Temple, Texas Obituaries
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Margie Perry
December 4, 2015
Services for Margie Perry, 82, of Killeen, will be Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. with visitation at 10:00 A.M.. Ms. Perry died December 4, 2015, at her Killeen home. She was born October 1, 1933. Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Killeen is in charge of arrangements.
Visitation HarperTalasek Chapel 506 N. 38th Street Killeen, TX 76543...Jerry Massie
December 3, 2015
Funeral services for retired Sgt. Maj. Jerry Massie, 76, of Killeen, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Marlboro Heights Missionary Baptist Church with Dr. Shaun L. Moton officiating. Interment will be at Killeen Memorial Park. Jerry Massie graced this earthly realm with his unique and wonderful presence on July 8, 1939. He was born in the city of...
Michael Gaspard
November 24, 2015
Services for Michael Steven Gaspard age 52 of Dallas, formerly of Killeen, TX will be held Tuesday December 1, 2015 at 11:00 A.M at Saint Josephs Catholic Church with Father Cesar Guzman officiating. Burial will follow at Killeen Memorial Park. Michael passed away November 24, 2015 in a Dallas hospital. He was born in Killeen, TX on September 17,...
Charles Kahookele Jr.
November 17, 2015
Charles Kekoa Kahookele, Jr. Our beloved son, brother, husband, father, and friend, left this mortal earth on November 17, 2015. Charles Kekoa Kahookele, Jr. passed at his Killeen, TX residence with his wife by his side. Known to most as Kele, Charles is survived by his father, Charles Kahookele, Sr.; three brothers, Vincent Kahookele, Walter Kahookele, and John Kahookele;...
Patsy Key
November 13, 2015
Funeral Services for Patsy Jane Key, 72, of Florence will be 11:00 AM Tuesday Nov 17, at the Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Killeen, with Bro Weldon Hicks and DR. Gary Honaker officiating. Mrs. Key passed away peaceably surrounded by her family and friends at home November 13 after a year long battle with cancer. Patsy was born in Jonesboro,...
Joe White
October 29, 2015
Services for Joe Ray White will be Tuesday at 10 AM at Harper-Talasek Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at the Killeen City Cemetery. Joe passed away October 29, 2015 surrounded by his family. Joe was born March 7, 1935 in Calhoun, LA to Ruth and Ernest McKay White. He graduated from Calhoun High School in 1954, where he played...
Marcella Chandler
October 28, 2015
Graveside services for Marcella Cook Chandler, 90, of Harker Heights, will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday, November 2, 2015 at Killeen Memorial Park. Mrs. Chandler passed October 28, 2015, in Copperas Cove. She was born Oct. 3, 1925 in Oceana, W. Va. She is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 57 years, First SGT. Rudolph V. Chandler...
Frank Murdock
October 22, 2015
Services for SFC (Ret) Frank L. Murdock, 71, of Killeen will be at 1:00 pm Friday at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home Chapel Killeen with Dan Galanffy officiating. Interment with full military honors will follow at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery. Frank Lewis Murdock passed away Thursday, October 22 at the W. R. Courtney Veterans Home in Temple Texas after...
Ltc Pierce
October 19, 2015
Visitation for Alonzo Pierce, 100, of Killeen, will be from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home on Monday, October 26, 2016. Alonzo Roy Pierce, the youngest of ten children, was born on July 13, 1915, to the late W.D. and Emma Pierce in Charleston, Arkansas. He entered the Army in July, 1939 immediately after graduation from...
Dallas Cook
October 18, 2015
Graveside Services with military honors for Dallas Earl Cook, 72, of Killeen will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen, with Pastor Sang Hyun Koh officiating. Visitation will be 10A.M. till 2 P.M. Thursday. Mr. Cook passed away October 18, 2015. Dallas was born in Golden Acres, TX, the youngest of a set...
Melvin Kennon
October 1, 2015
Services for Melvin "Scooter" Kennon, 62, of Killeen, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Killeen, with Dan Galanffy officiating. Mr. Kennon died Oct. 1, 2015. Melvin was born in the Panama Canal Zone. He was a 1972 graduate of Killeen High School and worked for the local phone company for more than 28 years....
Sfc Ybarra
September 26, 2015
Carlos Alonso Ybarra, son of Maria Maya and Hilario Ybarra, born November 28, 1970 and passed away unexpectedly on Saturday September 26, 2015 at the age of 44. He is survived by wife Valarie Ybarra, daughter, Rebecca Ybarra and his three step children: Juan Tobias, Jose Tobias and Reyna Fernandez. He has also left behind six grandchildren: Jesenia Tobias,...
Col Tomaka
September 8, 2015
Funeral Services for Karl Stanley Tomaka, 81, of Nolanville, will be held Thursday September 17, 2015 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Interment will follow at the Texas State Veteran's Cemetery. Karl was born on April 20, 1934 in Lackawanna, New York, to Paul and Stella Tomaka. He passed away Tuesday in a local nursing home after a lengthy struggle...
Annie Watson
September 5, 2015
Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. (Matthew 5:16) The light of God's glory shined upon the marital union of Gloster and Albertha Brown when Annie B. Watson was born to their parental stewardship. She was born on May 14, 1943...
Csm Hundley
August 27, 2015
CSM (Ret.) Albert L. Hundley, 83, passed away August 27, 2015 in a Temple hospital, where he succumbed to injury. He was born on July 10, 1932 in Hampton, Virginia to Harvey S. Hundley and Marie L. Leake. Albert graduated from Phoenix High School in Hampton, Virginia in 1952; shortly after he was drafted in the United States Army...
Pastor Phillips
August 24, 2015
Services for Olton Gordon Phillips, 70, Preacher for 35 years and Pastor of NorthSide Baptist Church for 26 years will be at 10:30AM on Friday, Aug 28th, at NorthSide Baptist Church in Nolanville, TX. Burial will follow in Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery. Pastor Phillips was born December 28, 1944 and died August 24, 2015 at home surrounded by...

Harriet Brown
August 22, 2015
No services are planned for Harriet Pearl Brown, 64, of Killeen. Ms. Brown died Aug. 22, 2015, at her residence. Survivors include her sons, Steven R. Briggs and Michael Brown; and daughter, Dulcie Shuler. Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Killeen is in charge of arrangements.

Connie Reese
August 11, 2015
CONNIE MAE COCHRAN REESE Services for Connie Mae Cochran Reese, 79, of Belton will be 3:00 p.m. Friday, August 14, at the Anchor of Hope Church, Belton, TX with the Rev. Sam Callahan and Rev. Weldon Hicks officiating. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, August 13 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home, Killeen, TX. She will be laid to...
Isaac Hawthorne
August 9, 2015
Services for Isaac Herrell Hawthorne, 86, of Killeen, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Harper-Talasek Chapel in Killeen with the Rev. John Abbey officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Valley Cemetery. Mr. Hawthorne died Aug. 9, 2015, at his residence. He was born Dec. 15, 1928, in Eddy to the late Arthur and Ethel (McClellan) Hawthorne. He enlisted...
Jackie Harris
August 5, 2015
Funeral services for retired Sgt. 1st Class Jackie Lee Harris, 68, of Killeen, will be at a later date. Mr. Harris died Aug. 5, 2015, at a local nursing home. Born March 31, 1947, and educated in Shinnston, W.Va., he joined the U.S. Army in 1968 and served in the Vietnam War, Korea and Germany. His awards include the...
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