Temple, Texas Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Temple, Texas & Surrounding Areas
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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...

Fred Rogers
December 24, 2013
No services are planned for Fred J. Rogers, 80, of Temple. Mr. Rogers died Tuesday, December 24, 2013, at a local hospital. He was born May 11, 1933, in Waresholes, South Carolina. He served in the United States Army and was a carpenter by trade. Mr. Rogers is survived by his wife, Bertha Rogers, and by two sons, Sammy...

Lucienne Bauer
December 24, 2013
No services are planned for Lucienne Bauer, 87, of Temple. She went to be with the Lord on December 24, 2013. She was born August 31, 1926, in Portier, France and was one of 12 children. She married an American soldier, Horace Bauer, in 1953, and he brought her to the United States shortly after. She was proud of...

Mary Marshall
December 20, 2013
Memorial services for Mary Alice Marshall, 104, of Temple will be 11 a.m. Friday, December 27, 2013, at First United Methodist Church in Temple with Pastor Don Moore officiating. Burial will be private. Mrs. Marshall died Friday, December 20, at a local hospital. She was born December 23, 1908, in New Boston, Texas to Tom F. Cowley and Ada...
Ray Burns
December 16, 2013
Ray J. Burns, 81, of Temple died Dec. 16, 2013 at Scott White Hospital. Visitation will be held on Thurs., Dec. 19, at 12:00 pm at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple. Services will follow immediately at 1:00 pm at the funeral home, and burial will be at 3:00 pm at Central Texas Veterans Cemetery in Killeen. Ray was born...

William Janz
December 16, 2013
No services are planned for William T. Janz, 45, of Temple. The body will be cremated. Mr. Janz died Monday, December 16, 2013, at a local nursing home. He was born September 14, 1968, in Seattle, Washington to Larry Janz and Janet DAlbertin Janz. He lived in Temple for the past 12 years and was a Christian by faith....

Ruby Cowan
December 13, 2013
Private graveside services for Ruby Taylor Cowan were held Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at Cook Walden Capitol Park in Pflugerville, Texas. Mrs. Cowan died Friday, December 13, in Copperas Cove. She was born May 31, 1918 in Haskell County, Texas to Clarence Allen Taylor and Annie Lee Stevens Taylor. She married James W. Cowan in 1937 and was a...
Rachel Zapata
December 13, 2013
A mass of Christian burial for Rachel Zapata, 61, of Temple, will be 10 a.m. Thursday, December 19, 2013, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Temple with the Rev. Tom Chamberlain officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery. Mrs. Zapata died Friday, December 13, 2013 at a local hospital. She was born May 20, 1952 in Temple...
Carol Reeb
December 12, 2013
Memorial services for Carol Reeb, 66, of Temple will be 2 p.m. Friday, December 20, 2013 at St. Lukes Catholic Church in Temple. Mrs. Reeb died Thursday, December 12 at her home. She was born November 24, 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri to Charles Rogers and Patricia Hotchkiss Rogers. She married Bill Reeb, Sr. on November 16, 1967 and...

Mildred Stephens
December 12, 2013
Services for Mildred Connor Stephens, 92, of Temple, will be 10 a.m. Monday, December 23, 2013 at Christ Church in Temple with Reverend Mark Wilburn officiating. Burial will be in Grove Hill Memorial Park in Dallas on Tuesday, December 24. Mrs. Stephens died Saturday, December 21, at a local care facility. She was born December 17, 1921, in Schennectady,...