Joan Estes Lastovica

Joan Estes Lastovica, age 85, a resident of Temple for 65 years, died Sunday, October 21, 2012. Services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, October 26, at Scanio-Harper Funeral Home with Alfred E. Lastovica, Jr., Joey Stallings and Ernest Lastovica officiating. Burial will be 1:00 PM Saturday at Estes Family Cemetery in Clyde, Texas. Visitation will be 6:00 - 7:30 PM Thursday at the funeral home. Mrs. Lastovica loved her God, husband, children and their families and her nursing. She had a generous heart taking food to people and taking care of the sick. She was born on December 4, 1926 in Alanreed, Texas to Lillian and John Estes, and was raised in Clyde, and graduated from Hendricks Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Abilene. She worked with her husband, Alfred, in creating Lastovica Fine Jewelers in Temple and worked as a registered nurse in Central Texas for 50 years until she was 70 years old. She was a member of Leon Valley Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Dr. John L. Estes, Jr. and Bobby Frank Estes. Survivors included her husband of 67 years, Alfred E. Lastovica, Sr. of Temple, three sons, Alfred E. Lastovica, Jr and wife, Becky of Missouri City, Billy Bob Lastovica and wife, Helen of Belton and Johnny Jim Lastovica and wife, Diane of Salado and one daughter, Rebecca Ann Lastovica Teague and husband, Billy of Searcy, Arkansas; nine grandchildren, Heather Stallings and husband, Bobby of Sugar Land, Sean Lastovica and wife, Ashley of San Marcos, California, Lisa Ford and husband, Bill of Searcy, Arkansas, Chris Lastovica of Corpus Christi, Leslie Henry and husband, Ty of Little Rock, Arkansas, Stephen Lastovica of Missouri City, Lynn Bruning and husband, Isaac of Basalt, Colorado, Nicolas Lastovica and wife, Mary of Columbia, South Carolina and Matthew Lastovica of Salado; fifteen great-grandchildren, Joey Stallings of Searcy, Arkansas, Kaitlyn Stallings, Alyssa Stallings and Hayley Lastovica all of Sugar Land, Teddy Lastovica and Reagan Lastovica both of San Marcos, California, Noah Ford, Micah Ford, Norah Rose Ford, Anna Lily Ford and Selah Ford all of Searcy, Arkansas, Will Henry of Little Rock, Arkansas and Lucas Lastovica, Shinji Lastovica and Dominic Lastovica all of Columbia, South Carolina. Also surviving are two brothers, Billie Sol Estes of Granbury and Word Estes and wife, Wauneta and one sister, Jean Holcomb and husband, Kenneth all of Clyde. Memorial donations may be sent to Harding University, 195 Market Street, Searcy, AR 72149 or Lighthouse Hospice, 1616 Azalea Drive, Suite 101, Temple, TX 76502.