Temple, Texas Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Temple, Texas & Surrounding Areas
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Michael Hajda
March 1, 2011
Michael Bruce Mike Hajda, 58, of Belfalls, formerly of Temple passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at a Waco hospital. He was born April 15, 1952 to Frank and Alice Anna Zett Hajda in Taylor. He was a graduate of Temple High School. He attended St. Mary Catholic Church in Temple. Mike was self employed and was known as...
Archie Thompson
February 22, 2011
Archie Glen Thompson passed from this life after a lengthy illness on February 22, 2011 into the hands of his heavenly father. He will join his parents, family members and numerous friends that have gone before. Born January 24, 1934 to Trucmon and Louella Thompson in Coppell, Texas and he had one brother, Jerry Wayne Thompson. Archie married his...
Hope Morgan
February 22, 2011
Hope Lanell Morgan, 59, of Temple passed away Monday, February 21, 2011 at her home. Ms. Morgan was born January 4, 1952 in Austin. She was a member of Memorial Baptist Church in Temple where she attended the Sunshine Haven Class. Ms. Morgan is preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by foster father, Robert Daude of...
Dolores Tobar
February 20, 2011
Dolores Lola Tobar, 89 of Temple, passed away Sunday, February 20, 2011 at her residence. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00am, Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with Father Ramiro Tarazona officiating. Burial will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery in Temple. Dolores Tobar was born September 6, 1921 to Manuel and Ester Falcon Castaneda...
Jason Garza
February 19, 2011
Jason Guadalupe Garza, 24, of Converse, Texas died Saturday, February 19, 2011 in San Antonio. He was born December 5, 1986 to Guadalupe Perez Garza and Olivia DeLeon in Temple. He was an assistant manager for Dollar General. Jason is preceded in death by paternal grandparents, Mr Mrs Guadalupe C. Garza. He is survived by his father, Guadalupe Garza...
Billy Pitzer
February 13, 2011
Billy Mack Pitzer, 79 of Temple, passed away Sunday, February 13, 2011 in a local hospital. Memorial service will be 11:00am, Thursday, February 17, 2011 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple with Dr. Tom Henderson officiating. Bill Mack Pitzer was born May 27, 1931 to Gober and Ella Pitzer in Temple. He graduated from Troy High School. He proudly...

Jon Maples Sr.
February 10, 2011
Jon Harmon Maples Sr. was born on December 26, 1941 to his Parents, Harmon and Viola Maples in Amarillo, Texas. The family was transferred to Clovis, New Mexico in early 1943 by the Santa Fe Railroad. Jon was reared in Clovis, attending Clovis schools, and graduation from Clovis High in 1959. He loved sports and played basketball and was...
Erma Dixon
February 8, 2011
Erma Jean Jenkins Dixon, 79, of Temple passed away, Tuesday February 8, 2011 at her residence. She was born August 8, 1931 to Frank and Molly Bell Scoggins Lassiter in Reisel. She had lived in the McGregor and Florence area before moving to Temple. Mrs. Dixon was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She loved animals, her dog,...
Pauline Ray
February 5, 2011
Mrs. Pauline Ray 97, of Temple passed away at her home on Saturday February 5th, 2011. Pauline was born in Jonesboro, Tx December 07,1913 to the late Robert Lee Goolsby and Willie Smedley Goolsby She is preceded in death by her husband Pete Ray, Daughter Patsy Jean Rogers, GreatGranchildren: Jonathan Lee Horelica, Stephanie Brooks Krumnow and Marie Burgess. She...
Elton Fischer
February 3, 2011
Elton John Fischer, 90, of Temple, died Thursday, February 3, 2011 at a local hospital. Visitation will be 68 p.m., Wednesday, February 9 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple. Funeral service will be 10 am, Thursday, February 10, 2011 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Temple with Pastors Dana Wilhelmsen and Bill Woolsey officiating. Interment with military honors will follow...
Josephine Castro
January 31, 2011
Josephine Castro, 63 of Temple, passed away Monday, January 31, 2011 at her residence. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00am, Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Temple with Rev. Tom Chamberlain officiating. Burial will follow at 4:00pm Wednesday in South Park Cemetery in Pearland. Josephine Castro was born July 19, 1947 to...

