Frances Bourgeois

May 18, 2017

Service Memorial Serivce HarperTalasek Funeral Home 500 West Barton Avenue Temple, TX  76501 Monday, May 22, 2017 11:00 a.m.

Esther Carr

May 13, 2017

Our beloved Mother, Esther B. Carr, slipped quietly away on Saturday May 13, 2017. She has joined her 6 siblings, Emilio Gandara, Erasmo Gandara, Erheminia Perez, Eulalia Cruz, Erlinda Garcia, Evengelina Carrizal; daughter Gladys Powell Reisner; and husband Harvey L. Carr in her new Heavenly home as promised by our Lord Jesus Christ. She was gifted to us all...

Elaine Goodboard

May 10, 2017

Elaine Julia Anthony Goodboard, 70, passed peacefully on May 10, 2017 at her home surrounded by her devoted husband John Dennis Goodboard, and other loving family members. Elaine was preceded in death by her parents, Clair Ezekiel Anthony and Evelyn Catherine Smith, and her brothers Lawrence Anthony and Gordon Anthony. She is survived by her husband John Dennis Goodboard;...

Pauline Patschke

April 27, 2017

Services for Pauline Louise Patschke, 90, of Temple will be at 10:00 am on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Temple with Pastor Benjamin Ehlers officiating. Burial will follow in Bellwood Memorial Park. Pauline L. Patschke died on Thursday April 27, 2017 at her residence. Pauline L. Patschke was born on August 10, 1926 to Adolph...

Jacqueline Hughes

April 24, 2017

Memorial Services for Jacqueline Mary Hughes. 84, of Temple will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday May 6, at Heights Baptist Church with Brother Billy officiating. Jacqueline M. Hughes died on Monday, April, 24, 2017 at her residence. Jacqueline Mary Hughes was born on April 25, 1932 Mr. John Hugo Duffner and Mrs. Mary Blach Caldwell- Duffner in...

Sarah Talasek

April 22, 2017

Sarah Bernice Fowler Talasek, age 98 and 3 1/2 months, of Temple died peacefully at home surrounded by family. A time for visitation with the family will be from 3:00-5:00 PM on Saturday, April 29 at Harper~Talasek Funeral Home. Funeral will be held at 2 PM on Sunday, April 30 at First Christian Church with Dr. Don Lynn officiating....

Georgeann Reisner

April 20, 2017

Services for Georgeann Reisner, 63, of Temple will be held at 10:00 am on Monday, April 24, 2017 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Chapel in Temple with Sheree Robinson officiating. Burial will follow to Hillcrest Cemetery. Georgeann Reisner died on April, 20, 2017 at a local hospital. Georgeann Reisner was born on December 11, 1953 to Melvin T. York and Glonda...

Larry Giddens

April 16, 2017

Graveside Services for Larry Jeff Giddens, 63, of Temple will be held at 3:00 pm on Friday, April 21, 2017 at Holland Cemetery. Larry J. Giddens died on Sunday, April 16, 2017 at his residence Larry Jeff Giddens was born on May 20, 1953 to Jeff Abraham Giddens and Eva Jeanette Johnson Giddens in Temple, Texas. Larry was a...

Lori Pohanka-Kalama

April 16, 2017

Lori Ann Pohanka-Kalama was born in Grafton, North Dakota on January 12, 1971, to the late Larry Pohanka of Park River, ND and Patricia Huber of Linton, ND. At a very young age she moved to Linton where she resided until earning her masters degree as a speech therapist. Lori was united in marriage with Kelly Kalama in Texas....

Catherine Greer

April 15, 2017

Services for Catherine Marie Greer, 94, of Troy will be 11:00 am on Friday, April 21, 2017 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple. Burial will follow in procession to Roberts Cemetery in Troy. Catherine M. Greer died on Saturday, April 15, 2017 at a local care facility. Catherine Greer was born on September 14, 1922 to Paul Martin Stark...

