Eveard "Ev" N. Turley, 49, of Cedar Rapids, died Monday morning, March 7, 2016 at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, following a brief illness.

Funeral Services: 10:00 A.M. Thursday at Saint Wenceslaus Catholic Church by Deacon Jim Berger. Burial: Saint John's Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 P.M. Wednesday at Papich-Kuba Funeral Home East, 1228 2nd Street S.E., Cedar Rapids.

Eveard is survived by his wife, Kim; children, Alicia (David) Brauer, Steven Turley, Kaitlin Turley and Kristen Turley, all of Cedar Rapids; grandson, Kael Brauer; mother, Joan Turley, Cedar Rapids; siblings, Don (Nora) Turley, Walford, Joe (fiancée Sheila Smith) Turley, Cedar Rapids, Alice (Dan) Dudley, Chesapeake, Virginia, Laura (Gene) Kloubec, Amana, Annette (Don) Hardin, Wapello and Tina Turley, West Amana; brothers-in-law, Mike (Tami) Franck, Daniel Franck and Alan (Laura) Franck, all of Cedar Rapids. He is also survived by many aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, Norman Turley and a sister, Marylou Flint.

Eveard was born on June 7, 1966 in Cedar Rapids to Norman and Joan (Franc) Turley and was a lifelong resident. He was a 1984 graduate of Jefferson High School. Ev married his childhood sweetheart Kim L. Franck on May 24, 1986 at the Unity Center in Cedar Rapids. Ev was employed as a plant foreman at Diamond V Mills where he began working in January, 1999.

He was a member of Teamsters Union Local 238. As a youth, Ev was a member of the Boy Scouts and played football in high school. He enjoyed fishing and camping and loved doing yard work. Ev was always willing to help anybody out in any way that he could. Above everything else, his family always came first and he adored his little grandson, Kael.

A memorial fund has been established.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.papich-kubafs.com under "obituaries".