Temple, Texas Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Temple, Texas & Surrounding Areas
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Marie Davis
March 2, 2016
Private family services for Marie Nelson Davis, 92, will be held at a later date. Mrs. Davis passed away Wednesday, March 2, at a local hospital Marie Nelson Davis was born December 12, 1923 in Troy, Texas to Joe H. Nelson, Sr. and Melisa Belk Nelson. She graduated from Troy High School and then worked in Dallas as a...
Sally Espinoza
March 2, 2016
Services for Sally Ann Espinoza, 75, of Temple will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 8 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Temple. Burial will follow at Bellwood Memorial Cemetery with a reception at the Harper-Talasek Family Center afterwards. Mrs. Espinoza died Wednesday, March 2, at her home in Temple. Sally was born April 21, 1940 in Copeland to...
Bobby Tice
March 1, 2016
Services for Bobby Lloyd Tice, 66, of Temple will be 2:00 p.m.., Saturday, March 5 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple with Deacon Julian Tyboroski officiating. Mr. Tice passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at a local hospital. Bobby Tice was born April 29, 1949 in Albany, Oregon to Lloyd Emery Tice and Hazel Starr Tice. He graduated from...
Mildred Brown
March 1, 2016
Services for Mildred Fouts Brown, 89, of Salado, will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, March 7 at First Baptist Church of Jarrell with Max Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Rosemound Cemetery in Waco at 2:00 p.m.. Mrs. Brown died Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at a local care facility. Mildred was born in Leroy, Texas on September 5, 1926 to...
Otis Hamby
February 29, 2016
Memorial services for Otis Hamby (The Ice Man), 94, of Temple will be 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 2 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple. Visitation will immediately follow the service. Mr. Hamby died Monday, February 29, 2016, in Temple. Otis was born August 27, 1921, in Temple to Sally and John Hamby. He was a lifelong resident of...

Robert Bishop
February 29, 2016
Robert Frank Bishop, 90, of Temple died Monday, February 29, 2016 at a local care facility. Arrangements are pending with Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple.
Lorene Davis
February 21, 2016
Services for Lorene Brown Davis, 99, of Temple will be 3:00 pm Thursday February 25, 2016 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home Chapel in Temple with burial to follow at Bellwood Memorial Park. The family invites and welcomes friends for visitation Wednesday, February 24th from 5 - 8 pm at the funeral home. Mrs. Lorene Davis died Sunday, February 21, 2016...
Paula Dudik
February 20, 2016
Services for Paula Dudik, 70 of Temple, Texas will be 8:30 am Friday, February 26, 2016 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple. Paula Dudik peacefully passed away on Saturday, February 20, 2016 at a local care facility. Paula was born on March 27, 1945 as the only child to Henri Paul Giboin and Mae Albert Giboin in Portland, Maine....
Katheryn Sodek
February 17, 2016
KATHERYN MARIE SODEK Graveside services for Katheryn Marie Sodek, 70, of Merkel, Texas will be 2:00 pm Friday February 26, 2016 at Seaton Cemetery. Katheryn Marie Sodek passed away on Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at her residence. Katheryn was born on October 29, 1945 in Breckenridge, Texas, to James Carlock and Burniece Goode Pendleton. Katheryn worked as a prison...
Helyn Parker
February 12, 2016
Helyn Sue McMurtry Parker, 84, longtime resident of El Paso, Texas, passed away on February 12, 2016. Sue was born in Temple, Texas, on May 1, 1931. She graduated from Temple High School and attended Mary Hardin Baylor College and graduated from Temple Jr. College. She also lived in Farmington, New Mexico, where she met her husband of 56...
Raymond Fiala
February 11, 2016
Raymond William Fiala, 79, of Moody passed away on February 11, 2016 in Waco, Texas. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Sunday, February 14, 2016 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home Chapel in Temple. Recitation of Rosary will be at 6 p.m. Funeral service will be held 10 a.m. Monday, February 15th at St. Luke's Catholic Church in Temple. Burial will follow...

Donleta Eveleigh
January 31, 2016
Services for Donleta Eveleigh will be at a later date in Pueblo, Colorado at Roselawn Cemetery. Mrs. Eveleigh passed away at a Temple nursing facility on January 31, 2016. She was born April 10, 1926 to Fred and Roxy McDermett in Ralls, Texas. She was self-employed and owned Johnny's Boiler Shop. She was preceded in death by her parents;...
Carol Langsjoen
January 23, 2016
Carol Marti Langsjoen completed her life's journey on Saturday, January 23rd at the age of 93. She was born on May 18, 1922 to Alfred Marti and Hertha Grebe in New Ulm, Minnesota. Carol attended Gustavus Aldophus College in St. Peter, Minnesota where she met and fell in love with Per Harald Langsjoen. They were married on March 13,...
Frank Durden
January 19, 2016
Services for Frank Ray Durden, 96, of Temple will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday the 23rd at Harper Talasek Chapel in Temple with Reverend Ernest Thompson officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery at a later date. Mr. Durden died Tuesday, January 19th of a long time illness. He was a long time master plumber in Temple and resided for...
Catalina Yepez-Gonzalez
January 9, 2016
Memorial services for Catalina Rosa Yepez-Gonzalez, infant child, will be 5:00 pm Friday January 15, 2016 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home Chapel. Catalina Rosa Yepez-Gonzalez passed away on January 9th at a local hospital. Catalina was born on January 9, 2016 to Carlos Gonzalez and Gina M. Yepez in Temple, Texas. She was always keeping mommy awake and fighting for...
Ed Wright, Jr.
January 8, 2016
Graveside services for Ed Curtis Wright, 88, of Temple will be 11:00 am Thursday, January 14, 2016 at Bellwood Memorial Park and Cemetery with H.K. Ballard and Lee Mayes officiating. Visitation will be at 10:00 am at Bellwood. E. C. Wright, Jr. passed away on Friday January 8th at a local care facility. E.C. was born on September 13,...
Winfred Bruton
January 3, 2016
Winfred was born on June 1, 1933 to Robert Robinson Bruton and Gertie Mayes Bruton in Bell County, Texas. He graduated from Belton High School, attended UMHB, and received a Bachelor's Degree from Southwestern University in Georgetown, TX in 1957. Winfred married Eleanor Cowan on June 5, 1962. They were blessed with two children. He took over the family...

Stephen Prothro
January 3, 2016
Stephen Gene Prothro, 67, of Temple passed away on Sunday, January 3, 2016 at his home. Arrangements are in the care of Harper-Talasek in Temple.

Milton Cason
December 28, 2015
Milton D. Cason, 82, of Irving passed away on Monday, December 28, 2015. Private family services in care of Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple.
Bernice Folz
December 26, 2015
Bernice Folz passed away Saturday, December 26th in a retirement center. Bernice was born July 18, 1923 in Jones Prairie, Texas to Otto A. and Winnie Becker Folschinsky. At the age of eighteen she built fuses for bombs in WWII. Bernice had a commercial chicken farm and sold the eggs. She retired from the VA Home Health Care after...