John "Lubes" F. Lubeley, age 76 of Wilke Lake (Kiel), died unexpectedly at his home on Friday morning, December 23, 2022.

John was born on November 20, 1946 in Sheboygan to the late Frederick Grace (Voigt) Lubeley.  He graduated from Kiel High School with the class of 1965.  After graduation, he joined the U.S. Army serving from 1965 until 1969; two of those years he served in the DMZ in Korea.  On June 19, 1971 he married Mary Karls at SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Kiel. John worked as the Service Manager at Country Horizons Coop until his retirement.  He took great pride in his home on Wilke Lake; being very active on the Lake Association as well as just being on the lake making memories with his family. John's grandchildren referred to him as the "Lake Grandpa".

He is survived by his wife, Mary; a daughter and son-in-law: Amy & Brian Haese; the Lake Grandpa's four grandchildren: Taylor Haese, Mackenzie (Michael) Szeszol, Delaney Haese and Noah Haese; three siblings: Paula (Robert) Drumm, Fred (Connie Brost) Lubeley, Lisa (Don) Lubeley Schneider; five brothers-in-law: Richard Karls, Don (Sandy) Karls, Bill (Kathy) Karls, Tom (Barb) Karls and Dan (Maree) Karls.  John is further survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Frederick & Grace; two brothers: David and Charles; father-in-law and mother-in-law: Alex & Teckla Karls, SR., brother-in-law: Alex (Geri) Karls, JR.

Per John's wishes, cremation has taken place and a memorial service for him will be held at 3:30PM on Thursday, December 29, 2022 at Meiselwitz-Vollstedt-DeTroye Funeral Home (815 6 th Street, Kiel) with Deacon Bernard "Pat" Knier officiating.  Military Honors will be accorded following they service by the Kiel VFW Post #6707.  The family will greet relatives and friends at the funeral home from 1:30PM until the time of service at 3:30PM.

In lieu of flowers a memorial will be established in John's name.

The family would like to thank the Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department as well as the Kiel Ambulance for the amazing care given to John and the compassion shown to Mary.