Lily Rogers

Funeral services on Friday, May 10, at 11 a.m. at United Methodist Church in Wessington Springs.

Visitation and prayer service with family present on Thursday, May 9 at the church from 5-7 p.m.

WESSINGTON SPRINGS — Lily May “Joyce” Rogers, age 90, entered eternal life on Friday, May 3, 2024, at Weskota Manor surrounded by her family.

Her funeral services will be Friday, May 10, at 11 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Wessington Springs. Visitation and prayer services with the family will be Thursday, May 9, at the church from 5 to 7 p.m.

Joyce was born on Feb. 25, 1934, in Friendship, Okla., to Andrew and Mary Lemaster. Joyce attended school until the eighth grade.

On Dec. 15, 1950, she married Homer Jewel Rogers. Joyce and Homer had three sons: Homer Jr., Michael Ray, and Jesse Lee. Joyce and Homer lived in many different places in the early years of their marriage such as New York, Canada, and Wisconsin before settling in Wessington Springs. Joyce was not one to sit still. She and Homer owned several businesses that she ran: Rainbow Café, Idle Hour and the Virgil Bar. In the late ’80s Joyce became an EMT and then moved into working at the Weskota Manor until she retired.

Besides always working, Joyce was continually opening her home to her sons’ friends, nieces, nephews and many, many grandkids and their friends. If you needed a place to stay, a meal to eat or an ear to listen, that was always Joyce. One of her more famed skills was cooking and baking. Biscuits and gravy, chocolate chip cookies, fudge and mountain oysters were her specialty.

Joyce is survived by her sons, Homer, Jess, and daughter-in-law Tina Rogers. Homer’s children, Darcy Engel, Nate Engel, Cami (Nate) Rogers, Dreau Rogers, and Mindy Rogers. Mike’s (Tina) children, Nicole (Joe) Stadlman, Brandi (Travis Griffith), Bryan (Danyelle) Small, Levi Rogers, and Jessica (Nick) Ferguson. Jess’s children: Josh Chapman, Wyatt Chapman, Cody (Danielle) Rogers, Kyle Van Zee (Courtney) and Charlie (Sara) Montes. Great-grandchildren: (Homer’s grandchildren) Samantha, Shaina, Seth, Jayde, Lily, Kaylee, Kyler, Keagan, Kiya, Kavin, Zaleigh, Devin, Brenden, Isiah; (Mike’s grandchildren) Orion, Ava, Alex, Gavin, Lily, Jerzey, Braydon, Braedyn, Kylee, Colby, Laynee, Landyn, Dawsyn, Hailey, Alissa and Foster. (Jess’s grandchildren) Gavin, Ava, Grace Emma, Anden, Cambree, Max, Victor, Virgil, Finnegan, Ellie, James and Tennyson. Joyce’s brother, Jimmy (Diane) Lemaster and sister, Wanda Bomar. Special family friend, Joyce Krueger. Many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Joyce is preceded in death by her husband, Homer; son, Michael; parents, Andrew and Mary Lemaster; sister, Joanne and brother, AJ.

Arrangements are with Basham Funeral Service in Wessington Springs.