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Temple, Texas Obituaries

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Juan Gutierrez

Juan Gutierrez

May 30, 2019

Juan Gutierrez Martinez nacio el 27 de Marzo del 1935. Se caso con Apolonia Calixtro Castillo en Julio 29 del 1958. El deja sobrevivientes a su Hermano Serapio y Hermana Bernarda. 4 Hijos y 5 Hijas: Pia, Agapito, Miguel, Aquileo, Epifania, Meregildo, Eugenia, Flora, y Felipa. Nietos y nietas tiene 34 y 28 bisnietos. El era una persona muy...

Ura Mercer

Ura Mercer

May 29, 2019

Ura Mercer, a long-time resident of Temple, passed away on May 29th at the age of 94. She was the oldest of five children born to Bill and Wanda Hudgens on their farm in Belfalls, Texas on August 19, 1924. She graduated from Troy schools where she was an excellent student and active in sports, Temple Junior College and...

Beulah Hitchcock

Beulah Hitchcock

May 11, 2019

Beulah went home to meet her Lord & Savior, Jesus Christ, on Saturday morning, May 11, 2019. She will be celebrated in a service at Harper-Talasek of Temple at 3:00 p. m. on Saturday, May 18, with visitation at 2:00 p.m. Beulah was born in 1923 on October 26 at Enid, Oklahoma to Willis W. Webb and Nellie Dotson...

Robert Cook

Robert Cook

May 9, 2019

Robert A. "Bob" Cook, 75 of Temple, died May 9, 2019 at a local hospital. A Memorial Service will be held at 2 pm Saturday, May 11, 2019 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home Chapel in Temple, 500 W. Barton Ave. Bob was born May 29, 1943 in Fornfelt, Missouri to Albert and Ethel Cook. He graduated from Illmo Scott-City High School...

Virginia Rose

Virginia Rose

May 6, 2019

Graveside services for Ms. Virginia Ann Rose, 73, of Clifton, will be held 2:00 p.m. Friday, May 10, 2019 at Bellwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Temple with Pastor Russell T. Campbell officiating. Ms. Rose passed from this life on May 6, 2019 in Clifton, Texas. Virginia Ann Engle Rose was born December 2, 1945 in Temple, Texas to Laird...

John Guillen

John Guillen

May 5, 2019

Funeral Services for John Guillen, 89, of Temple, will be held 10:00 AM Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Temple. He will be laid to rest at Bellwood Memorial Park Cemetery. A time of visitation will be held from 6 to 8 PM Monday, May 13, 2019 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple with a...

Molly Kirk

Molly Kirk

May 3, 2019

Services for Molly Elaine Kirk, 72, of Temple, Texas, will be on Saturday, May 11, at 10:00 A.M. at First Lutheran Church, with a private burial following at Salado Cemetery. Mrs. Kirk died on May 3 in Temple. She was born on November 24, 1946, in Bell County to William Cecil Brown and Ruth Marie Brown. She graduated from...

William Puett, Jr.

William Puett, Jr.

April 27, 2019

Bill Puett Jr. of Whitney, Texas passed away on April 27th, 2019 at the age of 84. Bill was born on April 20, 1935 in Temple, Texas to William A. Puett, Sr. and Martha Jane Puett. He graduated from Temple High School in 1953, Temple Junior College in 1955, received a B.B.A. degree from Baylor University in 1957 and...

Tommie Longoria

Tommie Longoria

April 18, 2019

Funeral Services for Ms. Tommie Davilla Longoria, 81, of Temple, will be held 10 AM Thursday, April 25, 2019 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Temple. She will be laid to rest at North Belton Cemetery following the services. A time of visitation will be held from 6 to 8 PM Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home...

Randy Fraga

Randy Fraga

April 15, 2019

Funeral Services for Mr. Randy "Tin Man" Fraga, 54, of Hutto, will be held 10:00 AM Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Temple. He will be laid to rest at Hillcrest Cemetery. A time of visitation will be held from 5 to 7 PM with a Rosary to follow at 7 PM Tuesday,...

