Joyce Jo Shively

Joyce Jo (Burr) Shively was born March 13, 1931 in Smith Center, Kansas to Hugh Alpha (Alp) and Frances Weldon Burr. She departed from this life on January 23, 2023, at the age of 91. She attended Smith Center Public Schools and graduated with the class of 1949. In 1950, she married Bill Shively and they made their home on the farm north of Lebanon. Four children completed their family, Kyle, Kerry, Julie & Bill Van.
Joyce was active in school, community, and church activities. She especially enjoyed playing bridge in the Blue Stocking and Dinner Bridge groups. She was a member of the Lebanon United Methodist Church where she served faithfully teaching Sunday school and later as Lay Leader. Joyce also enjoyed attending school activities to cheer on and support her children.
She was a loving daughter, wife, mother, and friend who valued kindness and lived a life of kindness. This quality coupled with her fun-loving personality made life good for Joyce and her family.
Joyce was preceded in death by her parents and brother, Bobby Don Burr.
She is survived by her husband Bill, children, Kyle, Kerry, Katy, Julie (Steve) and Bill Van, grandchildren, Matthew and Amanda, Katie, Kelly and Lee and RJ, Skyler and Morgan, Shekinah and Richard, and Shiloh.