Temple, Texas Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Temple, Texas & Surrounding Areas
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James Isaacks
October 31, 2012
JAMES TERRY ISAACKS, BORN ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1955, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2012. SERVICES WILL BE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, AT 2 P.M. AT HAPER TALASEK FUNERAL CHAPEL, WITH REV. PAUL GRAY PRESIDING. VISITATION WILL BE 68 PM., SUNDAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME. HE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, OMER VANCE AND MARY EDNA ISAACKS,...
Alfred Klemme
October 23, 2012
Alfred T. Klemme, 86, of Dallas passed away Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at his residence. Visitation will be held at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple on Friday October 26 from 6pm8pm. Graveside Service will be held at 10am on Saturday, October 27 at Hillcrest Cemetery in Temple with Rev. Jason Hamilton officiating. A memorial service will be held at...
Mary Gartman
October 23, 2012
Mary Beth Foyt Gartman, 88, of California, formerly of Temple, passed away at a living facility in California. Services will be Thursday, November 1, 2012 at the HarperTalasek Funeral Home Temple Chapel at 1 pm with burial to follow at Bellwood Memorial Park. Mary was born on July 6, 1924 to Billy and Treacy Lauer Graham in Browns Creek,...

Henry Kay
October 13, 2012
Services for Henry Amos Kay, 94, of Temple will be a graveside service at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 16 at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery, Killeen. Mr. Kay died Saturday, October 13 at his residence in Temple. He was born September 15, 1918 to Will Maxie and Lillie C. Williams Kay in Falls County, Texas. Mr. Kay was...
Dorothy Goodnight
September 22, 2012
Mrs. Dorothy Regina Goodnight, 86 of Temple passed away September 22, 2012 at a local nursing home. Dorothy was born on November 3, 1925 In Smithville, Texas to the late Mark Luther Robinson and Leona Bailey Robinson. Dorothy is preceded in death by her husband John Allen Goodnight, one daughter, two brothers, two sisters, and a grandson. She is...

Frankie Byrd
September 20, 2012
Frankie Oleta Vaughan Byrd, 96, of League City passed away Sept. 20, 2012 in League City, TX. She was born on July 12, 1916 in Belfalls, Tx. to the late S.C. Vaughan and Betty R. Bridgewater. She was a graduate of Belfalls High School. She was a buyer for BrownDunkin, Dillards and Clarks Dept. Stores in Tulsa, Okla. and...
Donald Owens
September 15, 2012
Donald Bunk Owens, 84 of Temple died Saturday, September 15, 2012 at his residence. A private family graveside service will be held. Mr. Owens was born January 26, 1928 in Dayton, Ohio to the late James Edward and Eva Elizabeth Collins Owens. He served his country during WWII, Korean Conflict and the Vietnam Era from which he retired after...
Lad Zatopek
September 13, 2012
Lad J. Zatopek, 93, of Temple, passed away September 13, 2012 at a local care facility. There will be a Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 am, Saturday September 15, 2012 at St. Luke Catholic Church. Burial will be at St. Mary Cemetery in West, Tx, under the direction of HarperTalasek Funeral Home Temple. Lad was born to...
Regina Pacha
September 10, 2012
Regina was born February 16, 1917 in Westphalia, Texas, to Leo and Rosa Kahlig Hoelscher. On February 3, 1948, she married Ligie Pacha. He preceded her in death on May 17, 1967. Regina worked for Temple I.S.D for 19 years, before retiring. She was a faithful member of St. Marys Catholic Church, where she served as a member on...

Lydia Stepan
September 7, 2012
Lydia Stepan, 109, of Temple, passed away at a local nursing home on September 7, 2012. There will be a 10 am graveside service at Seaton Cemetery, Temple on September 12, 2012 under the direction of HarperTalasek Funeral Home. Lydia was born March 25, 1903 to Ben Schiller and Annie Bartek Schiller in East Bell County. Lydia owned her...

Shelley Lemieux
September 5, 2012
Shelley LeMieux, 46, of Temple passed away September 5, 2012 art a local hospital. Services are pending.
Angelita Record
September 5, 2012
Angelita Paredes Record, 66, of Belton passed away at a local hospital on September 5, 2012. Services have been set for Friday, September 7, 2012 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home Temple Chapel at 10 am with Christopher Cortez officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery. Angelita was born on October 1, 1945 to the late Francisco and Juanita Estrada Paredes...

James Bush
September 2, 2012
James Bush, 44, of Temple, Texas, passed away Sunday, September 2, 2012 at a local hospital. A Funeral Service will be 10:00am, Thursday, September 6, 2012 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home Chapel, Temple, Texas. Burial will follow in Mound Cemetery under the direction of HarperTalasek Funeral Home. A visitation will be held Wednesday, September 5, 2012 from 6:008:00pm, at the...
Larry Cook
September 2, 2012
Within each of us lies the ability to be kind, loving and caring to each other. May we find and keep those characteristics when we are young and hold firm to them, so that no one around us can influence that innocence as we grow, for those who stray from their childhood innocence, can will hatred upon the world...

Johnny Lopez, Sr.
August 29, 2012
Johnny Lopez, Sr., 67, of Temple, passed away August 29, 2012 at a local hospital. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, September 8, 2012 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home Temple Chapel following a rosary from 5:00 to 5:30 pm. Deacon Vela will be officiating. Johnny was born in Temple, Tx to the late Samuel L. Lopez and Anita Rodriguez...

Charles Mcneil, Iii
August 28, 2012
Charles Garnet McNeil, III, 57, of Temple, passed away Tuesday, August 28, 2012 in Temple. A memorial service will be at a later date. Charles was born December 11, 1954 in Corpus Christi, Texas, the son of the late Charles Garnet McNeil, Sr., and Helen Lillian Robinson. He is survived by brothers, Bryan Keith McNeil of Temple, Karl Craig...
Donald Martin
August 27, 2012
Donald Eugene Martin, 61, of Moody, passed away Monday, August 27, 2012 at his home. A Graveside service will be 10 am Saturday, September 1, 2012 with a memorial service to follow at HarperTalasek Funeral Home Temple Chapel at 11 am. Donald was born in San Antonio, Tx on February 15, 1951 to the late Richard and Thelma Nugent...
Alberto Vasquez
August 26, 2012
Alberto G. Vasquez, 59, of Temple passed away Sunday, August 26, 2012 at a local hospital. Memorial services will be Thursday, August 30, 2012 at Iglesia Torre Fuerte in Temple at 10am with Pastor Manuel Guerro officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of HarperTalasek Funeral Home Temple. Alberto was born on December 4, 1952 to Estanislado M. Vasquez and...
Joyce Bogan
August 26, 2012
Joyce Bogan died Sunday, August 26, 2012 at age 83. Services are pending.
Augustina Mungia
August 23, 2012
Augustina Sanchez Mungia, 74, of Temple, passed away Thursday, August 23, 2012 at her residence. A Burial of Christian Mass will be 10:00am, Monday, August 27, 2012 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, Temple, TX, with Rev. Tom Chamberlain officiating. Burial will follow in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Rosebud, TX. A Rosary will be held 7:00pm, Sunday, August 26,...