Tressie White

July 20, 2013

Services for Tressie Allene White, 99, of Temple are scheduled for Monday July 22nd at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with Reverend Jay Thomas officiating. Burial will follow in Bellwood Memorial Cemetery. Mrs. White Passed away Saturday in a local nursing home. Tressie was born on May 17, 1914 to Leff and Lucy Bell Bookout Hill in Decherd, TN....

Albina Rubac

July 19, 2013

Albina Kratochvil Rubac passed peacefully of natural causes in Temple, Texas on July 19, 2013 at the age of 91. Albina was born on August 20, 1921 in Mareksville, Texas to John and Louise Kratochvil. She was the fourth child of six children and a first generation American, both of her parents arrived in the United States from Czechoslavakia...

Bill Jackson

July 12, 2013

Bill Jackson, 93, of Temple passed away on Friday, July 12, 2013, at a local hospital. A memorial service celebrating his life will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, July 20, 2013, at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple, with Reverend Hubert Austin and Reverend Don Moore officiating. Bill Jackson was born March 2, 1920, in Galveston, Texas to Reuben...

Benito Acevedo

July 11, 2013

Benito H. Acevedo, 89, of Temple passed away Thursday, July 11, 2013 at his home. Visitation will be held from 5:307:30 p.m. Monday, July 15, at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple, with a Rosary at 6:30 p.m., with Father Cletus Ranjan officiating. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 16, at the funeral home chapel. Burial will...

David Bailey

July 7, 2013

A memorial service celebrating the life of David Bailey, 60, of Temple will be held at Western Hills Church of Christ in Temple at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 13, 2013. Visitation will be held at the Church at 9:00 a.m. on July 13. Mr. Bailey passed away on Sunday, July 7, 2013 at a local hospital. He was...

Frank Gorubec

July 7, 2013

Frank John Gorubec, age 82, of Holland passed away Sunday, July 7, 2013 at a local hospital. Rosary will be held at 7:00 p.m. Monday, July 08, 2013 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple. Mr. Gorubec was born March 29, 1931 in Granger, Texas to Anton and Annie Pavlasek Gorubec. He lived in Gary, Indiana before joining the Army...

Gilbert Foster

July 7, 2013

Gilbert V. Foster, age 74, died Sunday, July 7, 2013 in Temple, Texas. Services will be held 10 a.m. Thursday at the HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple. Burial will follow in the North Belton Cemetery. He was born August 18, 1938 in Rogers, Texas to Jack and Hazal Bearden Foster. He retired from the Texas Department of Transportation after...

Harry Snow

July 4, 2013

Services for Harry Cecil Snow, 97, of Temple will be at 1:00 p.m. Monday, July 8 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with Dr. Tom Henderson and the Reverend Billy Koinm officiating. Burial will be in Holland Cemetery. Mr. Snow was born in Cresent, Oklahoma to Doc and Faye Smith Franklin. He married Luela McCray on July 24, 1942...

Louis Parks

July 3, 2013

Faith, family and country were the guideposts for Rev. Louis B. Parks, 95, who passed away July 3, in Temple, the city where he was born. Col. Parks, U.S. Army, retired, was a decorated fighting chaplain who landed in France in the DDay invasion, and came home to create a loving family, and to serve his faith unceasingly. He...

Sherry Yale

July 2, 2013

Shirley Yale, 69, of Temple passed away Tuesday, July 2, 2013, at a local hospital. Ms. Yale was born February 18, 1944, to Albert Dorsey and Elsie Pattillo Casey in Temple, Texas. Ms. Yale was a 1962 graduate of Temple High School and was a florist by profession. She was preceded in death by her parents her husband, Melvin...

Epifanio Hernandez

June 30, 2013

Epifanio Hernandez, 82, of Temple, died Sunday, June 30, 2013 at a local hospital. Mr. Hernandez was born in Temple on April 7, 1931 to Bonifacio and Barbara Leva Hernandez. He worked in the construction industry for 30 years and in lawn care for many years. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Mary Jane...

Jennifer Anderson

June 30, 2013

Memorial services for Jennifer Marie Anderson, 38, of Copperas Cove will be 6:00 p.m. Saturday, July 6, 2013 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple. Ms. Anderson died Sunday in a Waco hospital. Jennifer is survived by four children, Vance Anderson of Temple, Jessica Walburg of San Antonio, Corey Anderson of Holland, Jacob Anderson of Holland three sisters,...

John Anderson

June 23, 2013

Funeral services for John Anderson, 91, of temple will be 10am Thursday, June 27, 2013 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple. Interment will be 10am Friday June 28, 2013 at Uhland Live Oak Cemetery in Uhland. Mr. Anderson died Sunday in a Temple hospital. Mr. Anderson was born on Feb. 9, 1922, in Nachitoches, La. He was raised in...

Adevina Luna

June 23, 2013

Funeral Services for Adevina Lucia Pena Luna, 69, of Temple will be 10am Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at St. Marys Catholic Church with Father Ranjan Cletus officiating. Interment will follow at Bellwood Memorial Park. Mrs. Luna died Sunday in a Temple hospital. Lucia was born to Pedro and Ascencion Flores Pena on July 7, 1943 in Taft. She had...

Maria Rosa

June 21, 2013

Funeral Mass for Maria De La Rosa, 65, of Temple will be 10 am Tuesday, June 25, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with Rev. Tom Chamberlain officiating. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery. Mrs. De La Rosa died Friday in a Temple hospital. Maria was born to Juan and Guadalupe Lara Rosales on March 4, 1948 in...

Helen Ryan

June 19, 2013

Memorial service for Helen Faye Ryan, 77, of Temple will be 10:30 am Saturday, June 22, 2013 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with Rev. Ryan Kiblinger officiating. Mrs. Ryan died Wednesday in a local care center. Helen was born to Fred and Elsie Lowry on March 26, 1936 in Haynesville, Louisiana. She married James Xavier Ryan in 1958...

William Brewer

June 15, 2013

Graveside services for William Bill Ellis Brewer, 74, of Temple will be at 11:00 am Wednesday at North Belton Cemetery. Mr. Brewer passed away Saturday morning, June 15, 2013, at a local care center. Bill was born on October 13, 1938 at Helena, AR to the late Otis and Ethel King Brewer. He married Frances Williams on July 2,...

Willie Vanicek

June 15, 2013

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:32 Willie Mae Hutka Vanicek Funeral services for Willie Mae Hutka Vanicek are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at Seaton Brethren Church with the Rev. Denise Mikeska officiating. She died Saturday, June 15, 2013 following a lengthy battle with Alzheimers....

Ruben Alvarez

June 11, 2013

Visitation HarperTalasek Funeral Home 500 W. Barton Ave. Temple, TX  76501 Thursday, June 13, 2013 68 pm Service Chapel Service HarperTalasek Funeral Home 500 W. Barton Ave. Temple, TX  76501 Friday, June 14, 2013 10 am Cemetery Bellwood Memorial ParkH 8575 Airport Road Temple, TX  76504

Theodore Wernli

June 8, 2013

Theodore Ted Wernli, 71, passed away June 8, 2013 at Valley Baptist Medical CenterHarlingen. Ted was born February 3, 1942 in Akron, Ohio to Edgar and Doris Wernli. He proudly served his country with the U.S. Navy and retired with the rank of CWO4. Ted was employed with the Harlingen Independent School District. He taught History at Memorial Middle...