ELLINWOOD — Joyce Lucille (Davis) Noah Vaught, 87, passed away April 22, 2019, at Ellinwood District Hospital, Ellinwood. She was born Jan. 16, 1932, at Nishnabotna, Mo. to John Carl “JC” and Fannie Mae (Bettinger) Davis. She married Robert D. Noah June 15, 1973, in Nebraska. He died in 2015. 

Coming from Tyrone, Okla. in 1993, Joyce was a CNA working in many area nursing homes and as a home health aide. She enjoyed cleaning house and caring for others. 

Survivors include, eight children, John Lewis Stevens and wife Michelle, Grant, Iowa; Carroll Eugene Olson, Baxter, Iowa; Brenda Joyce Hall and husband Robert, Ellinwood; Larry Dee Olson, Great Bend; Emelia Kathleen Johnson and husband Lloyd, Great Bend; Sandra Kay Burr of Texas; Mark Edward Burr of Arizona, and Rodney Dean Noah and wife Renee, Great Bend; 16 grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren. 

She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Roger Eugene Olson; one brother, Leroy Davis; one sister, Helen Davis; and three grandchildren, Sonya Walker, Robert H. Hall, and C.J.

Visitation will be held from noon to 9 p.m. Thursday, April 25, 2019, at Bryant Funeral Home, with family receiving friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, April 26, 2019, at Hillcrest Memorial Park, Great Bend, with Rev. Dick Ogle presiding. Memorials are suggested to the Golden Belt Home Health and Hospice, in care of Bryant Funeral Home. Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.bryantfh.net. 

Funeral arrangements provided by

Bryant Funeral Home

1425 Patton Road

Great Bend, KS  67530

Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, April 24, 2019