Joyce Elaine Wild O’Neill, 85, Barnard, died Sunday, December 15, 2019. She was born on February 9, 1934 the youngest of ten children born to John & Dorothy Wild. She graduated from Lincoln High School and worked at Salina Retailers Association in Salina. She married Jarvis O’Neill on Friday March 26, 1954 at the Presbyterian church in Lincoln and they shared 54 years together. After their wedding, she became a farmer’s wife and mother and later helped with O’Neill Auction Co. In 1984, Mom & Dad both gave their lives to the Lord.
They were parents to six children. Nancy (Gilbert) Altman, Elaine (Dean) Hageman, Jarvis Paul (Gina, Joe (Beth, Penny (Chris) Bell, Marie (Ken) Branda. 21 grandchildren and 38 great grandchildren.
She loved fishing, reading, gardening, crocheting and sewing. She made three of her four daughters’ wedding gowns and loved to make Raggedy Ann & Andy dolls for her grandchildren. Those preceding her in death are her parents & husband Jarvis. Siblings, Wilbur, Fay (infant, Sara (Maggie, Ruby, Edith, Johnny, Dorothy(baby) and Emma Lou. Survivors include her sister Beth Reiss, California, all her children, grandchildren & great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 A.M., Monday, December 23 at Wilson Family Funeral Home, Minneapolis. Burial will follow in Milo Cemetery, Barnard. Memorials may be made to Solomon Valley Hospice.