtained a...

Cleone "Sue" (Smith) Kay passed away on Monday, March 3, 2025, at the Comfort Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Comfort, Texas. She had been convalescing there following a brief illness. Sue was born on February 16, 1938, in Lusk, Wyoming to R. Herschel and Thea (Wilson) Smith. The family relocated to the...

Ronald Robbins, a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and respected leader in both athletics and business, passed away peacefully at the age of 91. Ron is survived by his wife, Mary Sue Robbins; 2 daughters, Nancy Bethea (Samuel) and Barbara Rodriguez (David); 1 son, Scott Robbins (Kindra); as well as his...

Lois Marie Kalusha, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, passed away peacefully in Claremore, Okla., at the age of 88 on Feb. 28, 2025. The sixth of fourteen children, she was born on Nov. 6, 1936, in Broken Arrow, Okla., to Arnie and Nina Dilldine.
Lois was known for her...

Funeral services for Erma Matthews will be held on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at 11:30am at Memorial Heights Baptist Church with burial following at Woodlawn Cemetery in Claremore, OK. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, from 1:00-7:00pm with family receiving friends from 5:00-7:00pm.
Erma Lee...

Services for Charles Stewart Parker of Catoosa, Oklahoma will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 1, 2025 at Rice Funeral Home Chapel located at 631 E. Will Rogers Blvd., Claremore, Oklahoma. Dr. Ray Crawford from Claremore First Methodist Church will officiate. Charles passed away peacefully while surrounded...

Mark Edmond Maynard I was born in Seymour, Indiana, on Sunday, January 5, 1947, to Charles R. and Leota (Pierce) Maynard. He entered into the presence of the Lord on Monday, February 10, 2025, in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 78. "To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord." Mark lived his life...

Sharon Elaine Smith of Oologah passed away on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, in Tulsa at the age of 88. Sharon was born on March 2, 1936, in Claremore, OK to Clinton Howell and Lucy Marie (Dikeman) Whisenhunt. She was a graduate of Oologah High School Class of '54. She married Segal Norman Smith and together they...