George Tremme
OSWALD TUERPE
Oswald Tuerpe
MARY BURMAHLN BELITZ TUERPE At the house of her sister in Chicago Mrs. Mary Tuerpe, born as a Burmahln, died at the 27th of April after she had spent only three days in bed sick with Asthma being 64 years and two months old. She had been born in Heide, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany at the 28th of February in 1830(sic) and came to America in 1857 together with her parents, who settled down in Town Schleswig on a farm which is now run by John Burmahln, right away. In the same year she got married to Wilhelm Belitz who bult the first hotel in Kiel close to the train station in 1864. (The same is now run by Frank Kretsch.) Mr. Belitz died in 1880. In 1881 she married Oswald Tuerpe, who had taken over the hotel but later sold it to Gottfried Lueloff. Henceforth they moved to California, a year later to Sheboygan and then to Cleveland, Wis., where Mr. Tuerpe built a new hotel. In 1890 Mr. Tuerpe got killed when his horses went wild by breaking his neck after he got thrown out of the buggy near the Pigeon River in Sheboygan. After that Mrs. Tuerpe sold the hotel to her two sons and moved to Chicago to live at her sister's house where after all she died. The body was brought here last week Thursday and burried(sic) insisted by the house of her brother John Burmahln at the Kiel cemetery under the leadership of Pastor Roedl. At the funeral following persons from further away were present: The son-in-law John Milton (former local station agent) and his wife from Hago, Wisc., the son-in-law Alfred Frerk and his wife, as well as both of her sisters Albertine Frerk and Louise Haenze from Chicago, both of her sons Wilhelm and Robert Belitz from Cleveland, besides their wifes(sic), and Mich. Wagner plus wife from Town Mosel. 1903 - no source cited. (Note: Birth date on photo is incorrect/should be 1839) (She is buried in the Kiel cemetery and a photo with her obit.)
JOHN TURBA
John Turba
Mary LaCroix on the left and Louise LaCroix on the right (sisters)
From Calumet county marriage records: John Turba and Louisa LaCroix (v.3 p.157) June 19, 1894 at St. Anna, Town of New Holstein John Turba Son of Anton Turba and Elizabeth Reinel Born Town of Russell, Sheboygan County Louisa LaCroix Daughter of Henry LaCroix and Anna Thomas Born Town of Russell, Sheboygan County ********* From Sheboygan county death records: John Turba (v.40 p.111) Oct. 3, 1865-May 11, 1936 Husband of Louise LaCroix Son of Anton Turba and Elizabeth Reinke (both born Germany) Born Town of Russell, Sheboygan County –farmer Died from “lobar pneumonia –myocarditis” Buried at St. Anna Cemetery, Town of New Holstein ********* On Monday evening, May 11, the grim reaper entered our community and claimed John Turba. The deceased was born in the town of Russell, two miles west of St. Anna, where he spent all his life, on October 3, 1865, thereby attaining the age of 70 years. In 1894 he was married to Louise LaCroix, who survives him. The deceased was a kind and loving husband and father and always had a kind word and was in a friendly disposition when met by his neighbors and friends, who regretted to hear of his departure from this earth, after as many years of toil and hardships, which befall all of us more or less in this life. He was a member of St. Joseph's Society and the Holy Name Society. He is survived by five sons, namely: Edmund, Joseph, Henry and Leo of St. Anna, and Otto of Kiel; also 13 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held on Friday morning at 10 o'clock at St. Anna's church, the Rev. Father J.H. Schmitt officiating. Burial will be made in the adjoining cemetery. (5-14-1936 handwritten on obituary-no newspaper cited) ************ From Sheboygan county death records: Louise Turba nee LaCroix (v.67 p.105) April 6, 1869-March 28, 1956 Wife of John Turba Daughter of Henry LaCroix, with mother unknown Born Wisconsin Died from “apoplexy –artereosclerosis” Buried at St. Anna Cemetery, Town of New Holstein ********** Mrs. Louise Turba, 86, died suddenly Wednesday at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Turba of St. Anna. Nee Louise LaCroix, she was born in the town of Russell April 6, 1869, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry LaCroix. June 19, 1894, she was married to John Turba at St. Ann’s Church and settled and lived on a farm west of St. Anna until the death of her husband in 1936. Since then she has lived with her son in St. Anna. She was a member of St. Ann’s parish and of the Christian Mothers Society. Survivors are four sons, Edmund, Joseph, Henry, and Leo all of St. Anna, 16 grandchildren, 18 grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Mary Stemper of Milwaukee. In addition to her husband she was preceded in death by a son, Otto in Oct. 1942 and three sisters and a brother. Members of the Christian Mothers Society will recite the rosary at St. Ann’s Church Monday prior to the funeral mass. The Rev. John M. Haen will be celebrant of the mass with burial in the church cemetery. Sheboygan Press, March 29, 1956 ********** St. Anna Cemetery: Turba: John and 1865-1936 Louisa 1869-1956