Temple, Texas Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Temple, Texas & Surrounding Areas
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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
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
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
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
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...
Harold Crocker
November 1, 2013
Services for Harold Lloyd H.L. Crocker, 87, of Temple will be 10 a.m. Friday at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with the Reverend Jay Thomas officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in Wilson Valley Cemetery in Little River, Texas. Mr. Crocker died Friday, November 1, at a local care facility. He was born July 17, 1926, in Breckenridge,...
Joseph Pregel
October 31, 2013
A memorial service celebrating the life of Joseph Pregel will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, November 18, 2013 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with Pastor Randy Phillips and Pastor Sam Spano officiating. Mr. Pregel died October 31, 2013. Joseph Pregel was born on January 30, 1919 in Dunkirk, Kansas. He was the fifth child born to Andrew...
A.B. Brisbin
October 28, 2013
A.B. Brisbin, 84, of Temple, passed away Monday, October 28, at his home. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, October 31, at Bellwood Memorial Cemetery with Pastor Dana Wilhelmsen officiating. Mr. Brisbin was born September 13, 1929 in Rogers, Texas to the late Benjamin B. Brisbin and Lottie Myrtle Tharp Brisbin. He served in the U.S....
Edith Woodfin
October 26, 2013
Graveside services for Edith Carol McCall Woodfin, 90, of Port Aransas, will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 2, at Hillcrest Cemetery in Temple. Ms. Woodfin died Saturday, October 26, at her home. She was born April 9, 1923, to George Montgomery and Edith Pearl Davis McCall in Temple, Texas. She graduated from Temple High in 1940 and subsequently earned...
Harvey Newman
October 25, 2013
No services are planned for Harvey Newman, 57, of Temple. Mr. Newman died Friday, October 25, at his home. He was born January 27, 1956, to Harvey E. and Ruth Evans Newman in Fairfax County, Virginia. He served in the United States Marine Corp for six years and was a sniper during the Vietnam War. He married Shannon Cross...
Melissa Vasquez
October 22, 2013
Services for Melissa Vasquez, 49, of Little RiverAcademy will be 10 am Thursday, October 24 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Temple with the Rev. Tom Chamberlain officiating. Ms. Vasquez died Tuesday, October 22 at a local hospital. She was born June 8, 1964, in Belton to Constancio Vasquez and Lydia Ortiz Alaniz. She graduated from Temple...
Stephanie Terlisner
October 12, 2013
Services for Stephanie Danielle Terlisner, 28, and her unborn daughter, Danielle, of Temple will be 2 p.m. Sunday, October 20, at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple. Burial will be private. Ms. Terlisner and her unborn daughter died Saturday, October 12, in Dallas. Stephanie was born February 26, 1985 in Temple, Texas. She graduated from Academy High School in 2003....
Bobby Specks
October 10, 2013
Funeral services for Bobby Ray Specks, 68, of Temple will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with Pastor Wanda Nichols officiating. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery. Mr. Specks passed Thursday at a local hospital. Bobby was born on December 26, 1944 to A.C. and Mona Specks in Cheatham, LA. He graduated...

Ethel Kenney
October 9, 2013
No services are planned for Ethel Marie Kenney, 86, of Temple. She died Wednesday, October 9, 2013, in a Temple nursing facility. Ms. Kenney was born September 23, 1927 in Wellington, Kansas to Mr. and Mrs. Templeton. She was a homemaker most of her life. She was preceded in death by her husband, John and her parents. She is...
William Scales
October 9, 2013
William Worth Scales, 92, of Austin, formerly of Salado, died Wednesday, October 9, in Austin. Services will be 2 pm Saturday, October 19 at Salado Methodist Church with the Rev. Skip Blanchett and the Rev. Lara Whitley officiating. Mr. Scales was born on July 30, 1921 in Terre Haute, Indiana to Grover and Pearl Puterbaugh Scales. He married Mildred...
Don Pulte
October 8, 2013
Services for Don Edward Pulte, 57, of Temple, will be 3 p.m. Friday, October 11, 2013 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with the Rev. Russell Jones officiating. Mr. Pulte died Tuesday, October 8, at his residence in Temple. He was born April 2, 1956 in Gainesville, Texas to Robert Joseph Pulte and Coralee Fuhrman Pulte. He received a...
Ernest Mungia
October 7, 2013
A mass of Christian burial for Ernest Perez Mungia, 68, of Temple, will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 12, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Temple. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery. Mr. Mungia died Monday, October 7, 2013, at his residence. He was born June 20, 1945 in Yorktown, Texas to Simon Mungia, Sr. and Sostanez Perez...

Dale Hatch
October 1, 2013
No services are planned for Dale Beverly Hatch, 80, of Temple. Mr. Hatch died Tuesday, October 1, at a care facility in Rockdale, Texas. He was born April 19, 1933, in Brooklyn, NY to Harold John Hatch and Irene B. Ranny Hatch. He served in the United States Navy and was a Custodian for Taylor ISD prior to his...
Michael Stary
September 28, 2013
Michael David Stary, 61, of Temple returned to his Heavenly Father on Saturday, September 28, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Services for Mr. Stary will be 9 a.m October 4 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with Drs. John and Karen Pelizzari officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in Central Texas Veterans Cemetery in Killeen. Michael Stary was...

Debra Craig
September 28, 2013
Private services are planned for Debra Kay Craig, 56, of Kingsland. Ms. Craig died Saturday, September 28, at a local hospital. She was born September 20, 1957, in McComb, Illinois to Clifford Flynn and Elsie Farthing Flynn. She is survived by her husband, Donald Smith her son, Brandon Porter two daughters, Stacey Sikes and Caylee Craig her brother, Clint...