All Obituaries

Paul Garza, age 77 of Troy, passed away Tuesday, February 25, 2020.  A Celebration of Life Visitation and Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be held at 11 am Saturday, February 29, 2020 in the Harper-Talasek Funeral Home Chapel in Temple. Paul was born November 19, 1942 to Guadalupe and Maria Garza in Donna, Texas. Paul is preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Guadalupe Garza, Arthur Garza and Johnny Garza; and sister, Eva Cerecerez. Those left to honor and cherish his memory...

Funeral services for Dorothy Louise Ratliff Prince, 89 of Temple, will be held 10 AM Friday, February 28, 2020 at First Baptist Church of Temple, 8015 W. Adams Avenue.  Pastor David Smith and Gary Anthony will be officiating the service.  A time of visitation and fellowship will take place from 6 PM to 8 PM, Thursday, February 27, 2020 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple, 500 W. Barton Ave. Mrs. Prince passed from this life on Monday, February 24, 2020.  Dorothy was born...

Harold Dean Berndt, age 83 of Troy, passed from this life Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at a local hospital. Honoring his request for cremation, no services are planned at this time. A Celebration of Life will be held, hosted by his family, at a later date. Harold was born March 3, 1936 to Alex and Elsie Berndt in Mart, Texas. He always enjoyed a little gambling and a cold beer, and found relaxation in gardening. Harold retired from the USDA after 32 years of dedicated work. He was a member...

Felicia Anne Smith, age 79 of Coon Rapids, Minnesota, passed away Tuesday, February 18, 2020.  Graveside services will be held at 2 pm Saturday, February 29, 2020 at Bellwood Memorial Park and Cemetery in Temple. Felicia was born on February 24, 1940 to Robert L. and Lorraine M. Adrian in San Benito, Texas.  She worked at Midway Mobile Home Park for 15 years before retiring in 2015.  She was a loving wife and mother and her grandchildren were simply her “Pride and...

Mary M. Cruz, age 79 of Temple, passed away Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10 am Friday, February 21, 2020 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Temple with Father Tom Chamberlain officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery in Temple. Mary was born October 11, 1940 to Moises Mares Sr. and Ysabel Samudio Mares in Rosebud, Texas. She met the love of her life in the back of a flatbed truck on her way to pick cotton in 1954. She...

Stella A. Soliz, age 63 of Temple, passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2020.  Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Monday, February 17, 2020 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple, 500 W. Barton Ave. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery in Temple. Stella was born January 13, 1957 to Guillermo “Willie” and Lucille Blanco Sauseda in Waco, Texas.  She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and aunt who took great pride in her family and always...

A Mass of Christian Burial for Enriqueta “Queta” Fraga, 91, of Temple will be at 10 a.m. Friday, February 14 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Temple.  Burial will be at Hillcrest Cemetery in Temple. Mrs. Fraga died Sunday, February 9, her 91st birthday, at a local nursing home. She was born February 9, 1929 in Pendleton to Sylvestre and Refugia Magana.  She married Miguel Fraga on August 25, 1946.  She was a homemaker, a wife, a mom, and a grandmother...

Miguel Angel Berumen III, 21 of Academy, passed from this life on Saturday, February 08, 2020 in Temple, Texas.  His service will be held at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple, 500 W. Barton Ave., on Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 11 am. Miguel was born on September 15, 1998 in Temple, Texas to Miguel Berumen Jr. and Isabel Fisher.  Miguel graduated with the Class of 2017 from Academy High School. He was very athletic, playing baseball from the age of 4 until high school. He...

Calvin Arthur Whatley, Jr. of Eddy, Texas, passed away on February 6, 2020, at the age of 95.  The funeral service will be on Saturday, February 15, 2020, at 11:00 a.m., at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home at 500 West Barton Ave., Temple, Texas, with a reception to follow the service. Calvin was born in Dallas on October 30, 1924.  His parents were Calvin Arthur Whatley and Pearl Riley Whatley.  Calvin was raised in Dallas with summers in Georgetown, Texas, where he met his future...

Sharon Kinsey, age 69 of Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, February 4, 2020 in Marble Falls.  Funeral Services will be held at 11 am Saturday, February 8, 2020 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple.  Burial will follow at Mound Cemetery in Mound, Texas. Sharon was born August 26, 1950 to J W and Cora M. Kinsey in Fort Hood, Texas.  Sharon was a Certified Nurse’s Assistant for 23 years then became an apartment manager in Temple, Houston and San Antonio.  She...