Joyce Berry |
Joyce and Lyle |
Joyce and David (1954) |
Memorial for Joyce E. Berry
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Born on Dec. 20, 1930
Departed on Jan. 15, 2010 and resided in Red Cloud, NE.
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Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010
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Red Cloud Cemetery
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Please click on the links above for locations, times, maps, and directions.
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Joyce Berry, age 79, died Friday, January 15, 2010 at the Heritage Care Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska.
Funeral services were held Saturday, 11:00 a.m., January 23, 2010 at the First United Methodist Church in Red Cloud with the Rev. Richard Fairbanks officiating. Interment was at the Red Cloud Cemetery.
A memorial fund has been established by the family.
Joyce Eileen Berry, the daughter of Josephine (LaDow) and Lester Inskeep, was born December 20, 1930 at Cawker City, Kansas. She departed this life on Friday, January 15, 2010 at the Heritage Care Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska at the age of 79 years and 25 days.
Joyce grew up in the Cawker City community and received her formal education attending the Cawker City schools, graduating with the class of 1948. She continued her education at the Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas. On March 30, 1951 she was united in marriage with Lyle O. Berry at Cawker City, This union was blessed with four sons, David, Jeff, Bryan and Roger. They lived at Hastings and later in Hebron. In 1961, they moved to Red Cloud to make their home. In 1964, Lyle and Joyce purchased the Ben Franklin Variety Store and the State Theatre, which they later sold in 1976. They changed the name of their business to L & J Variety and continued operating their store until retiring in 1988. For many years Joyce opened her home to receive and care for the kindergarten students.
Her personality was pervaded by a warm and sincere smile to everyone she met, and her gracious disposition. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and the UMW. She also volunteered her time with the Webster County Food Pantry. Joyce's greatest passion and enthusiasm in life was for her family. She treasured raising her four sons and in her leisure time she was an avid reader.
Preceding her in death were her husband, Lyle, on June 6, 2006; her parents, and a brother, Keith Inskeep.
Left to cherish her memory are her sons: David Berry and wife Sandra of Bella Vista, Arkansas; Jeff Berry and wife Linda of Grand Island, Nebraska; Bryan Berry and wife Eilleen of Red Cloud, and Roger Berry and wife Nancy of Lincoln, Nebraska; 11 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren; 2 brothers, Warren Inskeep and wife Jean of Cawker City, Kansas, and Willard Inskeep and wife Shirley of Sterling, Colorado; a sister-in-law, Paula Inskeep of Cawker City; other relatives and many friends.
Williams Funeral Home
241 West 4th Avenue
Red Cloud, NE 68970
402-746-2500
williamsfuneralhomes@yahoo.com
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