Joyce Joan Cantrell, daughter of Phin Smith and Myrtle (Traphagan) Smith, was born May 17, 1932 in Omaha, Neb. She passed away at 7:36 p.m. Monday, January 13, 2014 in the Glenwood Health Care, Seymour.
Joyce was a waitress and of the Methodist faith. She was united in marriage to Donald Cantrell on August 6, 1949. They enjoyed over 64 years of marriage.
She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Donald; a daughter, Sandra Cantrell; two grandchildren, Gary Petty and Tina Cole; and several brothers and sisters.
Survivors include her children, Barbara Chastain and her husband, Ronald, Mtn. Grove, MO, Donnie Cantrell and his wife, Kathern, Mansfield, Brenda Hicks and her husband, Michael, Phillipsburg, Steven Cantrell and his wife, Lucy, Mansfield, Pam Anderson and her husband, Delbert, Mansfield, Carol Owings, Mansfield, and Darryl Cantrell and his wife, Michelle, Niangua, MO; 18 grandchildren; 34 great grandchildren; two sisters, Barbara Hammon and her husband Guy, Jewell, KS, and Maxine Pattock, Jewell, KS; one brother, Jerry Smith; and two brothers-in-law, Delbert Cantrell and his wife Patsy, Marshfield, and Bob Cantrell, Springfield.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 17, 2014 in the Fraker Funeral Home, Marshfield. Burial will be in the Liberty Cemetery, Seymour.
Visitation will be from 6-7 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home