Joan Helen Turley, 82, of Cedar Rapids, died at her home Tuesday, June 28, 2016.

Funeral Mass: 10:00 A.M. Monday at Saint Wenceslaus Catholic Church by Father Christopher Podhajsky. Burial: Saint John's Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 7 P.M. Sunday at Papich-Kuba Funeral Home East, 1228 2nd Street S.E., where a vigil service begins at 6:30 P.M.

Joan is survived by six children, Don Turley and wife Nora, Walford, Joe Turley and fiancée Sheila Smith, Cedar Rapids, Alice Dudley, Chesapeake, Virginia, Laura Kloubec and husband Gene, Amana, Annette Hardin and husband Donald, Wapello and Tina Turley, Cedar Rapids; daughter-in-law, Kim Turley, Cedar Rapids; 22 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren; brother, Joe Franc and wife Judy, Solon and two sisters, Marie "Munch" Ellis and husband Bill and Helen Wulf and husband Bill, both of Cedar Rapids.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Norman, daughter, Marylou Flint, son, Eveard Turley, son-in-law, Dan Dudley, grandson, Norman Gene Turley, parents, Joseph and Helen (Dufek) Franc, infant sister, Helen Franc and stepfather, Charles Setlik.

Joan was born September 11, 1933 in Cedar Rapids and was a longtime resident of Stumptown. She worked as a file clerk at Iowa National Mutual Insurance for one year before graduating from Wilson High School in 1951. Joan married Norman G. Turley on December 20, 1952 at Saint Boniface Catholic Cathedral in San Francisco. Norm died April 12, 2013. She worked in the nursery at Mercy Hospital from 1957 to 1962. Joan was later employed at Rockwell-Collins for 23 years retiring as a supervisor.

Joan was a lifetime member of Saint Wenceslaus Catholic Church and sang in the church choir for many years. As a young girl she attended the Cedar Rapids Czech School for Children for 6 years and was a member of Sokol Cedar Rapids. Joan was a 25-year volunteer at Saint Vincent de Paul Society and a member of the Teamsters Union Local 238 Retirees Group. The Saint Wenceslaus High School Class of 1951 designated Joan as an honorary member of their class during their 50th Anniversary Class Reunion in 2001.

Joan enjoyed reading, camping, fishing and feeding critters around her home such as the ducks "Mama" and her mate and the hummingbird "Little Bit".

Joan was a very loving and caring person. She loved her family and children above all else.

Memorial contributions may be given to Camp Courageous, Saint Vincent de Paul Society and Hospice of Mercy.

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