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Temple, Texas Obituaries

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Ruby Cowan

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

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

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

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,...

Jean Dennis

Jean Dennis

December 11, 2013

Jean Dennis entered the Golden Gates of Heaven on December 11 at the age of 89 to greet the Angels and spend eternity with her loved ones and friends who previously departed Earthly life. Jean was born and raised in Water Valley, MS and attended MillerHawkins Business School in Memphis, TN and Delta State University in Cleveland MS. She...

Claudia Brown

Claudia Brown

December 10, 2013

Funeral services for Claudia Ann Brown, 70, of Temple, will be 11 A.M Tuesday December 17, 2013 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with Pastor, Billy Ray Crow. Interment will follow at Holland Cemetery. Mrs. Brown died Tuesday at a local hospital. Claudia was born on April 16, 1943 in Bartlett, TX to Gordon L Young and Vivian Wood...

Monico Grinie, Jr.

Monico Grinie, Jr.

December 10, 2013

Services for Monico Grinie, Jr., 66, of Temple, will be 9 a.m. Friday, December 13, 2013, at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with Rev. Mario Zavala officiating. Burial will follow in Temple Garden of Memories. Mr. Grinie died Tuesday, December 10, at his residence. He was born December 22, 1946 in Slaton, Texas to Monico Grinie, Sr. and Juanita...

Dellora Dunn

Dellora Dunn

December 10, 2013

Graveside services for Dellora Abbott Dunn, 66, of Temple will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 18, 2013, in the Athens City Cemetery in Athens, Texas. Ms. Dunn died Tuesday, December 10, at her residence. She was born November 4, 1947, in Dallas, Texas, to Lloyd Cecil Abbott and Ruby Bateman Abbott. She graduated from Temple High School in 1965...

Jane Schriner

Jane Schriner

December 7, 2013

Jane Elizabeth Schriner, 96, of Salado died Saturday, December 7, 2013, in a local hospital. No services are planned. Mrs. Schriner was born March 31, 1917, to John and Helen Southword Kozelka in Cleveland, Ohio. She married William Valentine Schriner. She was preceded in death by her husband on November 10, 2005. Survivors include a daughter, Diana Harris of...

Randall Zak

Randall Zak

December 6, 2013

Services for Randall Scott Zak, 43, of Salado, will be 1 p.m. Friday, December 13, 2013, at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple. Burial will follow in Temple Garden of Memories. Mr. Zak died Friday, December 6, 2013, at his residence. He was born in Temple on October 23, 1970, to Felix and Betty Ann Zak. He attended high school...

Omer Isaacks

Omer Isaacks

November 30, 2013

Services for Omer Lee Isaacks, 60, of Temple, will be 10 a.m. Saturday, December 7, 2013, at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with the Rev. Jay Thomas officiating. Burial will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery. Mr. Isaacks died Saturday, November 30, at his home. He was born in Temple on April 9, 1953, to Omer Vance and Mary Cluck Isaacks....

Patty Abbott

Patty Abbott

November 29, 2013

No services are planned for Patty Ann Abbott, 70, of Temple. Mrs. Abbott died Friday, November 29, 2013, at her home in Temple. She was born March 29, 1943, to William C. and Margaret Chandler Bauman in Gatesville, Texas. She married Wayne Richard Abbott on August 23, 1973 in Portsmouth, Virginia. She lived in Temple most of her life,...

Mavis Wardlow

Mavis Wardlow

November 25, 2013

No services are planned for Mavis Wardlow, 98, of Temple. Mrs. Wardlaw died Monday, November 25, at a local care facility. She was born October 16, 1915 in Wallace, Nebraska to Ira and Elsie Mina Phelps Ditch. She lived in Holland, Michigan and Springfield, Missouri prior to moving to Temple, where she lived for the past 15 years. She...

Henry Brummett

Henry Brummett

November 22, 2013

Memorial services for Henry Edwin Brummett, 69, of Temple, will be 4 p.m. Friday, November 29, 2013 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with Garry Christian officiating. Mr. Brummett died Friday, November 22, at a care facility in Bartlett. He was born May 3, 1944, in Temple to William and Myrtle McCormick Brummett. He served in the U.S. Army...

Troy Aviles

Troy Aviles

November 18, 2013

Memorial services for Troy Aviles, 39, of Moberly, Missouri, formerly of Temple, will be 3 p.m. Saturday, December 7, 2013 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple. Mr. Aviles died Monday, November 18, 2013 in Mexico City, Mexico. Mr. Aviles was born January 28, 1974, in Temple, Texas to Domingo and Teresa Castanada Aviles. He moved from Temple to Moberly,...

Curran Jones

Curran Jones

November 17, 2013

Lt. Col. Ret. Curran L. Jack Jones was received by our loving Savior, Christ Jesus, on Sunday, November 17, 2013. Services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, November, 20, 2013 at Salado Church of Christ in Salado, Texas, with Bill Bunting officiating. Burial with military honors will be in Salado Cemetery. Jack was born on October 4, 1919 in Columbia,...

Leona Caddell

Leona Caddell

November 14, 2013

Services for Leona Marie Caddell, 97, of Temple will be 1:00 p.m. Monday, November 18, 2013, at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with the Reverend Billy Koinm of Heights Baptist Church officiating. Burial will follow in North Belton Cemetery. Mrs. Caddell died Thursday, November 14, 2013, at a local nursing home. She was born October 1, 1916 in Blevins,...

Ella Holt

Ella Holt

November 10, 2013

Graveside services for Mrs. Ella Mae Holt, 97, of Temple, will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 13, 2013, at Bellwood Memorial Park and Cemetery. Ms. Holt died Sunday, November 10 at her home in Temple. Ella Mae was born on September 28, 1916 to Tom Sutterfield and Annie Burris Sutterfield in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. She married James Holt in...

Raymond Coston

Raymond Coston

November 5, 2013

Services for Raymond Eugene Coston, 80, of Little River, Texas, will be 2 p.m. Thursday, November 7 at Little River United Methodist Church in Little River, Texas. Burial with military honors will follow in Holland Cemetery. Mr. Coston died Tuesday, November 5, at his home in Little River. He was born March 11, 1933 in Ireland, Texas to Byron...

Felisitas Cruz

Felisitas Cruz

November 3, 2013

Felisitas Rivas Cruz, 92, of Temple, died Sunday, November 3, 2013 at Scott and White Hospital. Services will be held 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with Reverend Tom Chamberlain officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery. Mrs. Cruz was born June 9, 1921 in Taylor, Texas, the daughter of Miguel Rivas...