All Obituaries

Stella A. Soliz, age 63 of Temple, passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2020.  Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Monday, February 17, 2020 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple, 500 W. Barton Ave. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery in Temple. Stella was born January 13, 1957 to Guillermo “Willie” and Lucille Blanco Sauseda in Waco, Texas.  She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and aunt who took great pride in her family and always...

Rene Anthony Lopez was born December 2, 1982 and passed peacefully February 10, 2020.  His surviving mother is Judy Garcia and expired father Remy Lopez Sr.  Surviving siblings are Remy Lopez Jr., Irene Lopez, Johnny Zamora, Marcelina Diaz.  Surviving nephews and niece are Christopher Bejarano, Sergio Diaz, Annalicia Diaz, Jeremiah Medina, Joshia Maldonado, and expired niece Jacinda Lopez.  Surviving grandparents are Jimmie and Janie Gonzales along with uncles, aunt and...

Services for John “Big Foot” Aguallo will be 2 pm Friday, February 14, at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Belton.  Burial will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery in Temple. John Aguallo was born on September 16, 1952 in Bloomington, Texas to Juan and Inez Aguallo. He was united in holy matrimony to Sharon Hill on February 5, 1983. He was a truck driver, mechanic, fisherman, hunter, car racer, musician, singer but most of all he was a “soldier in the army of the Lord”....

A Mass of Christian Burial for Enriqueta “Queta” Fraga, 91, of Temple will be at 10 a.m. Friday, February 14 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Temple.  Burial will be at Hillcrest Cemetery in Temple. Mrs. Fraga died Sunday, February 9, her 91st birthday, at a local nursing home. She was born February 9, 1929 in Pendleton to Sylvestre and Refugia Magana.  She married Miguel Fraga on August 25, 1946.  She was a homemaker, a wife, a mom, and a grandmother...

Funeral services for (Ret) MSG Juan Estrada, 92, of Killeen will be 1:00 p.m. Thursday at Harper-Talasek Funeral Chapel with Weldon Hicks officiating. Burial will be 1:00 pm Friday at Old Palestine Cemetery in Alto, Texas. Juan Estrada was born at Bryan, Brazos County, Texas on June 7, 1927.  His parents were Bernardino Estrada and Magdelena  Arensas.  He was a graduate of Santa Barbara High School, Santa Barbara, California Class of 1950.  He obtained an Associate of...

Miguel Angel Berumen III, 21 of Academy, passed from this life on Saturday, February 08, 2020 in Temple, Texas.  His service will be held at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple, 500 W. Barton Ave., on Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 11 am. Miguel was born on September 15, 1998 in Temple, Texas to Miguel Berumen Jr. and Isabel Fisher.  Miguel graduated with the Class of 2017 from Academy High School. He was very athletic, playing baseball from the age of 4 until high school. He...

Calvin Arthur Whatley, Jr. of Eddy, Texas, passed away on February 6, 2020, at the age of 95.  The funeral service will be on Saturday, February 15, 2020, at 11:00 a.m., at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home at 500 West Barton Ave., Temple, Texas, with a reception to follow the service. Calvin was born in Dallas on October 30, 1924.  His parents were Calvin Arthur Whatley and Pearl Riley Whatley.  Calvin was raised in Dallas with summers in Georgetown, Texas, where he met his future...

Funeral services for Ms. Linda Faye Stockard (Big Mama), 71, of Killeen, will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Harper-Talasek Funeral Chapel in Killeen. Ms. Stockard passed away Feb. 5, 2020, in Copperas Cove. She was born on January 26, 1949, to Robert Stanley and Alma Arnold in Bessemer, Alabama. She is preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Robert Stanley and William Smith. Left to cherish her loving memories are two sisters, Patti Rentie & Gail Stanley; Children: Kisha...

Sharon Kinsey, age 69 of Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, February 4, 2020 in Marble Falls.  Funeral Services will be held at 11 am Saturday, February 8, 2020 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple.  Burial will follow at Mound Cemetery in Mound, Texas. Sharon was born August 26, 1950 to J W and Cora M. Kinsey in Fort Hood, Texas.  Sharon was a Certified Nurse’s Assistant for 23 years then became an apartment manager in Temple, Houston and San Antonio.  She...

Kathleen Marie Snyder, of Morgan’s Point Resort passed from this life on February 2, 2020 at the age of 64. Services will be held at the Foundation United Methodist Church in Temple, Texas on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 1:00 pm. Kathy was born on September 19, 1955 to John and Patricia Snyder in Tampa, Florida.  She was a retired nurse having worked in Austin at St. David’s for 20 years, Kansas City for 4 years, and Houston for 2 years. She specialized in the NICU; she...