Temple, Texas Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Temple, Texas & Surrounding Areas
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Raymond Donoso
July 28, 2013
Services for Raymond Valerio Donoso, 79, of Temple will be held at Harper Talasek Funeral Home. A visitation will be Tuesday July 30, 2013 from 6 8 p.m . and a funeral service will be held Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 10a.m. in the HarperTalasek Chapel. Burial will be at Hillcrest Cemetery in Temple. Mr. Donoso died Sunday July...

Melba Pritchett
July 28, 2013
Services for Melba L. Pritchett, 90, will be 10 a.m. Thursday, August 1 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple. She was born in 1923 in Gladewater, Texas to Charles F. and Mary Ann Williams. In 1941 she married Artie Pritchett of Gilmer, Texas. After Mr. Pritchetts death, she moved to Holland, Texas to live near her two children, Sue...

Forrest Lawson
July 27, 2013
Forrest L. Lawson, 86, passed away on July 26, 2013. He was predeceased by his wife of 44 years, Rose Lawson, his parents, a sister, and two brothers. His is survived by his beloved dog, Bubba his daughter, Sandra Stallings his best friends, Thomas and Gloria Mungia and their 5 children his brother, Edward Lawson and his special niece,...
H.A. Johnson
July 23, 2013
Services for Hubert A. Johnson, 84, of Temple will be 2 p.m. Friday, July 26, at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple. Burial will follow in North Elm Cemetery. Mr. Johnson passed away Tuesday, July 23, 2013, at his residence. He was born January 20, 1929, to Roy and Daisy Locke Johnson in Milam County, Texas. He married Cynthia Ann...
Pedro Naranjo
July 22, 2013
Services for Mr. Pedro Silvas Naranjo, 85, of Temple will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, July 25 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Temple with the Reverend Tom Chamberlain officiating. Entombment will follow in Temple Garden of Memories. Mr. Naranjo died Monday, July 22, 2013, in a local hospital. He was born February 23, 1928 in Skidmore, Texas...
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...