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Temple, Texas Obituaries

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William Scales

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Cecil Crews

Cecil Crews

September 25, 2013

Graveside services for Cecil Angie Crews, 96, of Amarillo, formerly of Belton, will be 10 a.m. Saturday, September 28 at Bellwood Memorial Park. Ms. Crews died Wednesday, September 25 in Amarillo, Texas. She was born September 14, 1917, in Lamesa, Texas to Albert Seale and Emmie Elmira Bryan Seale. She married Clarence W. Crews, Jr. in Clovis, New Mexico...

Larry Wallace

Larry Wallace

September 22, 2013

Services for Larry Keith Wallace, 74, of Temple will be held at a later date. Mr. Wallace died Sunday, September 22, 2013, at his residence. He was born July 8, 1939, in Evansville, Indiana to Lowell and Loretta Mae Wallace. He married Martha Diane Cantrell and was a lawyer for over 45 years. Mr. Wallace was preceded in death...

Isabel Davila

Isabel Davila

September 17, 2013

Isabel Garza Davila, 60, of Temple, died Tuesday, September 17, 2013, at a local hospital. A visitation is scheduled from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Friday, September 20, 2013 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple. Recitation of Rosary will be at 7:00 p.m. with Reverend Ranjan Cletus officiating. No other services are planned. Isabel was born June 26, 1953...

Otto Scharth

Otto Scharth

September 9, 2013

A Celebration of Life for retired Colonel Otto P. Scharth, 90, of Temple will be held at the Baptist Student Ministry Building of the University of Mary Hardin Baylor at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 11, 2013. A reception immediately following the service will be held in the Fellowship Hall of the Baptist Student Ministry Building. Interment will be...

Kermit Vanwinkle

Kermit Vanwinkle

September 5, 2013

Kermit James VanWinkle, 76, of Belton passed away on September 5, 2013 at a local hospital. There will be a visitation on Monday, September 9, 2013 from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Harper Talasek Funeral Home in Temple. Kermit was born March 7, 1937 in Mound, TX to Bryce Miller VanWinkle and Vena Mae Key VanWinkle. He graduated from...

Lora Covington

Lora Covington

August 31, 2013

Services for Lora Turner Covington, 89, of Temple will be 10 a.m. Thursday, September 5, 2013, at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with the Rev. Billy Ray Crow officiating. Burial will follow in Bellwood Cemetery in Temple. Mrs. Covington died Saturday, August 31, at a local hospital. She was born September 20, 1923, in Cooter, Missouri to Virgil and...

Concepcion Cruz

Concepcion Cruz

August 30, 2013

Concepcion M. Cruz, Jr. June 2, 1941 August 30, 2013 Concepcion Concho Cruz, 72, passed away peacefully at his home on August 30, 2013, surrounded by his family after a battle with cancer. A Rosary will be recited at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, August 31, at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with the Rev. Tom Chamberlain officiating. Concho worked for...

Alvin Harris

Alvin Harris

August 25, 2013

Alvin Wayne Harris, 58, of Temple, died Sunday, August 25, 2013. Services will be 3:30 p.m. Thursday, August 29 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple. Burial will be in Temple Garden of Memories with Brother Bill Koinm of Heights Baptist Church officiating. In keeping with Waynes love of his Texas Longhorns, the family has requested that everyone wear their...

Verna Chlapek

Verna Chlapek

August 24, 2013

Verna Deene Chlapek, 59, of Pendleton, died Saturday, August 24, 2013. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday, August 30 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with the Rev. Ernest Thompson officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery in Temple. Verna was born August 10, 1954 in Temple, Texas to Vernon F. and Daphadeene McConnell Davis. She was preceded in...

Doris Moore

Doris Moore

August 24, 2013

Graveside services for Doris Marie Moore, 84, of Temple, will be 11 a.m. August 29, 2013, in Granger City Cemetery in Granger, Texas. Mrs. Moore died Saturday, August 24, 2013, at her home in Temple. She was born on June 4, 1929, in Killeen, Texas to Charlie James and Jessie Merle Turner Baker. She graduated from Liberty Hill High...

Elizabeth Kenyon

Elizabeth Kenyon

August 21, 2013

No services are planned for Elizabeth Josephine Weber Kenyon, 93, of Temple died Wednesday morning at her daughters home in Temple. Elizabeth was born on November 10, 1919 to the late George and Barbara Kreuzer Weber at Eisendorf, Czechoslovakia. In April 1948 she married Francis Leo Kenyon and he preceded her in death in 1992. She was a homemaker...

Polly Chesser

Polly Chesser

August 20, 2013

Services for Polly Ann Chesser, 65, of Temple are set for 2:00 pm Friday at the Northside Church of Christ with Darrell Knight officiating. Mrs. Chesser died Tuesday afternoon at her home. Polly was born on October 27, 1947 to Andrew Marshall and Martha Pauline Rogers Crook at Memphis, TN. She graduated from Frayser High School and attended Memphis...

Henry Zaleski

Henry Zaleski

August 17, 2013

Henry Eugene Gene Zaleski, age 68, of The Colony, passed away Saturday, August 17, 2013, in Plano, Texas. He was born June 26, 1945 in Temple, Texas to Henry Steve Zaleski and Matilda Josephine Rychlik Zaleski. Gene married Michael T. Stanley on May 19, 1977 in Carrollton, Texas. He was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church in Coppell,...

Lloyd Hodge

Lloyd Hodge

August 17, 2013

Lloyd Craig Hodge died August 17, 2013 in Temple, Texas at age 60. He was born September 1, 1952 in Fairbury, Nebraska to Lloyd John Hodge and Clara Louise Reisch Hodge. He was the first of their four children. He grew up near Stephenville, Texas. His son Lloyd David Hodge preceded him in death. He is survived by his...