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Temple, Texas Obituaries

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Sfc (Ret) Gregory Smiley

Sfc (Ret) Gregory Smiley

January 8, 2020

Funeral services for SFC (Ret) Gregory B. Smiley, 66, of Killeen, will be at 1:30 p.m. at Harper-Talasek Chapel in Killeen with  Reverend Sung Kim and  Reverend John Hallum officiating.

Interment will follow at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery.

Mr. Smiley died January 8, 2020, in a Round Rock hospital.  He was born January 15, 1953, in Birmingham, Alabama....

Doris Edwards

Doris Edwards

January 2, 2020

Services for Doris Norene Edwards, 97, of Killeen, will be Tuesday January 7, 2020 at 10 am at the Killeen Church of Christ, 400 W. S. Young Dr. Killeen, Texas 76543.

Interment will follow at Killeen City Cemetery.

Doris passed away peacefully at her home on January 2, 2020.

Doris was born in...

Harvey Bacon

Harvey Bacon

December 22, 2019

Wayne Harvey Bacon, Jr., 88, of Killeen passed away December 22, 2019.Visitation will be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, December 29, 2019, at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Killeen. A graveside service will be held at 11a.m. Monday, December 30, 2019, at Killeen Memorial Parkwith First Baptist Church Associate Pastor Tim McKeown officiating.

Harvey was...

Milagros Torres

Milagros Torres

December 20, 2019

Milagros Burgos Rivera was born November 29, 1947, in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Of Jose Burgos Rodriguez and Monserrate Rivera. She married Felix Torres Jr. April 19, 1969. She was a military spouse for 22 years. In May 1988, she started her career in child development field, attended Central Texas College to specialize in the field. She started caring for...

Peggy French

Peggy French

December 12, 2019

To be published.

John Duke

John Duke

December 10, 2019

To be published.

Herman Hawkins

Herman Hawkins

December 2, 2019

Herman Sylvester Hawkins passed from this life on December 2, 2019 in Killeen, Texas.

A visitation will be held at Harper Talasek Funeral Home from 11-12:30 on December 11, 2019.

Funeral service will be held at Harper Talasek Funeral Home chapel at 12:30.

Graveside will be...

Cornelia Jaramillo

Cornelia Jaramillo

November 17, 2019

Cornelia Jaramillo passed from this life on November 17th, 2019 in the comfort of her own home. Visitation services will be Thursday, November 21, from 6-8pm with a Rosary at 7pm at Harper-Talasek in Killeen. Final visitation 9:30-10:30 funeral services at 11am on Friday, November 22 at St. Joseph Catholic Church with burial to follow at Killeen Memorial Park....

Susan Mathuer

Susan Mathuer

November 16, 2019

An obituary is not available at this time for Susan Mathuer. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Thomas Booker

Thomas Booker

November 12, 2019

Graveside services for Thomas A. Booker, 102, of McKinney, will be at 10:00 a.m. Monday at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Nolanville.

Thomas Adrain Booker was born October 7, 1917, in Killeen, Texas. He graduated from Belton High School in 1936 and Texas A&M University in 1940.

On August 15, 1940, he married Addie Mozelle Hanna....

Pearl Braggs

Pearl Braggs

November 11, 2019

An obituary is not available at this time for Pearl R. (Clayton) Braggs. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Ofelia Herrera

Ofelia Herrera

November 7, 2019

Ofelia F. Herrera, 92, passed away peacefully on November 7, 2019, at home surrounded by her family. She was a loving and caring wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend.

Ofelia was born to Concepcion (Rodriguez) and Benjamin Flores on January 6, 1927 in Corpus Christi, TX.  After graduation from high school she worked at Woolworth as...

Maikol Colon

Maikol Colon

November 2, 2019

To be published.

Chieko Kehoe

Chieko Kehoe

November 1, 2019

Funeral services for Chieko Kehoe, 91, of Nolanville, will be held at 11:30 a.m. Thursday November 7, 2019 at Harper Talasek Funeral Home with Dr. John Hallum officiating.

Burial will follow at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery.

Chieko was born December 8, 1927 in Kyushu, Japan.   She was a High School teacher in Japan before...

William Crumley Sr.

William Crumley Sr.

October 29, 2019

Funeral Services for William (Bill) Crumley Sr. of Killeen Texas will be Tuesday November 5 2019 at 11:30 at Harper & Talasek Funeral Home. Visitation will be two hour prior from 9:00 am to 11:30 am. Interment followed by full military honors will follow at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery.

Mr. William (Bill) was born to the...

Paul Perez

Paul Perez

October 15, 2019

services pending

Frederick Griffin

Frederick Griffin

October 12, 2019

“For to me, to live is Christ,and to die is gain.”(Philippians 1:21)The beauty of one’s life lies in the simplicity of their convictions to live towards a new beginning thatwill have no end. Beyond their greatest aspirations for an earthly living is the assurance of eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Such depicts the life of a son,...

Juanita Gomez

Juanita Gomez

October 10, 2019

Our dear beloved mother, grandmother, and aunt, Juanita B. Gomez, age 87 of Killeen Texas, passed away on Thursday, October 10,2019 at her home. Juanita was born on June 24,1932 In Buckholts, Texas to Nicanor and Paula Santos Benavides. She was united in holy matrimony with the love of her life, Joe C. Gomez on July 1,1950. From this...

Harold Dunham

Harold Dunham

October 7, 2019

Obituary

Funeral services for Harold Lee (Sonny) Dunham, 85, of San Antonio , will be held at Harper Talasek Funeral home. 506 N. 38thstreet Killeen, TX.9AM-10:30. Visitation Harper Talasek 10:30AM-11:30. Service at Harper Talasek Funeral Home.

Break for lunch

2PM. Internment/Burial at Central Texas State Veterans cemetery 11463 State Hwy 195Killeen.

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Joel Bowman

Joel Bowman

October 3, 2019

Joel Russel Bowman of Lampasas  passed from this life on October 3,2019 at the age of 82. He was born on March 14, 1937 to Leonard and Estelle Bowman in Porterdale, Georgia. He was married to his beloved wife Jessie Bowman for over 50 years and remained close to her family after her passing in April of last year....