Loren Tempel
A service of celebration for lifelong Big Bend area farmer/rancher, Loren Tempel will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, July 24, 2008 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Reverend Trevor Potter of the Wiley United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will follow in the Wiley Cemetery.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 from 3 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the Peacock Funeral Home.
Loren was born November 28, 1936 at Lamar to Lawrence H. and Hazel B. (Goff) Tempel and died unexpectedly at his home on July 21, 2008 at the age of 71.
Loren was preceded in death by his parents; uncles Bob and Ernest Tempel and a nephew Keith Tempel. He is also preceded by his maternal grandparents Roscoe and Ethel Goff and paternal grandparents Ernest Sr. and Gladys Tempel.
He is survived by his wife, Guyla Tempel of the family home in Wiley; children, Curtis (Cathy) Tempel of Wiley, Coleen (Danny) Tinnes of Lamar; grandchildren, Lauren and Luke Tinnes and Amber, Zane and Erin Tempel. He is also survived by his brother, Gale (Melody) Tempel of Wiley; nephews, Adam (Staci) Tempel and family, and Jake (Cherie) Tempel and family. Aunts and Uncles George (Georgetta) Tempel and Ethel Tempel all of Wiley and Dorothy Tempel of Fort Collins also survive.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Wiley United Methodist Church direct or in care of the funeral home office.
Arrangements were under the direction of the Peacock Family.
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