Joyce Nadine Shearer, 84, passed away August 9, 2013. A visitation will be held Tuesday, August 13th at 1:00 pm with funeral service to follow at 2:00 pm at Chapel Hill-Butler Funeral Home, 701 N. 94th St., KCKS. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorial contributions to City Union Mission, Salvation Army or the London Heights Baptist Church.
Joyce was born to Louis and Lulu Bitter in Sargent, NE. She graduated high school where she was awarded the National Honor Society in 1946. She continued onto college at St. Francis School of Nursing and graduated with a Registered Nurse degree after 3 years. She married Bruce Shearer in February of 1951 and moved to Grand Island, NE. She worked in nursing for 39 years in various positions such as; office nurse, staff nurse, head nurse and evening nursing supervisor. Joyce loved quilting, sewing, and ballroom dancing but her biggest enjoyment in life was her family.
Joyce was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Reata Ferne Bitter; and her son, Michael L. Shearer. She is survived by her husband, Bruce Folsom Shearer; sons, David Shearer and wife Maniak and Jeffrey Shearer and wife Joan; grandchildren, Jason Shearer, Jared Shearer and wife Heather, Chad Shearer, Angelique Shearer, Amy Diliberto and husband Matt, Alexander Shearer, and Meg Shearer; great-grandchildren, Courtney Shearer, Avery Diliberto, and Peyton Shearer.
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