Temple, Texas Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Temple, Texas & Surrounding Areas
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Tracie Stracener
September 15, 2016
Services for Tracie Lynn Stracener (Bridle), 44, will be 3:00 p.m. Saturday, September 24, at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple with Pastor Rick Reed officiating. Burial will follow in Rogers Cemetery. Ms. Stracener entered into the presence of our Lord on September 15, 2016 in Boerne, Texas. Tracie Lynn Stracener was born January 20, 1972 in Houston, Texas to...
Antonia Lopez
September 13, 2016
Funeral services for Antonia Lopez, 73, of Temple, will be 9:00 a.m. Friday, September 16, at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple with Pastor Jesus Vega officiating. Burial will follow at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen. Mrs. Lopez died Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at her home in Temple. Antonia Lopez was born December 31, 1942 in Jayuya, Puerto...
Camila Espinoza
September 10, 2016
Services for Camila Gomez Espinoza, 75, of Temple will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 15, at Harper Talasek Funeral Home in Temple. Visitation will follow the service. Mrs. Espinoza passed away on Saturday, September 10, 2016 at a local hospital. Camila Martinez Gomez-Espinoza was born on April 18, 1941 in Sabinal, Texas to Arcadio Gomez and...

Melvin Pitts
September 7, 2016
Services for Melvin Pitts, 79, of Temple will be 3:00 p.m. Saturday, September 10 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple with Pastor Ron Milne officiating. Burial will follow at Union Cemetery in Durango, Texas. Mr. Pitts passed away on September 7, 2016, at a local care facility. Melvin Pitts was born February 3, 1937 in Durango, Texas to William...
Darlene Wilkins
September 5, 2016
Services for Edith Darlene Wilkins, 70, of Temple, will be held on Friday, September 9 at 10:00 a.m. at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple. Burial will follow in Greathouse Cemetery near Temple. Ms. Wilkins died Monday, September 5, at a local care facility. Edith Darlene Wilkins was born on December 15, 1945 in Coleman County, Texas to Arnold Wilkins...
Burton Partin
September 4, 2016
Private services for Burton Rufus Partin, 55, of Belton, will be held at a later date. Mr. Partin passed away on September 4, 2016 at a local hospital. Burton Rufus Partin was born in Lufkin, Texas on September 11, 1960 to Simon Augustus Partin and Jackie Wanda Lester. He was a man with a kind heart that loved God....
Rose Fraga
August 31, 2016
Memorial services for Rose Marie Fraga, 62, of Temple, will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 3, at Crossroads Church in Belton with Pastor Becky Rios officiating. Ms. Fraga died Wednesday, August 31, at a local hospital. Rose Marie Fraga was born February 4, 1954 in Marlin, Texas to Enos Garcia Ramos and Erline Salas Ramos. She graduated from Temple...
Carlton Dragoo
August 30, 2016
Carlton "Corky" Carter Dragoo, 72, of Troy passed away August 30, 2016, in Temple. Services will be held at 10am Friday, September 2nd, at Harper Talasek Funeral Home with burial to follow at North Belton Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Thursday, September 1, 2016, from 5pm-8pm at the funeral home in Temple. Corky was born October 31, 1943,...
Helen Brown
August 27, 2016
Graveside services for Helen Lola Brown, 82, of Temple, will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday, August 31st at Killeen Memorial Park with Chaplain Bruce Mercer officiating. Mrs. Brown died on Saturday, August 27 at her home. Helen Lola Brown was born on December 29, 1933 to Edward E. Heistand and Lola E. Carr in Columbus, Kansas. She...
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...