John J Turba Sr. age 85 of New Holstein passed away on December 31, 2025 at 9 am peacefully in his sleep. He was born on May 24, 1940 to the late Henry and Seraphine (Perl) Turba. He attended St. Anna Catholic School and Graduated in 1958 from St. Gregory High School, St. Nazianz. On May 28, 1960 he married Joan (Mayer) Turba at St. Wendel Catholic Church in Cleveland, WI

He was employed at Thomas Industries, Sheboygan for five years and Bremer Mfg. Co., St. Anna for 37 years, retiring in 2002. John was a member of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church, New Holstein and the St. Anna Branch of the Catholic Knights. He served as an usher for 40 years at Holy Rosary. He also served 30 years in the Volunteer Fire Service-seven years with the Cleveland Fire Dept. and 23 years with St. Anna Fire Dept. He enjoyed golfing, horseshoes, and most of all making woodworking projects for his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.

Survivors include his wife, Joan of New Holstein, sons Jeffrey (Lisa) of Elkhart Lake, WI, James (Hannah) of Denver, CO., Joel (Kendra) of Seattle, WA. and four grandchildren Heather (Josh), Ryan, William and Ellie Turba, three grandchildren, Payton, Maddie, and Charlee. He is further survived by sister-in-law Mary (Dick) Vandehei, Depere and brother-in-law Fred (Roxie) Mayer, and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry and Seraphine Turba, sons John J Turba Jr., and Jerald Turba, three sisters and their husbands, Betty (Eldridge) Schnell, Lucina (Erwin) Krebsbach, Rosemary (Kenneth) Steffen and brother-in-laws Donald Dhein, Jim Buzaitas, and Tommy Mayer and two sister-in-laws Lois Dhein and Betty Schmidt.

Funeral Services for John will be held at 5:00pm on Saturday January 10, 2026 at Meiselwitz-Vollstedt-DeTroye Funeral Home (815 6th St. Kiel) A time of visitation will take place at the funeral home on Saturday from 3:30pm until the time of services at 5:00pm. Cremation has taken place and burial will take place at a later date in the Holy Rosary Catholic Cemetery.

The family would like to thank the staff at Caring Hands for all their care and support. They would also like to thank Compassus Hospice for keeping him comfortable in his last days.