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Temple, Texas Obituaries

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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...

William Chapman

William Chapman

August 15, 2013

Graveside services with military honors for William Dunn Chapman, 75, of Temple will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, August 21, at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas. Mr. Chapman died Thursday, August 15, at the William R. Courtney Veterans Home in Temple. He was born October 29, 1938, in Wharton, Texas to Andrew Jackson and Thelma Burnie...

Eddie Edwards

Eddie Edwards

August 11, 2013

A Mass of Christian Burial for Eddie Edwards, 88, of Temple will be celebrated at St. Marys Catholic Church in Temple on Wednesday, August 14, at 10:00 am with the pastor, Rev. Ranjan Cletus officiating and the Reverend Timothy Vaverek as concelebrant. Burial with full military honors will be at Hillcrest Cemetery. Mr. Edwards died Sunday morning, August 11,...

David Rendon

David Rendon

August 10, 2013

Memorial services for David Ray Rendon, 60, of Temple will be 11 a.m. Thursday, August 15, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Temple with the Rev. Tom Chamberlain officiating. Mr. Rendon died Saturday, August 10 at his residence. David was born on September 15, 1952 at Belton to the late Raymond and Trinedad Velasquez Rendon. He was...

Charles Mcilvanie

Charles Mcilvanie

August 8, 2013

Services for Charles Chuck Mc Ilvanie, 54, of Temple will be held at 3:00 pm Tuesday, August 13, 2013, at Heights Baptist Church with Rev. Billy Koinm officiating. Interment will follow at Temple Garden of Memories. Mr. Mc Ilvanie died Thursday, August 8th at a local hospital. Chuck was born on January 5, 1959 at Freeport, Illinois to the...

Connie Funka

Connie Funka

August 4, 2013

Memorial services for Connie Sue Funka, 72, of Temple will be 7 p.m. Tuesday, August 13 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home Chapel. Ms. Funka died Sunday, August 4, at her residence. She was born November 30, 1940 in Bay City, Texas to Ed and June Eddy. She worked for Little Flock and later and was employed by MHMR as an...

Olive Hill

Olive Hill

July 30, 2013

Funeral services for Olive LaNell Hill, 90, of Temple will be 10 AM Friday, August 2, 2013 at the First Assembly of God in Davilla with Pastor Randy Holtzclaw officiating. Interment will follow at Davilla Cemetery. Olive was born on October 30, 1922 to Karl and Janie Mosley Kitching in Bell County. She was raised in Val Verde and...