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Temple, Texas Obituaries

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Petra Coon

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Jack Williams

Jack Williams

February 12, 2015

Services for Jack R. Williams, Jr., 68, of Temple, will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, February 14, 2015, at the First Baptist Church in Kerens, Texas with Dr. Philip Shuler officiating. Mr. Williams died Thursday, February 12, 2015, at a local hospital. Jack was born October 24, 1946 in Corsicana to Jack Rodger Williams, Sr. and Frances Inmon. He graduated...

Jean Patterson

Jean Patterson

February 11, 2015

Jean McCall Patterson passed away on February 11, 2015 in Belton, Texas. She was born February 28, 1925 and raised in Temple, Texas. She was the daughter of George Montgomery and Edith Pearl McCall. Jean graduated from Temple High School and Temple Junior College. She earned a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from Baylor University in 1949; a Master...

Lesley Wade

Lesley Wade

February 11, 2015

Memorial services for Lesley Carl Wade, 67, of Temple, will be 2:00 pm on Monday, February 16, 2015 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple with Pastor Michalk. Lesley passed away on Wednesday, February 11th at his home. Lesley was born on November 13, 1947 in Temple, Texas to Lesley C. Wade Jr. and Josephine L. Mucha Wade. He was...

Michael White

Michael White

February 8, 2015

Graveside services for Michael "Mike" Dean White, 58, of Temple will be 11:00 am on Thursday, February 12, 2015 at Resthaven Cemetery in Belton, Texas with Judy Gotcher officiating. Michael passed away on Sunday, February 8, at a local nursing care facility. He was born on August 11, 1956 to Hobart O. White, Jr., and Nelda Ouida Morgan White...

Lillian Herring

Lillian Herring

February 5, 2015

Services for Lillian Maureen Herring, 86, of Temple will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 10, at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple with Ernst Minor officiating. Burial will follow at Bellwood Memorial Cemetery. Mrs. Herring died Thursday, February 5, at her home. She was born September 27, 1928 in Carthage, Missouri to Sol Bishop and Ella Campbell Bishop. She lived...

Fritz Wendler

Fritz Wendler

February 4, 2015

Private family graveside services for Fritz E. Wendler, Jr., 84, of Temple will be at St. John's Lutheran Cemetery in Bartlett, Texas. Fritz passed away on Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at a senior care facility. Fritz was born November 18, 1930 to Fritz Wendler, Sr. and Hertha Lindemann Wendler in Holland, Texas. He married Shirley Cooksey on February 20,...

Michelle Zamora

Michelle Zamora

February 1, 2015

A memorial service for Michelle Hutton Zamora, 40, of San Jose, California will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 29, 2015 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple with Jay Thomas officiating. Michelle died unexpectedly on February 1, 2015 in San Jose. She was born November 29, 1974 in Spring Valley, Minnesota to Doug and Lucy Hutton. She graduated from Andrew...

Mildred Gideon

Mildred Gideon

January 29, 2015

Services for Sue Gideon, 81, of Belton, will be 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at First United Methodist Church in Temple with Doctor Tom Robbins officiating. Burial will follow at the Central Texas Veteran's Cemetery in Killeen. She died Thursday, January 29 at her home in Belton. Sue was born September 5, 1933 in Hopkins, Texas, to...

Rafael Garcia

Rafael Garcia

January 28, 2015

Services for Rafael T. Garcia, 97, of Temple will be 2:00 pm Sunday, February 15, 2015 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home Chapel with Father Tom Chamberlain officiating. Rafael died on Wednesday, January 28, at a local nursing care facility. Rafael was born on October 12, 1917 in Montemorelos, Mexico to Salvador Garcia and Agueda Torres Garcia. He was raised on...