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Temple, Texas Obituaries

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Loma Garton

Loma Garton

January 9, 2012

Joy Garton, 57, of Temple, Tx. died January 9, 2012. She was born December 18, 1954 in Bland Mountain, Tx, The daughter of Orval Pack and Mailene Terrell Pack. On July 3, 1987 she married her husband Raymond Garton. She is preceded in death by her parents and brother, Tommy Miller. She is survived by her husband of 25...

Harry Giddens

Harry Giddens

January 7, 2012

Harry W. Giddens. 58, died January 7, 2012 at his residence in Temple. He was born to Jeff A. and Eva Johnson Giddens, May 20, 1953 in Belton. He was preceded in death by his parents and wife Lynne Giddens in 2004. Mr Giddens owned and operated Giddens Roofing, Inc. for mant years. He was a Baptist. He loved...

Lorene Haisler

Lorene Haisler

January 2, 2012

Lorene Ann Jakubik Haisler, 96 34 of Temple was born March 20, 1915 in Red Ranger Community, Bell County. She was the first born of three children of Anna Lesikar Jakubik and Henry Jakubik. After her mother Anna died, her daddy married Olga Lesikar and had four children. She married Joseph Haisler December 24, 1936. They made their home...

Ruby Hill

Ruby Hill

December 31, 2011

Ruby Hill, 91, of Holland, passed away December 31, 2011 at her home. A Funeral Service will be 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home, with Chaplain Bruce Mercer officiating. Burial will follow in Holland Cemetery under the direction of HarperTalasek Funeral Home, Temple. A visitation will be from 6:008:00 P.M., Tuesday at the funeral home....

Philip Dunham, Jr.

Philip Dunham, Jr.

December 30, 2011

Philip M. Dunham, Jr., 63, of Belton, passed away, Friday, December 30, 2011 at a local hospital. Philip was born April 3, 1948 in Elwood City, PA, the son of the late Philip M. Dunham, Sr. and Memphis Porter Dunham. On April 3, 1969, he married Tawana Thompson in Temple. He served in the US ARMY and has been...

Eileen Skelton

Eileen Skelton

December 29, 2011

Eileen S. Skelton passed away on December 29, 2011, at the age of 95, at Scott White Hospital in Temple. Visitation will be held on Monday, January 2, 2012, from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple. After a private family burial, a Memorial Service will be at 2:00 P.M., on January 3, at the...

James Cook

James Cook

December 28, 2011

James Howard Cook, 84, of Temple, passed away, December 28, 2011 at a local hospital. A funeral service will be 1:00pm, Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home, Temple. Burial will follow in Bellwood Memorial Park under the direction of HarperTalasek Funeral Home. A visitation will be from 11:00am1:00pm, on Tuesday, prior to the service. James was born...

F.A. Bowen

F.A. Bowen

December 27, 2011

John D. Bowen, 95, of Temple, passed away December 18, 2011 at his home. 9 days later, his wife of 71 years, F.A. Bowen passed away on December 27, 2011, at the age of 94. John was born January 9, 1916 in Killeen, Texas, the son of the late O.H. Bowen and Minnie Swope Bowen. On December 26, 1917,...

Doyle Chilcoat

Doyle Chilcoat

December 24, 2011

On Dec. 24, 2011 Doyle Edmond Chilcoat, at the age of 88, slipped peacefully into the arms of Jesus. He was a native Okie, and proud of it, but called Temple his home for forty six years. He was a tenderhearted, kind, and generous man. At the time of his death he was still deeply in love with his...

Jesse Arnold

Jesse Arnold

December 24, 2011

Jesse Arnold, a beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother went home to the Lord on December 24, 2011 at the age of 90. He was born on February 25, 1921 in Glendale, Texas. He was 1 of 12 children born to Charlie and Lela Arnold. Jesse was a good and honorable man with a kind, caring heart. He was...

Charles Moeller

Charles Moeller

December 22, 2011

Charles Douglas Moeller, 57, of Temple, passed away Thursday, December 22, 2011 at his residence. He was born October 15, 1954 in Temple, Texas, the son of the late Daniel Charles Moeller and Shirley Jewell Odell Moeller. He worked as a Respiratory Therapist for several years in Temple. Charles is survived by his brother David Wayne Moeller of Troy,...

Norma Beckworth

Norma Beckworth

December 20, 2011

Norma Jean Beckworth, age 81, passed away on December 20, 2011 in a local hospital. She was born on October 23, 1930 in Honey Grove, Texas to John Doney Hopkins and Abby Marshall Hopkins. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Marion Beckworth Children, Kathryn Jean Tate and brother, Carl Steven Raley. She is survived by a...

William Kelly

William Kelly

December 19, 2011

Free obituary to run Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Mr. William Bill Frank Kelly, Jr, 84 of Temple died Monday, December 19, 2011 in a local nursing facility. Graveside service will be 10 am Thursday, December 22, 2011 at Hillcrest Cemetery in Temple with the Rev. Hubert Austin officiating. Mr. Kelly was born January 12, 1927 to the late William...

John Bowen

John Bowen

December 18, 2011

John D. Bowen, 95, of Temple, passed away December 18, 2011 at his home. 9 days later, his wife of 71 years, F.A. Bowen passed away on December 27, 2011, at the age of 94. John was born January 9, 1916 in Killeen, Texas, the son of the late O.H. Bowen and Minnie Swope Bowen. On December 26, 1917,...

Christian Janssen

Christian Janssen

December 16, 2011

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Fredrick Lazarus

Fredrick Lazarus

December 15, 2011

Fredrick Ralph Lazarus, 83, of Temple passed away Friday, December 15, 2011 in Waco. He was born on October 1, 1928 in Gibsland, LA, to P.H. and Kate Helfin Lazarus. He has lived in the community since 2003. He married Ima Joyce Jones in Dallas, Texas. He has been a member of the First Baptist Church of Arlington since...

Harold Bartmess

Harold Bartmess

December 15, 2011

Harold Andy Bartmess, 45, of Holland, passed away, December 15, 2011 at his home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00am, Thursday, December 22, 2011 at St. Luke Catholic Church. A Rosary will be held 7:00pm, Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home, Temple. Andy was born March 1, 1966 in Dallas, Texas, the son of Toni...

Mary Chamblee

Mary Chamblee

November 29, 2011

Mary Jo Karnowski Chamblee 78, of Temple, died Tuesday, November 29, 2011. She was born on March 1, 1933 in Lockney, Texas to Theodore and Clara Lee Pierce Tilly. Services will be Friday, December 2 at 10:00 a.m. at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple. Interment will follow at MoodyLeon Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday , December 1 , 6...

James Finck, Jr.

James Finck, Jr.

November 29, 2011

James Jim Moffett Finck, Jr., 90, of Temple died November 29, 2011 in Temple. He was born on November 21, 1921 to James Moffett Finck, Sr. and Madge Taylor Finck in Galveston. Mr. Finck proudly served in the Army during World War II. Graveside services will be held on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at Bellwood Memorial...

Victor Ybarra

Victor Ybarra

November 27, 2011

Services for Victor Rey Ybarra, infant son of Carlos and Kimberely Ybarra, will be 10:00 a.m.,Wednesday at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple. Victor died Sunday, November 27. He was born November 25, 2011, in Temple. Survivors include his parents a sister, Peyton Rhey Ybarra a brother, Jacob Rhay Ybarra and his grandparents, Jimmy and Stormie McKeown of Waco, and...