Temple, Texas Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Temple, Texas & Surrounding Areas
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Jose Aranda
August 26, 2016
Services for Jose Catarino Aranda, 84, of Temple will be held at 10:00 am on Monday, August 29 at Our Lady Guadalupe Catholic church with Father Tom Chamberlain officiating. Cremation will follow. Jose Aranda died August 26 at his residence. Jose Catarino Aranda was born in Mexico on November 25, 1931. He met and married Felicitas Alvarado. Mr. Aranda...
Corina Martinez
August 23, 2016
Services for Corina Chavez Martinez, 78, of Temple will be held on Saturday, August 27 at 9:00 am. Burial will follow to Hillcrest Cemetery. Mrs. Martinez went to her heavenly home on Tuesday, August 23 surrounded by her loving family. Corina Chavez Martinez was born in Ellis, Texas on October 22, 1937 to Pedro Chavez and Consuelo Salas. She...
Felix Zak
August 22, 2016
Services for Felix Clement Zak, 77, of Temple, will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, August 27 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home Chapel with Deacon Julian Tyboroski officiating. Burial will follow in procession to Temple Garden of Memories. The family invites you for food and fellowship at the Harper-Talasek Family Center after the burial. Mr. Zak died Monday, August 22, in Temple....
Robert Ford
August 22, 2016
A private graveside ceremony for Robert Edsel. Ford, 97, of Houston formally of Temple will be held on Saturday, September 3, 2016. Mr. Ford passed away on August 22, 2016. at a Houston Retirement Community. Robert E. Ford was born on September 17, 1918 to Aubrey L. Ford and Ollie Dora Allison Ford. Robert graduated from Little River Academy...
Linda Reeder
August 12, 2016
Services for Linda Kay Reeder, 76, of Temple will be 9:00 am, Tuesday, August 16 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple with Danny Brey officiating. Burial will follow at Dyess Grove Cemetery in Temple. Kay Reeder passed away Friday, August 12, 2016 at a local hospital. Linda Kay Reeder was born March 25, 1940 in Round Prairie, Texas to...
Julie Beck
August 7, 2016
Julie Beck, born May 13, 1948, passed away peacefully at the age of 68 on August 7, 2016 at Kingwood Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of David Beck, with whom she shared 49 blissful years of marriage. Born in McKinney, Texas, she was the daughter of Howard and Dorthey Cook. She attended Temple High School, and was a...
Juanita Medrano
August 3, 2016
Services for Juanita Perez Medrano, 87, of Temple, will be 1:00 p.m. Monday, August 8, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Temple with Father Cesar Guzman officiating. Burial will follow at Bellwood Memorial Park in Temple. Mrs. Medrano passed away Wednesday, August 3, at her home in Temple. Juanita Medrano was born June 11, 1929 in San...
Ramona Martinez
July 31, 2016
Services for Ramona Martinez, 72, of Temple, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, August 4, at Temple Bible Church, 3205 Oakview Drive, Temple, with Pastor Gary DeSalvo officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery. Mrs. Martinez died on Sunday, July 31, 2016, at a local hospital. Mrs. Ramona Martinez was born on April 10, 1944 in Temple, Texas...
Ruby Williams
July 30, 2016
Ruby Hazel Williams, age 90, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 30, at Scott and White Hospital in Temple, Texas. She was born April 22, 1926, in Temple, to Carl and Sarah Matthews. On April 21, 1946, she married Warren A. "Dub" Williams. She was a lifelong member of Western Hills Church of Christ and lived her life with...
Luela Snow
July 28, 2016
Graveside services for Luela M. Snow, 93, of Temple, will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 2 at Holland City Cemetery. Mrs. Snow died Thursday, July 28, at a local care facility. Luela M. Snow was born in 1923 in Bell County to Charles E. McCray and Dovie Joiner McCray. She lived in the Temple area all of her life...
Dorothy Isbell
July 24, 2016
Memorial services for Evelyn Isbell, 66, of Temple will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, August 6 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple with Pastor Harlan Haines officiating. Ms. Isbell went to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 24 at Scott & White Hospital in Temple. She passed away unexpectedly after complications from recent surgeries. Dorothy Evelyn Isbell...

Melba Depriest
July 19, 2016
Melba Estelee Depriest Private family services for Melba Depriest, 96, of Temple will be held at a later date. Melba Estelee Depriest was born on November 11, 1919 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. After graduation she worked for N.A.S.A as an electronic technician until her retirement. Ms. Depriest passed away on July 19, 2016 peacefully at a local nursing home. She...
Kay Gossett
July 16, 2016
Services for Elaine Kay Kaulfus Gossett, 69, of Belton will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 20 at the First Lutheran Church in Temple with Pastor Eric Petty officiating. Burial will follow at Burlington Cemetery in Burlington. Mrs. Gossett passed away Saturday, July 16, at her home in Belton, surrounded by her loving family. Elaine Kay Kaulfus (Kay) was born...
Bessie Brown
July 11, 2016
Memorial services for Bessie Mae (Betty) Brown, 96, of Temple, will be held at a later date. Mrs. Brown passed away Monday, July 11, at her home in Temple. Betty Brown was born April 7, 1920 in Stillwater, Minnesota to Willis Vernon Barber and Marjorie Cole Barber. She married Merlyn Duane Brown in Corpus Christi on January 27, 1945....
Charles Hearell
July 11, 2016
Services for Charles D. Hearell, 66 of Temple, will be on Friday, July 15, 2016 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple at 10:00 am. Mr. Hearell passed away on July 11, 2016 in Temple, TX. Charlie was born March 26, 1950 to James D. and Zelma Lea Smith Hearell in Dallas, TX. He was raised in Texas but also...
Don Cooper
July 10, 2016
Per his wishes, no services are planned for Don David Cooper, 88, of Houston. Mr. Cooper passed away Sunday, July 10, 2016, in Troy, Texas. Don David Cooper was born January 6, 1928 on the family place in Olton, Texas, to Arch and Edith (Campbell) Cooper. He graduated high school from Olton High and went to work in the...
Lydia Smith
July 9, 2016
Private family services for Lydia Carolene Smith of Killeen, infant daughter of Michael and Carin Smith, will be held at a later date. Lydia died Saturday, July 9th, and was born silently on July 14th. Survivors include her parents; her twin sister, Amanda Jaynell Smith; a brother, Tyler Michael Smith; grandparents, William and Susan Smith and Greg and Doris...
Maurice Suiter, Jr.
July 9, 2016
Private services for Maurice Ernest Suiter Jr. will be held at a later date. Mr. Suiter died Saturday, July 9, 2016, at a local hospital. Maurice E. Suiter Jr., was born July 29, 1956, to Maurice Suiter and Louise Tuttle Suiter in Omaha, Nebraska. He grew up in Portland, Oregon where he loved to fish for salmon. He moved...
Harold Weight
July 6, 2016
Graveside services for Harold Weight, 58, of Temple will be held 10:00 a. m., Monday, July 11 at North Belton Cemetery. Mr. Weight passed away on Tuesday, July 6, 2016 at a local hospital. Harold Weight was born on December 8, 1957 in Neu-Ulm, Germany to William D. Weight and Ursula Meissner Weight. He was one of four children....
Anton Machalek
July 6, 2016
Services for Anton William Machalek, 97, of Temple will be 5:00 p.m. Friday, July 8, at Seaton Brethren Church with Pastor Joe Emerson officiating. Burial will follow in Seaton Cemetery in Seaton. Mr. Machalek died Wednesday, July 6, at a local hospital. Anton William Machalek was born August 9, 1918 in the Oenaville - Lost Prairie community in Bell...