Obituaries

Temple, Texas Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Temple, Texas & Surrounding Areas

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Bobbie Carpenter

Bobbie Carpenter

March 1, 2014

Services for Bobbie Nell Carpenter, 74, of Temple, will be 2 p.m. Friday, March 7, 2014, at Hillcrest Cemetery in Temple with the Rev. Roy Carpenter officiating. Mrs. Carpenter died Saturday, March 1, at a local hospital. She was born April 4, 1939, in Slater, Texas to Orban L Turner and Daisy Cook Turner. She was married to Jimmy...

Vincent Perez

Vincent Perez

March 1, 2014

Services for Vincent Perez, Sr., 92, of Temple, will be 10 a.m. Thursday, March 6, 2014, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Temple with Rev. Tom Chamberlain officiating. Mr. Perez died Saturday, March 1, at a local hospital. He was born January 22, 1922 in Oenaville, Texas to Manuel and Romana Robles Perez. He served with the...

Arthur Schwalm

Arthur Schwalm

March 1, 2014

Arthur E. Schwalm, 93, of Temple, passed away peacefully on March 1, 2014. A graveside service will be held March 6, 2014 at Central Texas Veterans Cemetery at 3:00 p.m. Arthur was born on April 6, 1920 in Brownville, Texas to Oscar Charles and Cora Kleine Schwalm. Arthur served in the United States Army during World War II as...

Paul Basaldua

Paul Basaldua

February 25, 2014

Services for Paul Basaldua, 83, of Eddy, are pending with HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple, Texas. Mr. Basaldua died Tuesday, February 25, 2014, at a local hospital.

Victor Rice

Victor Rice

February 23, 2014

Victor M. Rice died on Sunday, February 23, 2014, at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born on March 6, 1950 to Chester and Maytle Rice. Victor attended Temple High School. In 1970, he joined the Seabee Navy Construction Battalion. He was honorably discharged in 1974. He met his wife, Augusta A. Barabas in 1975. They married...

Annie Williams

Annie Williams

February 21, 2014

Ms. Annie Lee ScottWilliams, 91, passed away peacefully on the morning of February 21, 2014. She was surrounded and supported by her loving family and caregivers during the last days of her life. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, March 1, 2014, in Bartlett Cemetery, with the Reverend Michael Morgan officiating. Annie was born in Bartlett, Texas, September...

Betty Neill

Betty Neill

February 20, 2014

Betty Barton Neill, 82, passed away at her home in Temple on Thursday, February 20, 2014. There will be a memorial service honoring Bettys life at HarperTalasek Funeral Home, 500 West Barton, Temple, Texas, on Thursday, March 6th at 2:30 P.M. Betty was born in San Angelo, Texas, on September 25, 1931 to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Barton...

Robert Magee

Robert Magee

February 16, 2014

Services for Robert Biker Bob Magee, 49, of Buckholts, will be 2 p.m. Friday, February 21, 2014, at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple. Mr. Magee died Sunday, February 16, at his home. He was born July 21, 1964, in Cleveland, Ohio to Franics J. Burke and Marjorie A. Magee. He lived in the area for 25 years and was...

Theda Marshall

Theda Marshall

February 13, 2014

Theda Barra Marshall, 95, of Temple Texas died February 13, 2014 at a local nursing home. She was born September 23, 1918 to Euewell and Mattie E. Atkinson Wiley. She married Alton M. Marshall January 20, 1935. She lived and raised her 5 children in the Killeen, Temple and central Texas area. She attended and worked at the First...

Eileen Ray

Eileen Ray

February 12, 2014

Eileen Short McDainel Ray, 96, went to be with her beloved husband Mutt Ray and her eldest son Eddie on February 12, 2014. Short was born April 22, 1917 in Red Lodge Montana to parents Roy and Margret McDaninel. She had three sisters, Dottie, Margariet, Margie, Ester and a brother Kenneth. She graduated from Carbon County High School in...