Lesta Reese
January 28, 2011
Lesta Joyce Peterson Reese, 64, of Temple, died January 28, 2011 at a local nursing home of progressive supranuclear palsy. Lesta was born July 24, 1946 in Hutchinson, Kansas to Leslie and Mary Agnes Gaberdiel Peterson. She lived in Temple for more than 40 years. She graduated from MaryHardin Baylor University, was retired from civil service employment at Fort...
Johnnie Brannan
January 25, 2011
Johnnie Andrew Brannan, 89, passed away Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at the VA Hospital in Temple, Texas. He was born March 23, 1921 to the late William J. Willie and Agnes Stringer Brannan in Citronelle, Alabama. Johnnie has lived in the Temple area since 1946. He married Adella Hurta on September 11, 1948. She preceded him in death in...

Edwin Carpenter
January 24, 2011
Edwin Moore Carpenter, 75 of Salado, died Monday January 24,2011 at his residence. Mr. Carpenter was born in Temple, TX, on January 11,1936 to Willie Edwin Carpenter and Ira Bell Moore. Graveside Services will be held 10 a.m. Thursday January 27, 2011 at Hillcrest Cemetery Temple, TX. Mr. Carpenter is preceded in death by his parents and sister. He...
Clara King
January 23, 2011
Clara M King, 85 of Temple, passed away Sunday, January 23, 2011 at her residence. Funeral service will be 10:00am Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home in Temple. Burial will follow at 3:00pm in Beehouse Cemetery in Gatesville. Clara King was born February 2, 1925 to Henry and Millie Reed Smith in Stephenville, Texas. She graduated from...
Pauline Popaditch
January 22, 2011
Pauline J. Popaditch, 85 of Austin, passed away Saturday, January 22, 2011 in a Cedar Park nursing facility. Graveside service will be 2:00pm, Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at Bellwood Memorial Park in Temple, Texas with Father Ranjan Cletus officiating. Mrs. Popaditch was born March 21, 1925 to Luke and Stella Spoljoric in Hammond, Indiana. On March 20, 1954, she...
Alton Marshall
January 21, 2011
Alton Millard Marshall, 95, of Temple died Friday, January 21, 2011 at a local nursing center. He was born September 17, 1915 to Joseph Henry and Ara Melissa McDaniel Marshall in Purmela. He married Theda Wiley on January 20, 1935. They were able to celebrate their 76th wedding anniversary the day before his passing. He has lived in the...

Linda Owens
January 20, 2011
Linda J. Owens, 62 of Temple, Texas, passed away Thursday, January 20, 2011 at her residence. Linda Owens was born May 19, 1948 in Yokosuka, Japan to Ernest Lee and Merita Astle Martin. On January 8, 1967, she was married to Gene A. Owens in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She worked as a daycare director for Crenshaw Harris Academy. She...
Darius Jackson, Jr.
January 17, 2011
Darius Butch Glenn Jackson, Jr., 64 of Temple, passed away Monday, January 17, 2011 at his residence. Funeral service will be 2:00pm Friday, January 21, 2011 at HarperTalasek Funeral Home Chapel in Temple with Pastor Rick Reed officiating. Burial will follow in Moffat Cemetery. Darius Jackson, Jr. was born December 16, 1946 to Darius Jackson, Sr. and Mary Pryor...
Shannon Mitchell
January 16, 2011
Shannon Wayne Mitchell, 26, of Spring, TX passed from this life January 16, 2011, at his home. Visitation was held from 6-8 pm Sunday, January 23 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple. Funeral services for Shannon were at 2:00 p.m., Monday, January 24 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. John Warden officiating. Burial was at Greathouse Cemetery.
Shannon was...