Lavonia Stuart

April 14, 2017

Graveside services for Lavonia "Shep" Shepperd Stuart, 91, of Temple, will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 18, at Bellwood Memorial Cemetery in Temple with Tom Henderson officiating. Mrs. Stuart passed away Friday, April 14, in Corsicana, Texas. Lavonia Shepperd Stuart was born June 5, 1925 in Temple, Texas to William Watson Shepperd and Cynthia Virginia Garmony Shepperd. Lavonia was...

Bernard Botkin

April 10, 2017

Memorial services for Bernard B. Botkin, Jr., 71, of Gatesville, will be held at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at Honeycutt's, 7303 Airport Road in Temple. A casual, come and go social gathering and BBQ lunch will follow military honors. Mr. Botkin passed away Monday, April 10, at his home in Gatesville. Bernard B. Botkin, Jr. was born November...

Louis Klement

April 10, 2017

Services for retired LTC Louis M. Klement, 82, of Troy will be 10 a.m. Friday, April 14, at the First United Methodist Church in Troy with Reverend Leslie Byrd officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery in Temple. Mr. Klement passed away Monday, April 10, at a local hospital. Louis Moore Klement was born January...

Estelle Smith

April 8, 2017

Graveside memorial services for Estelle Isabel Smith, 101, of Temple, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Saturday, April 22, at Bellwood Memorial Cemetery with Gary Baxley officiating. Mrs. Smith passed away Saturday, April 8, at Arbor House in Temple. Estelle Isabel Smith was born June 21, 1915 in Tyrone, New Mexico to Charles Grover Horn and Mabel Lee Horn. She...

Messiah Davis

April 8, 2017

Services for Messiah Jamal Davis, Infant, of Temple, will be held at 2:00 pm Friday, April 14 at Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery in Temple with Reverend H.E. Jackson, Jr. officiating. Messiah Jamal Davis died on Saturday, April 8, 2017 at a local hospital. Messiah J. Davis was born to Raymond Davis and Ti'Shara Wallace in Temple, Texas. He was a...

Mary Knight

April 8, 2017

No services are planned for Mary Elizabeth Knight, 69, of Temple. Ms. Knight passed away Saturday, April 8, at her home in Temple. Mary Elizabeth Knight was born August 16, 1947 in Nixon, Texas to Charlie Clint Tumlinson and Ruth Mae Meneley Tumlinson. Mary was the eldest child and helped raised her siblings after the death of their father....

John Elza

April 6, 2017

John Buchannan Elza, Jr., 95, of Temple, passed away Thursday, April 6, in Temple, Texas. He was born in Heidenheimer, Texas on February 2, 1922 to John Buchannan Elza, Sr. and Veni Moore Elza. He lived in Heidenheimer until he was drafted into the 15th Air Force Division where he began his service as a Bomber Navigator during World...

Robert Garcia

April 4, 2017

Services for Robert Garcia, 58, of Temple, will be 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 8, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Temple with Father Tom Chamberlain officiating. Mr. Garcia passed away Tuesday, April 4, at a local hospital. Robert Garcia was born March 17, 1959 in Temple to Paulino Garcia and Rosa Castillo. He and his twin sister,...

Robert Gutierrez

April 3, 2017

No services are planned for Robert Silvas Gutierrez, 64, of Temple. Robert S. Gutierrez died on Monday April 3, 2017, at his residence. Robert Gutierrez was born on October 10, 1952 to Domingo Gutierrez and Anita Silvas Gutierrez in Skidmore, Texas. Robert was a Catholic by faith and taught his children to stand up and look people in the...

Norma Shaklovitz

April 1, 2017

Norma Louise Fredrickson Shaklovitz passed away peacefully Saturday, April 1, 2017 due to natural causes. Mrs. Shaklovitz who was born January 10, 1931, in Galveston, Texas, was a true Texan and resided her entire life within the state. Her parents were Ora Louise (Holt) and Albert Bernard Fredrickson, a Galveston Motorcycle Police officer who was killed in the line...