Joyce Lee Worley

Joyce Lee (Lyerla) Worley, 74, passed away Friday morning, April 19, 2013 at the home. Joyce was born December 4, 1938, the youngest child of Holland and Delores (Koger) Lyerla. She was united in marriage to Fred Worley on May 9, 1959 in Galena, Ks. Fred was employed by Delco Battery in Olathe, Ks, where he later retired from. Their first home was an apartment on west Park in Olathe. They purchased their first house in Olathe in an area that was called ‘Navy Hill’. From there they built their current home on Parker (Old 7 Highway) in Olathe.

In Joyce’s early years she was employed by Olathe Community Hospital as an RN. She left the hospital to raise her 4 girls. When the girls started school she became extremely involved in the PTA and Girl Scouts at Meadow Lane Elementary school. She, also, took time at home to teach her girls how to cook, sew, crochet and many other necessities of life. As her girls grew older and married and the grandkids came, she became a very proud and devoted grandma and thought each one was special.

Joyce loved to fish. During the summer months you could find her at Cedar Lake or at a local farm pond fishing. She was known to go to Delco of an evening to show Fred her prize catches of the day and even provide a nice fried fish dinner for Delco employees. She, also, enjoyed the summer family vacations they took each summer. It was always a new and different scenic route each year.

Later in life Fred and Joyce purchased their first liquor store. It was located at the corner of 7 highway and Park Street in Olathe. The liquor store everyone will remember as the one with the Big Question Mark. That store later moved across the road into the strip mall with Price Chopper. It was eventually sold. They, also, opened a second store in Stanley, Ks at the corner of 151st street and Metcalf Ave. This store is still known as Worley Liquor.

Joyce was preceded in death by her parents Holland and Delores Lyerla and brothers Jackie and Bobby Jo Lyerla. She is survived by her husband Fred Worley and 4 daughters, Hollanda (Holly), husband Jim, Applegarth of Osawatomie, Ks, Lynette, husband Jeff, Stone of Leawood, Ks, Tonia, husband Rick, Montee of Shawnee, Ks, and Tiffany, husband Cameron, Butler of Kansas City, Ks. She, also, survived by 12 grandchildren, Trisha (Gene) Stevenson, Jesse Stone, Natalie Hamblin, Chase (Julie) Abernethy, Killian Stone, Cody Applegarth, Madison Montee, Maci Montee, Logan Stone, Lili Butler, Ari Butler, and Ella Butler. She had one great beloved granddaughter Katherine Stevenson.

Joyce will be remembered as a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandma and aunt.

Visitation will be from 7-8pm, Wednesday, April 24th at McGilley & Frye Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 2pm, Thursday, at Legacy Christian Church, 10150 Antioch Rd, Overland Park, KS.

Memorials can be made to Crestline Christian Church in Crestline, KS.