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...

Randy Horton

Jun 26, 2025

Randy Gene Horton passed from this life on June 26, 2025, at his home in Osage, Oklahoma at the age of 65.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 10:30 am, Saturday, July 12, 2025 at the Cleveland Community Center. Chapman-Black Funeral Home will be handling the arrangements. Friends and family may visit an online guest book and memorial page...

Keith Lindon

Jun 25, 2025

Keith Eugene Lindon passed away on June 25, 2025, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the age of 79.

Keith was born on July 22, 1945, in Hallett, Oklahoma, to Joyce James and Opel Ellen (Vanhoy) Lindon. He grew up in Hallett and attended elementary school there. Keith later went to Cleveland schools and graduated from Wynona High School with the Class of...

Leslie Amstutz

Jun 24, 2025

Leslie Dian Amstutz passed from this life on June 24, 2025, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the age of 78.

Leslie was born on July 19, 1946, in Bluffton, Ohio, the daughter of Donavin and Roberta Coleen (Wenger) Amstutz. As a young girl, Leslie grew up and attended school in Bluffton, later graduating from Bluffton High School with the Class of...

Christopher Cox

Jun 20, 2025

Christopher Lynn "Chris" Cox, 50, passed from this life on Thursday, June 19, 2025, at the Bristow Hospital.

Chris Cox was born on January 9, 1975, in Wagoner, Oklahoma, to James and Nora Cox. Chris grew up in the Terlton, Oklahoma area with his brother, Jerome and sister, Jennifer. They spent the better part of their childhood outside snake hunting, catching...

Warren Sullivan

Jun 20, 2025

Warren Eugene "Gene" Sullivan, 96, of Prue, Oklahoma, formerly of Claremore, Oklahoma, passed from this life on Friday, June 19, 2025, in his home surrounded by his loving family.

Gene Sullivan was born April 25, 1929, in Claremore, Oklahoma to Jeffery Sullivan and Sara (Liddie) Sullivan. He attended school in the Claremore area up to the eighth grade. Gene grew...

Rocky Farrow

Jun 18, 2025

Rocky Lane Farrow passed away on June 18, 2025, at the age of 58 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Rocky was born on May 22, 1967, in Tulsa, to Alvin "Duroc" Farrow and Gerry (Workman) Farrow. He grew up in Terlton and Cleveland, Rocky graduated from Prue High School with the Class of 1985. After high school, Rocky began working on a local ranch...

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....