A Memorial Mass for Joan Turner, age 82, of O'Neill, NE, will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in O'Neill.  Inurnment will follow in the O'Neill Calvary Cemetery.  A Memorial Visitation will be from 5-8 PM on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 with a 7:00 p.m. Parish Rosary at Biglin's Mortuary in O'Neill.  The family encourages everyone attending to wear blue or striped tops. In Lieu of Flowers, memorials can be made to the Alzheimer's Association.  Joan passed away early Monday March 30, 2026, at her home in Elkhorn, NE, with her family by her side.  Arrangements are entrusted to Biglin's Mortuary in O'Neill.

Joan Mary Reising was born on April 21, 1943, in Carroll, IA to Alvin and Teresa (Ziegmann) Reising.  She graduated from Omaha Central High School.  Joan married Gene Turner on April 20, 1963, as a teenage bride for one day.  To this union four children were born.

Joan was a homemaker, a quilter, and a crafter who traveled and sold her hand made creations at craft fairs, she loved making memory bears. She also worked part time at the sale barn and loved meeting new people while working there.

She was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church and the St. Patrick's Altar Society where she worked many funeral dinners.  Joan was also a member of Right to Life and a Meals on Wheels volunteer.

Joan is survived by her four children, Pam (Gaylord) Brockemeirer of Wisner Ne, Kim (Randy) Atkins of Pierce, Ne, Steve (Gloria) Turner of Omaha, Ne, and Jenny (Jim) Kuhfahl of Elkhorn, Ne; six Grandchildren; two great grandchildren; three sisters, Mary Parks of Kansas City, Teresa Mencke of Blair, Ne, and Carol McGinley of Mansfield, Tx, and a brother, Dennis Reising of Granite Falls, NC.

She is preceded in death by her husband Gene, her parents, two brothers, Roger and Dale Reising, one sister, Marilyn Beach, five sisters-in-law, two brothers-in-law, son-in-law, Glen Huber and three nephews.