Joy D. Wert, 94, formerly of Ord and North Loup passed away on Saturday, October 12, 2019, at the Memorial Hospital in Aurora, Nebraska.
Mrs. Wert’s wishes were to be cremated. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 17, 2019, at the Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ord, Nebraska. Reverend Glenda Pearson will officiate. Private Inurnment will be in the Hillside Cemetery at North Loup. Memorials are suggested to the Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church. Ord Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Joy Darlene Wert was born on July 8, 1925, to Art and Dora (Miller) Larsen near Kronberg, Nebraska. Joy graduated from Ord High School in 1943.
She taught in a country school K-8th grade for one year before going to Dana College in Blair, Nebraska for two years. She completed her college courses all through correspondence and finished all her requirements for a degree except her student teaching even though she was teaching at the time. She taught one year at Brick Country School, one year in North Loup and eight years at Valleyside School. Joy enjoyed teaching and loved to work with the children.
In 1946, Joy married Dwayne “Rusty” Wert from Hampton, Nebraska. To this union they were blessed with two sons, Doug and Dana.
Joy was a long time member of the Bethany Lutheran Church where she taught Sunday School and was active in circle, bible studies and served on many committees over the years. She also belonged to the Forthnightly Club in North Loup. Joy enjoyed playing the saxophone, knitting, crocheting and visiting with her many friends. More than anything else, Joy loved God and her family.
Survivors include her two sons and daughters-in-law, Doug and his wife, Ruth of Loveland, Colorado and Dana and his wife, Kathy of Aurora, Nebraska; three grandsons, Michael, David, and Matt; two granddaughters, Kelly Jo and Christina; 12 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren; and a sister-in-law, Dr. Arden Larsen.
She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Rusty; and a brother.