Paul Brown

Paul Brown

February 7, 2014

Services for Paul Roy Brown, Jr., 37, of Temple will be 1:00 pm Wednesday at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with Michael Lancaster officiating. Mr. Brown died Friday, February 7, at his residence. He was born on November 1, 1976, in Temple, Texas to Paul Roy Brown, Sr. and Deborah Holcomb. Paul was a graduate of Temple High School...

Emmett Northcutt

Emmett Northcutt

February 6, 2014

Emmett Morgan Northcutt, a long time resident of Temple, Texas, was laid to rest in Hillcrest Cemetery on Saturday, February 15, 2014. Viewing was held Saturday, noon at HarperTalasek Funeral Home with family and friends in attendance. Mr. Northcutt was born in Ladonia, Texas on September 24, 1917 and was one of 9 children born to Nancy Ann Moore...

Billye Olmstead

Billye Olmstead

February 5, 2014

Billye Olmstead passed away February 5, 2014 in England where she had lived for the past several years. Her burial will take place in England. Billye was born March 14, 1954, in Clifton, Texas, to James A. and Loretta J. Rierson. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, March 14, 2014, at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in...

Alma Bomer

Alma Bomer

February 4, 2014

Services for Alma Evelyn Davis Bomer, 93, of Temple, will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple. Mrs. Bomer died Tuesday, February 4, at a local nursing facility. She was born in Salado, Texas on September 16, 1921 to Elmo Maxwell Davis, Jr. and Mary Frances Bunker Davis. She received an associates degree...

Henry Olejnik

Henry Olejnik

February 3, 2014

Services for Henry Edward Olejnik, 88, of Temple, will be 10 a.m. Thursday, February 6, 2014 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with Pastor Wilbert Sohns officiating. Burial will follow at Bellwood Cemetery. Mr. Olejnik was born November 13, 1925, in Temple, to Henry E. Olejnik and Francis Pitrucha Olejnik. He served in the United States Army in Europe...

Rena Prinzing

Rena Prinzing

February 2, 2014

Graveside services for Rena Prinzing, 71, of Copperas Cove and formerly of Temple will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, February 14, 2014, at Hillcrest Cemetery in Temple. Ms. Prinzing died Sunday, February 2, at a local nursing facility. She was born October 26, 1942, in Temple to John and Ruby Prinzing. She was a lifelong resident of the area. Rena...

Bessie Cater

Bessie Cater

February 2, 2014

Graveside services for Bessie Lynn Cater, 80, of Belton, formerly of St. Petersburg, Florida will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 4th at Bellwood Cemetery with the Reverend Johnny Miller officiating. Ms. Cater died Sunday, February 2, at a local care facility. She was born April 29, 1933, in Temple, to Sam Houston Cater and Eunice Woodall Cater. She graduated...

Thomas Martin

Thomas Martin

January 30, 2014

Services for Thomas L. Tommy Martin, 66, of Academy, will be 10 a.m. Monday, February 3, 2014, at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with Chaplain Rodney Kruse and Allen Crosby officiating. Mr. Martin died Thursday, January 30, at his home. He was born August 4, 1947, in Marlin, Texas to Rueben Oran Martin and Frances Lucille Johnson Moore. He...

Genobeba Martinez

Genobeba Martinez

January 26, 2014

Services for Genobeba Matamoros Martinez, 86, will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, January 29, 2014, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with Father Tom Chamberlain officiating. Burial will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery. Mrs. Martinez died Sunday, January 26, at her home. She was born June 3, 1927, in Temple, Texas, to Paulo Matamoros and Gregoria Arechiga Matamoros. She married...

Margaret Lange

Margaret Lange

January 21, 2014

Services for Margaret Olean Hignight James Lange will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 27, 2014, at First Lutheran Church in Temple with Pastor Pat Dietrich officiating. Burial will follow at Bellwood Cemetery. Mrs. Lange died Tuesday, January 21, at a local nursing facility. She was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas on February 22, 1927, to Creed Hignight and Lucy...