Lucille J. Hoyt

She was born on July 31, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska as the second of six daughters of Robert Henry Roesky and Minnie Landwehrkamp Roesky. She graduated from Omaha North High School and earned her RN and BSN degree from Immanuel Hospital and the University of Omaha (now the University of Nebraska-Omaha).

She met Dr. Melvin S. Hoyt at Immanuel Hospital and they married in 1950. She assisted him in his medical practice in western Nebraska in Mullen, Trenton, Palisade and Stratton. Dr. Hoyt then practiced in North Platte, Nebraska for a number of years and she left nursing for several years to raise their two children. She concluded her nursing career as a medical-surgical nurse at Great Plains Medical Center in North Platte. Her family moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 1977 where she continued to live following her husband’s death in 1982. She has resided in Athens for the past 18 years.

Survivors include her son Rob (Patti) Hoyt of Athens; daughter Marcia (Leland) Lantz of Laguna Hills, California; four grandchildren, Sarah Hoyt of Atlanta, Amy Hoyt of Athens, Emilie Lantz and Jonathan Lantz, both of Laguna Hills, California; one great-grandson, Thomas Lantz-Waldron; three sisters, Ardath Euken of Atlantic, Iowa, Norma Laird of Riverside, California, and Nadine Rives of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was a devoted member of the P.E.O. Sisterhood for over 50 years. She loved playing bridge, sewing, baking, watching Cornhusker Football, attending UGA Basketball games, working jigsaw puzzles, and spending time with her family.

Memorial services will be held on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. in the Bernstein Funeral Home Chapel with a visitation immediately following the service. Pastor Leland Lantz, her son-in-law, will be officiating the services. Interment will take place at Ft. McPherson National Cemetery in western Nebraska at a later date.

Memorial donations can be made to the P.E.O. Foundation, 3700 Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA 50312 or online at www.peointernational.org.

Bernstein Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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