Joyce Ann Hongsermeier

Joyce Ann Hongsermeier, 84 of rural Ravenna died Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at CHI Health-Good Samaritan in Kearney. Services will be 10:30 AM Wednesday, June 19th at All Faiths Funeral Home in Grand Island. Reverend Dean Hanson will officiate. Livestreaming will be available on Joyce’s obituary page at www.giallfaiths.com Burial will be at 2 PM Wednesday in the Zion Lutheran Cemetery North-Shelton. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM Tuesday at All Faiths Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to the family to be determined later. Joyce was born March 14, 1940 in Hampton, NE the daughter of Walter and Evelyn (Urwiller) Werth. She was raised on a family farm near Ravenna attending country school Dist. 51. She graduated from Ravenna High School class of 1958. Following high school, she worked for the telephone company in Grand Island and worked as a nurse’s aide in the old Lutheran Hospital. On June 26, 1960 she married the love of her life, LeRoy Hongsermeier. This union was blessed with daughters, Alison, Kimberly, Stacey and Jennifer. She loved her family dearly and was always there to help them. Since Joyce grew up on the farm she was involved in 4-H. Through this association she learned sewing, cooking, and animal husbandry. She later used these talents while being a farm wife and taking care of her family. She was always trying new recipes and was an excellent cook. Her sewing knowledge later designed and produced wedding gowns for two of her girls. She ran the office at Ravenna Livestock salebarn for several years with her husband. After her family was out of the house, she later worked for Nebraska Agricultural Statistics Service taking surveys and doing audits in corn and bean fields. She also worked at the Grand Island H&R Block office during tax season as a receptionist, with her daughter, for over 20 years greeting many client’s year after year, with many clients enjoying her friendly face with their yearly task. She was a lifelong member of Zion Lutheran Church North-Shelton. One of the organizations she belonged to was Lutheran Women’s Missionary League and held zone offices during her tenure. She also did family genealogy and put together the history for School District 52, 100-year history program. She loved her dog Sadie and her assortment of farm cats. Those left to cherish her memory are daughters, Alison (Mike) Boardman, Kimberly Hongsermeier, Stacey (Shane) Stocker and Jennifer (Rod) Hitchcock; grandchildren, Micaela (Levi) Bamesberger, Joshua (Ciana) Boardman, Alex Stocker, Noah Stocker, Sarah Miller and Abby Miller; great grandchildren, Leyton and Gatlin Bamesberger and Laney Boardman and sister, Deloris (Alvin) Matzke. She was preceded in death by her husband, LeRoy who died November 14, 2020; an infant son, her parents, Walter and Evelyn Werth and her in-laws, Edwin and Sarah Hongsermeier.

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March 14, 1940 - June 11, 2024

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