Temple, Texas Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Temple, Texas & Surrounding Areas
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Margaret Vasquez
August 20, 2014
Graveside services for Margaret Vasquez, 85, of Temple will be at 11:30 am on Saturday, August 23, 2014 at Hillcrest Cemetery. Margaret Vasquez died Tuesday, August 20, 2014 at Brackenridge Hospital in Austin, Texas. Margaret was born January 11, 1929 in Cypress Mill, Texas to Fermin Ramirez and Cresencia Castor Ramirez. She was married to Francisco Vasquez who died...

Virgil Macek
August 18, 2014
Services for Virgil L. Macek, 76, of Temple, will be 10 a.m. Friday, August 22, 2014 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with Pastor Denise Mikeska officiating. Burial will follow at Seaton Cemetery. Mr. Macek died Monday, August 18, 2014, at a local nursing home. Virgil was born July 25, 1938, in Seaton, Texas to Frank Joe Macek and...

Johnny Lawrence
August 8, 2014
Services for Johnny Lawrence, 69, of Temple, will be 11 a.m. Monday, August 11, at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with Pastor Darren Rich officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery. Mr. Lawrence died Friday, August 8, at his home in Temple. Johnny was born April 12, 1945 in Brownfield, Texas to Jack Earl Lawrence and Vera May Tie...

Judy Andel
August 5, 2014
Services for Judy Marie Andel, 73, of Temple will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 9, 2014 at Seaton Brethren Church with Pastor Denise Mikeska officiating. Burial will follow at Seaton Cemetery. Mrs. Andel died Tuesday, August 5, 2014 at her home in Temple, Texas. She was born on July 16, 1941 to James F. Williams and Gertie Mae Sivils...
Felix Lancaster
July 28, 2014
A memorial service for Felix Barton Lancaster, 80, of Temple, will be from 6 8 p.m. Friday, August 1, 2014, at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with the Reverend Steve Sauser and the Reverend William C. Lancaster, Sr. officiating. Recitation of Rosary will be at 7 p.m. Burial will be at a later date. Mr. Lancaster died Monday, July...
Louisa Gilmore
July 25, 2014
Funeral services for Louisa R. Gilmore, 83, of Temple will be held at 10am Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with Pastor Johnny Miller officiating. Interment will be at Riverview Cemetery, Needles, CA at a later date. Mrs. Gilmore, a resident of Sterling House in Temple, passed away Friday at Scott and White Hospital following...

