JOSEPH TURBA
Joseph Turba and Josephine (Merk) Turba
From Calumet county marriage records:
Joseph Turba and Josephine Merk (v.3 p.67)
Nov. 13, 1888 at St. Anna, Town of New Holstein
Joseph Turba
Son of Anton Turba and Elizabeth Reinel
Born Town of Russell, Sheboygan County
Josephine Merk
Daughter of J. B. Merk and Maria Harnert
Born Town of Russell, Sheboygan County
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St. Anna Cemetery
Josephina (Merk) Turba 6-17-1865 - 4-23-1891
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From Calumet county marriage records (v.3 p.116)
Joseph Turba
b: Town of Russell, Sheboygan County –farmer
p: Anton Turba and Elizabeth Reinel
m: Nov. 26, 1891 at St. Anna, Town of New Holstein
Witnesses John Turba and Maggie Meyer
to: Helene Meyer
b: Town of Rhine, Sheboygan County
p: Peter Meyer and Catharina Kleinhans
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From Sheboygan county death records:
Joseph Turba (v.55 p.362)
Nov. 15, 1863-May 28, 1948
Husband of Lena Turba
Son of Anton Turba and Elizabeth Reinl (both born Austria)
Born at St. Anna, Calumet County
Died from “coronary occlusion –cancer of bladder”
Buried at St. Anna Cemetery, Town of New Holstein
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Joseph Turba Passes Away At Elkhart Lake
Joseph Turba, 84-year-old Elkhart Lake resident, passed away at
2:15 p.m. Friday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Emil Zorn,
326 Franklin st., Plymouth, following a short illness.
He was born on Nov. 15, 1863, in St. Anna, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Anton Turba. On Nov. 13, 1888, he was married to Miss Josephine
Merk. She died on April 23, 1891.
On Nov. 26, 1891, Mr. Turba was married to Miss Lena Meyer. After
their marriage the couple operated farms in Sheboygan county until
1924. For some time they resided in Kiel. From 1924 to 1938 Mr.
Turba was employed by the H.C. Prange Co. in Sheboygan. They moved
to Plymouth in 1940 and in 1947 moved to Elkhart Lake.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Hugo of Hartland and Arno
of Sheboygan; two daughters, Mrs. Henry (Joseph) Free of Fresno,
Calif., and Mrs. Emil (Dionysia) Zorn of Plymouth; seven grand-
children; six great-grandchildren. One brother and one sister
preceded him in death.
Funeral services were held at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday at the Gentine
Funeral home at Plymouth, and at 9:30 o'clock at St. George's
Catholic church in Elkhart Lake, with the Rev. Henry Langenfeld
officiating. Burial was made in the St. Anna cemetery.
(6-3-1948 handwritten on the obit, no newspaper cited)
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From Sheboygan county death records:
Lena Turba nee Meyer (v.86 p.510)
Dec. 14, 1866-Feb. 7, 1966
Wife of Joseph Turba
Daughter of Peter Meyer and Catherine Kleinhaus
Born Wisconsin
Died from “arteriosclerotic heart disease, years”
Buried at St. Anna Cemetery, Town of New Holstein