Temple, Texas Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Temple, Texas & Surrounding Areas
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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
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
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
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
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...
Marshall Rowe
January 20, 2014
Marshall Lee Sonny Rowe, Jr., 79, of Temple, passed away Monday, January 20, 2014, at a local care facility. Services will be from 11:30 noon, Friday, January 24, at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery with Pastor Daren Rich officiating. He was born May 31, 1934, in Temple to Marshall Lee Rowe, Sr. and...
Pascual Magana
January 18, 2014
Pascual Pat Pasky Magana, Jr., 67, passed away Saturday, January 18, 2014, at a local hospital. Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, January 23, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Temple with Father Tom Chamberlain officiating. Burial will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery. He was born May 26, 1946, in Pendleton to Pascual Magana, Sr. and Jessie Machuca...
Jaromil Kopecky
January 17, 2014
Jaromil was born May 27, 1911, around Holland. He and his brother Jerry Kopecky were farming until the Great Depression caused them to lose their farm due to forfeiture of loan on their land. With the advent of World War II, he enlisted in the Army in 1941, serving a total of 7 years in the United States, Australia,...
James Williford
January 17, 2014
James E. Willie Williford Services for James E. Willie Williford, 72, of Temple will be 11: 00 a.m. Wednesday, January 22, 2014, at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with Pastor Mattie Lee Cox and Pastor Robert Finto officiating. Burial will be at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen. Mr. Williford died Friday, January 17, in a local...
R.M. Tippen
January 17, 2014
A memorial service celebrating the life of R.M. Ray Tippen, 102, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 8, 2014, at the HarperTalasek Funeral Home Chapel, 500 West Barton Avenue in Temple with the Reverend Walter Olsen officiating. Mr. Tippen passed away Friday, January 17, 2014. He was born in Ebony, Texas on May 29, 1911. He worked...

Betty Machuca
January 12, 2014
Services for Betty Evelyn Machuca, 63, of Temple will be 1 p.m. Thursday, January 16, 2014, at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery. Mrs. Machuca passed away Sunday, January 12, 2014 at Scott and White Memorial Hospital. She was born January 20, 1950, in Temple to Raymond and LaFaun Schleede. She married John Pete...
Mary Grubbs
January 9, 2014
Services for Mary Hester Grubbs, 85, of Temple, will be 11 a.m. Monday, January 13, 2014, at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with Rev. Rick Reed officiating. Burial will follow in Moffat Cemetery in Moffat, Texas. Mrs. Grubbs died Thursday, January 9, at a local care facility. She was born December 28, 1928, in Old Howard, Texas to Roy...
Lynna Parker
January 9, 2014
Services for Lynna Marie Parker, 65, of Dallas will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with Doctor Leroy Kemp officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Nolanville. Ms. Parker died Thursday, January 9, at a local hospital. She was born November 24, 1947, in Bell County, Texas to Brooks Wilson...

Darrell Fogle
January 8, 2014
No services are planned for Darrell Ray Fogle, 80, of Temple. Mr. Fogle died Wednesday, January 8, 2014, at his residence. He was born May 17, 1933, in Rockport, Kentucky to Herschell Fogle and Mildred Hopper Fogle. He married Sonja Dahl on January 3, 1969, in Denver, Colorado. He served in the United States Army and was a dye...
Henrietta Everett
January 5, 2014
Services for Henrietta V. Everett, 88, of Temple will be 11 a.m. Thursday, January 9, 2014 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple. Burial will follow in Bellwood Cemetery. Mrs. Everett died Sunday, January 5, at a local hospital. She was born in Temple on February 23, 1925, to William J. Matous and Henrietta Lydia Cabla Matous. She attended Temple...
Marvin Ondrasek
January 2, 2014
Services for Marvin Lee Ondrasek, 85, of Cyclone, will be 11 a.m. Saturday, January 4, 2014, at Seaton Brethren Church in Seaton with Pastor Denise Mikeska officiating. Burial will follow at Seaton Cemetery. Mr. Ondrasek was born August 6, 1928, in Red Ranger to Charles Ondrasek and Amalie Simek Ondrasek. He graduated from Rogers High School in 1946 and...

James Palcer
December 28, 2013
Graveside services for Lt. Col. Ret. James Bernard Palcer, 79, of Temple will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 3, 2014, at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen. Mr. Palcer died Saturday, December 28, 2013, at a local hospital. He was born July 23, 1934, in Chicago, Illinois to Joseph and Agnes Palcer. He married Rita Patterson in Ft....
Billy Easley
December 28, 2013
Billy Gene Easley, 81, of Temple died Saturday, December 28, 2013 at a local nursing home. Services are pending with HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple.
Bernice West
December 28, 2013
A mass of Christian burial for Bernice West, 73, of Holland, will be 10 a.m., Thursday, January 2, 2014, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Temple with Reverend Ranjan Cletus officiating. Interment will follow at Holland Cemetery. Mrs. West died Saturday, December 28, 2013, at her residence. She was born April 22, 1940, in Austin to Anton and Annie...
Willie Mcintosh
December 25, 2013
Services for Willie Franklin McIntosh, Jr., 64, of Temple will be 12 p.m. Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple. Burial will follow at Powers Chapel Cemetery in Rosebud. Mr. McIntosh passed away on December 25, 2013, at his residence. He was born September 6, 1949 in Rosebud, Texas. He retired from the U.S. Postal Service...