Obituaries

Lela Inderlied

May 3, 2025

Lela was born January 17, 1936 in Cimarron, Oklahoma, the youngest daughter of Edward Robert and Tennie Taylor Carter. She graduated from Cleveland High School in Oklahoma and then completed a year at a business school in Tulsa. Her first employment was in the auditing department of Sears, where she met her husband William Inderlied. Lela and William were joined...

George White

Jun 17, 2025

George David White passed away on June 17, 2025, at the age of 78, in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. Born on June 8, 1947, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, George was the son of George Donaghey and Catherine Marie (Burks) White. He grew up and attended school in Muskogee before moving to Tulsa, where he graduated from high school. Soon after, he was...

John Monforte

Jun 16, 2025

John G. Monforte, nicknamed “Lorenzo” by his loving sister, passed away peacefully on June 16, 2025 surrounded by his children. John was a real character, and he left his mark on the world around him. From Cleveland Oklahoma, John was a great defender of public education, justice, and the power of optimism.

A veteran of the U.S. AirForce, John got his...

Forrest Dickinson

Jun 13, 2025

Forrest Wayne Dickinson passed away on June 13, 2025, at the age of 64, in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. He was born on December 26, 1960, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Jarrett Wright and Jackie Lene (Brannon) Dickinson. Forrest moved to Arkansas with his mother and was later raised by his uncle. Eventually, they relocated to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he began working for...

Dennis Maupin

Jun 12, 2025

Dennis Carl Maupin, a beloved figure and cherished member of the community, passed away peacefully on June 12, 2025, at the age of 83, in his home in Maramec, Oklahoma.

Dennis was born on September 30, 1941, in Claremore, Oklahoma, to Wayne and Wilma (Brown) Maupin. He grew up in the Keystone area, attended school there, and completed his education....

James Crews

Jun 11, 2025

James Howard Crews was born April 4th, 1938, in Arcadia, Florida, to Byron and Helen Lindsay Crews. He grew up in the Arcadia, Florida, area attending DeSoto County Schools. He participated in Football, Track, and Bull Riding during that time. It was at one of his football practices that he was introduced to the love of his life, Marianne Copeland....

Alva Hodson

Jun 9, 2025

Alva (Al) Ray Hodson of Cleveland, OK passed peacefully away on Monday, June 9, 2025, at the age of 87, while temporarily staying at the Baptist Village after losing everything in the March wildfire. Al was born March 25, 1938, in Skiatook, OK, the only child of Alva Marlow and Cynthia Josephine (Barber) Hodson. He grew up and attended school...

Connie Collier

Jun 3, 2025

Connie Faye Collier passed away on June 3, 2025, at the age of 61, in Cleveland, Oklahoma.

Connie was born on November 20, 1963, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Harry Rudolph and Bonnie Jean (Morgan) Vandever. She grew up in Cleveland and Sperry, Oklahoma, and graduated from Sperry High School with the Class of 1982. Shortly after high school, Connie married David...

Julie Weldon

Jun 2, 2025

Julie Anne Weldon passed from this life on June 2, 2025, at the age of 75, at her home in Calimesa, California.

Julie was born on December 17, 1949, in San Francisco. Julie was the daughter of Edwin Cox, II, and Lillian (Leonard) Alves. Julie grew up and attended school in Bloomington, California, where she graduated with the Class of 1967....

Wendell Goodman

May 28, 2025

Wendell Paul Goodman passed away on May 28, 2025, at the age of 69 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

He was born on March 15, 1956, in Hominy, Oklahoma, to Paul Ray and Cloan (Pogue) Goodman. Wendell grew up in Sand Springs, where he started elementary school, before moving with his family to Prue, Oklahoma, where he graduated with the...

Betty Glenn

May 26, 2025

Betty Faye Kinison Glenn was born on a farm in Oklahoma on July 29, 1937. Her parents were Gerald Lyle Kinison and Bessie Merle Elliott Kinison.

She went to school and graduated from Osage High School in 1955. She enjoyed playing basketball and always had great secretarial skills. It was in high school that she met and fell...

Lynna Ausburn

May 23, 2025

Lynna Joyce Ausburn (Burt)

Dr. Lynna J. Ausburn passed away May 23, 2025. The daughter of Richard and Mary Joyce Burt, Dr. Ausburn was born July 18, 1944, in Austin, Texas. She grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma with her parents and sisters, Mary and Peg, and attended Edison High School. Lynna was the star of her high school drama department and...

Bobby Phillips

May 23, 2025

Bobby Dwain Phillips passed from this life on May 23, 2025, at the age of 78, at the Claremore VA Center.

Bobby was born on April 25, 1947, in Clarksville, Arkansas, the son of Jessie Walter and Alma Marie (Standridge) Phillips. Bobby moved with his parents to Tulsa at a young age and later graduated from Sapulpa High School...

Lavonne Goodell

May 23, 2025

Lavonne Joyce Goodell passed from this life on May 23, 2025, at the age of 73 at her home in Osage, Oklahoma.

Lavonne was born on February 5, 1952, in Hominy, Oklahoma, the daughter of Alfred Weslie and Ellyn Joyce (Hart) Hewitt. Lavonne grew up in Terlton where she started school later transferring to Cleveland where she graduated....

Larry Ferguson

May 23, 2025

It is fitting and symbolic that Larry Ross Ferguson, 87, will be laid to rest in the same Oklahoma soil that shaped his life. Born in Pawnee, raised, educated and married in the heart of Pawnee County, devoted to its people every step of the way, he built a life grounded in service, commitment, and community. From carrying on the...

Paul Perryman

May 22, 2025

Paul Martin Perryman passed from this life on May 22, 2025, at the age of 100 in Claremore Veterans Center.

Paul was born on September 10, 1924, in Grovespring, Missouri. He was the son of Alfred D. and Dora E. (Dinwiddie) Perryman. Paul grew up and attended school at Pleasant Ridge School, in Lebanon, Missouri. Following his education, Paul enlisted in...

Joe Cole, Jr.

May 19, 2025

In lieu of flowers, the family requested donations to be made in honor of Joe Cole to Meals on Wheels or Jay C Byers Memorial Library.

Joe Edward Cole, Jr. passed from this life on May 19, 2025, at the age of 72 after a courageous battle with cancer at his home in Terlton, Oklahoma.

Joe was born on August 21, 1952,...

Raymond Lewis

May 13, 2025

Raymond Dale Lewis passed away on May 13, 2025, at the age of 81 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Raymond was born on February 14, 1944, in Mannford, Oklahoma. He was the son of Bluford and Johnnie Faye (Quallate) Lewis. Raymond grew up and attended school in Mannford. Raymond graduated with the Class of 1962, which was the last graduating class at old...

Sherry Owens

May 13, 2025

Sherry Sue Owens passed from this life on May 13, 2025, at the age of 87 in Osage, Oklahoma.

Sherry was born on August 2, 1937, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of Kimball Eugene and Mayme Lorena (Ahner) Sanders. Sherry grew up attended school in Osage where she completed her education. Sherry was united in marriage to Kenneth Orville...

Robert Hillsberry

May 13, 2025

Robert Dale Hillsberry was born November 1, 1948 to Atchie Lee and Nellie Hillsberry and left this world on May 13, 2025. He is preceded in death by his parents Atchie Lee (Cotton) and Nellie, his brother Terry Hillsberry and wife Barbara, brother Marvin Hillsberry and sister Linda Willcox and husband James and his niece Terry Lynn Hillsberry. He is...