Temple, Texas Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Temple, Texas & Surrounding Areas
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Patricia Mitchell
April 6, 2015
Services for Patricia Ann Mitchell, 72, of Salado will be 1:00 p.m. Monday, April 13 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple with Billy Johnson officiating. Fellowship will follow at the Harper-Talasek Family Center. Burial will be in Greathouse Cemetery at 3:30 p.m. Mrs. Mitchell died Monday, April 6 at her home in Salado. Pat was born July 27, 1942...
Heriberto Zaragoza
April 4, 2015
Services for Heriberto "Pulque" Zaragoza, Sr., 71, of Temple will be 10:00 am Wednesday, April 8, 2015, at Our Lady Of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Temple. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery. Mr. Zaragoza died early Saturday, April 4, 2015 at his residence after a lengthy illness. Mr. Zaragoza was born on March 16, 1944 to Leon and Catarina...
Levie Adamek
April 4, 2015
Levie T. Adamek , 96, peacefully went home to be with the Lord on April 4th, 2015. Visitation is April 7th from 5 - 8pm at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 8th at Lawnhaven Cemetery in San Angelo, Texas with Reverend Tommy Tallas officiating. Levie T. Ademek was born October 4,...
Lillian Meeker
April 3, 2015
Our beloved mother, Lillian Mae Meeker, ne Hart, died peacefully at her home in Duncanville, TX. She was alert and in good health and had been talking earlier with her house keeper, Val. She fell asleep in her recliner for the last time. She would have been 101yrs old on 23 June. She's survived by her three sons, her...
Frederick Morales
April 3, 2015
Services for Frederick Steven Morales, 76, of Temple, will be 10 a.m. Thursday, April 9, at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple with Brother Larry Henry officiating. Mr. Morales died Friday, April 3, at a local care facility. Fred was born March 13, 1939 in Los Angeles, California to Adolph and Claira Conklin Morales. He married Nettie Mae Morales February...
Willie Gross
April 1, 2015
Memorial services are planned for Willie Mae Gross, 87, of Troy, Texas at 4:00 pm April 24, 2015 at Troy United Methodist Church with Reverend Leslie Byrd officiating. Mrs. Gross died Wednesday, April 1, at a local care facility. She was born June 29, 1927 in Bottoms, Texas to James Vannoy and Willie Pearl Burns. She graduated from Troy...
Carl Holcomb
March 31, 2015
Memorial Services for Carl Everette Holcomb, 79, of Temple will be 10:00 am Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at Harper- Talasek Funeral Home in Temple with Michael Lancaster officiating. A reception will follow at the Harper-Talasek Family Center. Inurnment will be at a later date at the Central Texas Veterans Cemetery in Killeen, Texas. Mr. Holcomb passed away on Tuesday,...

Roy Henson
March 28, 2015
The services for Roy Don Henson, 48, of Killeen, Texas, will be private. Mr. Henson passed away on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at a local hospital. Roy was born November 22, 1966 in Lake County, Tennessee to Roy Gene Henson and Susie Darnall Henson. He graduated from Stuttguart High School in Germany and Armstrong Atlantic State University with a...
Herman Soliz, Sr.
March 28, 2015
Services for Herman Soliz, 89, of Moody, Texas will be 2:00 pm Thursday April 2, 2015 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple with Reverend Rumaldo Jimenez officiating. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery in Temple then followed by a reception at the Harper-Talasek Family Center. Mr. Soliz passed away on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at a local hospital. Herman...
Petra Coon
March 26, 2015
Services for Petra Coon, 74, of Temple are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 2, 2015 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple. Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery in Winfield, Kansas at a later date. Mrs. Coon died Wednesday, March 26, at her home in Temple. She was born April 29, 1940 in Winfield, Kansas to Thomas and...

Ryleigh Stout
March 23, 2015
Memorial services for Ryleigh Paige Stout, infant daughter of Glenn Stout and Whitney Landers, will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, April 4 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple. Ryliegh died Monday, March 23 at a local hospital. She was born March 14 in Temple to Glenn Stout and Whitney Landers. Ryleigh was the youngest by one minute and had the...
Barbara Thompson
March 15, 2015
Services for Barbara Jean Bruggman-Thompson, 66, of Temple will be 10:00 am Saturday, March 21, 2015 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple. Interment will follow at Resthaven Cemetery in Belton, Texas. Barbara Thompson died peacefully on Sunday, March 15th surrounded by her family and friends. She was born in Rosebud, Texas to Alan Gene Bruggman and Dorothy Mae Sapp...
Michael Burns
March 8, 2015
Graveside services for Michael Dowl Burns, 67, of Temple, will be 2:00 p.m. on Monday, March 16, 2015 at Cedar Valley Cemetery in Salado with Rick Reed officiating. Visitation will be Sunday, March 15, 2015 from 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple. Michael Dowl Burns was born in Morton, Texas on August 26, 1947 to...
Billie Anderson
March 8, 2015
Graveside services for Billie Nell Anderson, 88, of Temple will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 14 at Uhland Live Oak Cemetery, 72 South Old Spanish Trail in Uhland, Texas, with Jimmy Darnell officiating. Mrs. Anderson died at home on March 8. Nell was born January 17, 1927 in Broaddus, Texas to William and Ida Mabel Roberts. In 1943, at...
Sarah Brookshire
March 6, 2015
Memorial services for Sarah Destimona Brazil Brookshire, 101, of Temple will be 1:00 P.M., Saturday, March 14, 2014, at St. Paul's United Methodist with Philip Shuler officiating. Mrs. Brookshire was born in Bend, Texas on September 24, 1913 to Richard Allen and Beatrice Sullivan Brazil. She graduated from high school in Carrizo Springs, Texas in 1931. She attended Mary...
Quinton Sanders
February 28, 2015
Services for Quinton H. Sanders, 81, of Temple will be 10:00 am Tuesday, March 3rd at Harper Talasek Funeral Home in Temple. Interment will follow at Bellwood Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be on Monday, March 2nd at Harper-Talasek from 6-8pm Quinton passed away on Saturday, February 28, at a local hospital. Quinton was born on May 9, 1933 to...
Donna Bower
February 26, 2015
Services for Donna Lee Bower, 75 of Temple will be 10:00 am Saturday March 7, 2015 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple with Judy Gotcher Officiating. Donna passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 26th at a local hospital with her family by her side. Donna Lee Bower was born on September 26, 1939 to Fay and Grace Stone O'Connell...
Elisia Castillo
February 24, 2015
Services for Elisia S. Castillo, 67, of Temple will be 10:00 am Monday, March 2, 2015 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Temple with Father Tom Chamberlain officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery. Elisia passed away Tuesday, February 24th at a local hospital. She was born May 12, 1947 in Bartlett, Texas to Regino C....
Catalina Machuca
February 24, 2015
Services for Catalina Rodriguez Machuca, 95, of Temple, will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, February 27 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Temple with Father Tom Chamberlain officiating. Burial will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery. Mrs. Machuca died Tuesday, February 24 in Temple. Catalina was born March 22, 1919 in Port Arthur, Texas to Genaro and Francisca Solis Rodriguez....
Marcella Ruiz
February 19, 2015
Services for Marcella Olivares Ruiz, 83, of Temple will be 10:00 am on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Visitation will be on Monday, February 23rd at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple from 5 �½ 8 pm with Rosary recited at 7 pm. Interment will follow at Bellwood Memorial Cemetery. Marcella passed away on...