Joyce Louise Lutes

Joyce Louise Lutes, 91, of Grand Island, died Saturday, October 23, 2021 at The Countryhouse in Grand Island. Funeral services will be Monday, November 1, at 10:00 A.M. at Solt-Wagner Funeral Home in Central City with Rev. Tim Rust officiating. Visitation was held Oct. 31 from 4-6 P.M. at Solt-Wagner Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Lone Star Cemetery near Ringgold, Nebraska at 3P.M. Mrs. Lutes came into the world weighing 2 pounds on September 21, 1930 in a sodhouse in rural Thomas County Nebraska to Leroy and Esther (Oman) Jameson. She accepted Jesus as her personal Savior as a young girl. She graduated Valedictorian of her high school class and taught country school before attending North Central Bible College where she graduated Salutatorian. Joyce was united in marriage to Nathan Lutes on December 28, 1952 at Bethel Assembly of God Church in Thedford, Nebraska. The couple lived in Minneapolis MN for 9 years where they pioneered and pastored churches. They moved to Lyons, NE where Joyce loved being a pastor’s wife and serving the congregation. The family moved to Central City in 1969 so the children could attend Nebraska Christian Schools. Mrs. Lutes moved to the Countryhouse in Grand Island in 2016. Joyce worked as nurse’s aide at Litzenberg Memorial Hospital in Central City from 1970 until her retirement at age 80 in 2010. Joyce loved caring for her patients, especially the new babies and she was honored to receive the Helping Hands Award. Mrs. Lutes had a naturally green thumb and it showed in her plants, especially orchids and the garden. She loved animals and was outside caring for the chickens, cattle and garden more than she was inside. Sadly, Joyce was unable to stay on the farm by herself when she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Dementia in 2016. She received excellent care at The Countryhouse and by her son, Daryl. Those left to cherish her memory are two sons-Randall (Ruth) Lutes of Omaha, NE and Daryl (Jeanne) Lutes of Grand Island NE; two daughters-Cheryl (Warren) Crouse of Auburn, NE and Kristi (Michael) Jauken of Windsor, CO; nine grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; two brothers-Wayne (Marilou) Jameson and Alan (Garnett) Jameson; one sister UnaMae (Kenneth) Clausen. Also many friends from Community Bible Church, Litzenberg Hospital and special friends from the Countryhouse. She was preceeded in death by her husband Nathan Lutes, her parents Leroy and Esther Jameson; and her favorite brother Harold Jameson.

Joyce Louise Lutes

September 21, 1930 - October 23, 2021