Joseph Waters

Joseph Waters

April 1, 2019

Joseph Ervin Waters, 101, of Temple, was born February 23, 1918, to John Simpson Waters and Dora Cornelia Ponton in Lee County, Texas. He passed from this life on Monday, April 1, 2019. He married the love of his life, Mary Bunner, in June 1959. Ervin was preceded in death by his parents; and his siblings, Barton Waters, Willis...

Merlyn Brown

Merlyn Brown

March 30, 2019

Mr. Merlyn Duane Brown, age 96 of Temple, passed from this life on Saturday, March 30, 2019. Merlyn "Brownie" Brown was born December 9, 1922, to Clio C. Brown and Jessie M. (Moats) Brown in Corydon, Iowa. He married Bessie "Betty" Barber on January 27, 1945, in Corpus Christi, Tx, and was married for 71 years. He served in...

Eugene Kotrla

Eugene Kotrla

March 26, 2019

Services for Eugene Harry Kotrla, 79, of Temple, Texas will be held on Friday, March 29, at 2:00 p.m. in Elm Mott, Texas at St. Paul's United Church of Christ, officiated by Rev. Larry Koslovsky and organized by Harper-Talasek Funeral Home. Rev. Kotrla died on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at home surrounded by family. He was born January 14,...

Roger Hamacher

Roger Hamacher

March 24, 2019

Roger Lester Hamacher was born in Kalamazoo, MI to Lester and Hazel Hamacher on March 7, 1946. A memorial visitation will be held on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 from 2:00-4:00 PM at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple. He was a good man with a huge heart. He had the ability to make and keep friends easily. He was able...

Carl Tippit

Carl Tippit

March 22, 2019

Carl Walton Tippit was released from this life at the age of 86, and walked through Heaven's Gates on Friday, March 22, 2019 with family by his side. He was born on March 19, 1933 to Bertha Joann Waskow Tippit and Albert Jefferson Tippit of the Stringtown Community, was a third generation and longstanding member of Dyess Grove Baptist...

Ruby Blankemeier

Ruby Blankemeier

March 17, 2019

Ruby Lorena Blankemeier, of Moffat, died Sunday morning, March 17, 2019 at her daughter's home in Moffat. Ruby Lorena Blankemeier was Baptized July 7, 1929, (which was her dad's birthday) by Rev. Dr. E. A. Heckmann at Trinity Lutheran Church in Riesel, Texas. She was Confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church on April 18, 1943 by Pastor H. E. Oriessner....

Manuel Mata, Sr

Manuel Mata, Sr

March 15, 2019

Funeral Services for Manuel Mata, 63, of Temple, will be held 2 PM Friday, March 22, 2019 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple. He will be laid to rest at Hillcrest Cemetery following the services. A time of visitation will be held from 6 to 8 PM Thursday, March 21, 2019 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple. Mr. Mata...

Kenneth "Kenny" Dean

Kenneth "Kenny" Dean

March 14, 2019

A funeral service for Kenneth "Kenny" Wayne Dean 59, of Temple will be held on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at 10 AM at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple. A visitation will be held from 6-8 PM on Monday, March 18, 2019 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple. Kenneth Wayne Dean, 59, born October 17, 1959 in Kansas City, Missouri...

Joel Medrano

Joel Medrano

March 13, 2019

Funeral Services for Joel Medrano, 27, of Temple, will be held 2 PM Sunday, March 17, 2019 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple. A time of visitation will be held from 6 to 8 PM Satruday, March 16, 2019 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple. Burial will be held 10 AM Monday, March 18, 2019 at Hillcrest Cemetery. Mr....

Minnie Stallings

Minnie Stallings

March 10, 2019

Minnie Mae Stallings passed away Sunday, March 10, 2019 in Corsicana, Texas at the age of 95. She was born January 25, 1924 in Somerville, Texas to Margaret and Benjamin Witte. Minnie Mae attended Somerville Public Schools and graduated in 1941 from Somerville High School. Following high school, she attended secretarial school in Bryan, Texas where she would later...