Lucille  (Lucy)  I.  Ary, 89, died peacefully Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at the Keystone Care Center, Keystone, Iowa, surrounded by her loving family.

Public graveside services  will be held  1:00 p.m.,  Thursday, December 3, 2020  at Evergreen  Cemetery, Vinton.

Lucy  was born August 5, 1931,  at  Mt. Auburn, Iowa, the daughter of Ray and Jeanette Karr Dawes.  She attended school in Mt. Auburn.  On  October 14, 1950, Lucy  married the ¢â‚¬Å“love of her life ¢â‚¬ �, Ralph  Ary,  at the Little Brown Church in Nashua.

Raised by a single mother, Lucy  dedicated her life to raising her five children. She also found time to  be a  cook at Virginia Gay Hospital, CNA, waitress and bus aide for the  IBSSS  (wheremany student bonds were made).    After retirement, you could find Lucy  enjoying a hot cup of coffee in the morning and a cold Pepsi in the afternoon,  sitting on her back deck talking to her neighbors, reading/collecting books, crossword puzzles, raising roses, Kenny Rogers, John Wayne  and any western themed TV show.  Lucy ¢â‚¬â„¢s  greatest joy came from spending time with her family-especially Christmas Eve  and enjoying   ¢â‚¬Å“all the little things in life ¢â‚¬ �.

Lucy  is survived by  three sons:  Bruce (Lynda)  Ary  of Anamosa, Dennis (Sandra)  Ary  of Vinton and Steven (Vanessa)  Ary  of Garrison; two daughters: Debra (Jeff)  Dufoe  of Center Point and  Tonya (Jim)  Dlouhy  of Vinton; thirteen grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren.

Lucy  was preceded in death by  her parents;  her husband, Ralph in 1990; four great-grandchildren, Quentin,  Triston, Hunter and  Zoey;  two brothers, Chuck and Eugene.

Memorials  may be directed to the Keystone Nursing Care Center.    Also, the family would like to  extend a special ¢â‚¬Å“thankyou ¢â‚¬ � to  the staff at the Keystone Nursing Care Center for their excellent care of  Lucy.

Van  Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home  of Vinton is caring for Lucy  and her family.  Condolences may be left at www.vsrfh.com