Joyce Elaine Lutz, 85, formerly of Washington Court House, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
Joyce was born April 12, 1940, in Chillicothe, Ohio, the eldest of three children born to Charles Byron and Virginia Clarice Dearth Lutz. She was a 1959 graduate of Washington High School and received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The Ohio State University in 1963.
She was hired as a registered nurse at Riverside Methodist Hospital in 1963. In 1977, she began work as a registered nurse at Mount Carmel East in Columbus where she worked in the emergency department until she retired in 2002, to help take care of her beloved mother. As an RN she served with compassion, strength and unwavering dedication.
Joyce was an avid reader and also enjoyed movies, baking, working on crafts and cheering on her beloved OSU Buckeyes. Go Bucks!
She was a devoted daughter, sister and aunt, who loved her family dearly. She devoted her life to the Lord and caring for others, both in her professional field and her personal life. She loved to laugh, and her laughter lit up every room. Her wisdom guided those around her and her love was a constant presence in our lives. She leaves behind cherished memories, a beloved family and a legacy of warmth, compassion and kindness. We feel her absence deeply, but her spirit lives on in the hearts of all who knew her.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Charles B. Lutz, Jr. and John R. Lutz and a niece, Jamie Lutz.
Joyce is survived by five nieces, Melissa D. Moore, Marianne Lutz, Virginia M. Claytor, Andrea Barnes and Brandi Fortune; many great and great great nieces and nephews and a cousin, Janice Kilbarger and family.
A graveside service was held Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at 1 p.m. in the Springbank Cemetery at Yellowbud in Ross County with E. Dean Queen, chaplain for Heartland Hospice, officiating. Burial was under the direction of the Kirkpatrick Funeral Home in Washington Court House.
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