Justin Dalhover
July 22, 2014
A memorial service for Justin James Dalhover, 29, of Temple, will be 4:00 p.m. Sunday, July 27, at the Oenaville Community Center in Oenaville, Texas. Justin died Tuesday, July 22, at his home in Temple. He was born May 22, 1985 in Palm Springs, California to Martin Dalhover and Mary Sue Carlisle. He was a mechanic by profession and...
Melvin Ferguson
July 19, 2014
Services for Melvin W. Ferguson, 89, of Temple, will be 1:00 p.m. Thursday, July 24 at Bellwood Memorial Park with Pastor Dan Mappus officiating. Visitation will be 10 11 a.m. on Thursday at HarperTalasek Funeral Home. Mr. Ferguson died Saturday, July 19, 2014, at a local hospital. He was born December 23, 1924 in Durango, Texas to Sam A....
Celia Parsons
July 16, 2014
A memorial service for Celia Ann Parsons, 64, will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with Lieutenant Edward Buddy Best officiating. A tribute ceremony by the Temple Police Department will follow. Mrs. Parsons died Wednesday, July 16, 2014, under hospice care at Scott and White Hospital. Celia was born September 1, 1949,...
Donald Bower
July 16, 2014
Memorial services for Donald Bower, 76, of Temple, will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 26, at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple, Texas with Pastor Judy Gotcher officiating. Mr. Bower died Wednesday, July 16, 2014, at a local hospital. Donald was born September 18, 1937, in Elkhart, Indiana to Lorrain Bower and Betty Fulton Bower. He lived in the Temple...
Robert Jones
July 16, 2014
Services for Robert Charlie Jones, 77, of Troy will be 11:00 am Monday, July 21st at Harper Talasek Funeral Home with the Bro. Dominic White officiating. Interment will follow at Post Oak Cemetery in Oglesby, Texas. He died Wednesday, July 16, at his home. Charlie was born June 1, 1937, in Graford, Texas to Charlie B. Jones and Lena...
Lawrence Quinteros
July 15, 2014
Services for Lawrence Larry Quinteros, 56, of Troy will be held in Detroit, Michigan at a later date. Mr. Quinteros died Tuesday, July 15, 2014, at a local nursing facility. Larry was born July 4, 1958 in Detroit, Michigan to Rafael Mendez Quinteros and Pauline Silva Quinteros. He graduated from Southwestern High School and was a machinist by profession....
Dennis Reyes
July 13, 2014
Memorial services for Dennis Madrigal Reyes, 57, of Temple, will be 7:00 p.m. Friday, July 18, 2014, at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with Pastor Mitzi Gibson officiating. Mr. Reyes died Sunday, July 13, 2014, at a local hospital. Dennis was born December 9, 1956, in Raymondville, Texas to Juan Chapa Reyes and Herminia MadrigalReyes. He graduated from Temple...
Viola Lutz
July 11, 2014
Services for Viola A. Lutz, 88, of Manor, will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 15, at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with Pastor Steve Clem and Susan Rang officiating. Burial will follow at Temple Garden of Memories in Troy. Mrs. Lutz died Friday, July 11, at a local hospital. She was born January 31, 1926 in Tyrone, PA. to...
Kirby Richter
July 8, 2014
Services for Kirby Richter, 72, of Temple, will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, July 12, at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with the Reverend Randy Holtzclaw officiating. Mr. Richter died Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at a Temple nursing home. He was born on November 8, 1941 in Temple, Texas to M.F. Don Richter and Sadie ODean Marshall Richter. He graduated...
Jack Thompson
July 7, 2014
Services for Jack Edmond Thompson, 88, of Troy, will be Thursday, July 10th, at 10:00 am at First Baptist Church in Troy, Texas with Mike McMurtry and Reverend Harlan Haynes officiating. The visitation will be Wednesday, July 9th, from 5 7 pm at Harper Talasek Funeral Home in Temple. Interment will be at Bellwood Memorial Park. Jack Edmond Thompson...

Grace Robinson
July 7, 2014
Mrs. Grace Jones Borne Robinson, 80, of New Orleans, passed away, Monday July 7, 2014 in Temple, Texas. She was born to the late Purcell C. Jones and Juana Altagracia Tejeda on April 30, 1934 in Puerto Castilla, Honduras. She grew up in Tampa, Florida where she graduated from Plant High School in 1953. Grace received her R. N....
Dorothy Willis
July 6, 2014
Services for Dorothy Lee Willis Adams, 82, of Temple, are scheduled for 2:00 PM, Friday, July 11, 2014 at Buckhorn Cemetery in Moody, Texas, with Chaplain Karl Bunjes officiating. Dorothy died on Sunday, July 6, 2014, at her home in Temple, Texas. Dorothy was born September 20, 1931, in Temple, Texas to Sim and Rose Moody Mouser. She worked...

Jean Beck
July 6, 2014
No services are planned for Mrs. Jean Beck, 80, of Temple. Mrs. Beck died Sunday, July 6, 2014, at a local nursing facility. She was born January 4, 1934 in Kathleen, Florida to William Gardner Smith and Claudia B. Rutland. She married Walter Everitt Beck on October 1, 1988 in Guadalupe County, Texas. Mrs. Beck was a property manager...
Johnnie Krumnow
June 30, 2014
Services for Johnnie Hobday Krumnow, 97, of Temple, will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 3, at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with the Dr. Tom Henderson officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery. Mrs. Krumnow died June 30 at a local nursing home. She was born in Arkansas December 2, 1916 to Homer and Lillian Ligon Hobday. She...