JOYCE E. DILLENDER

SIKESTON -- Joyce E. Dillender, 62, of Sikeston, died Monday, Feb. 24, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

She was born Jan. 4, 1930, at Blodgett, daughter of Clarence E. and Juanita Graham Sadler. She and Richard Dillender were married Sept. 11, 1947, in Corinth, Miss.

Survivors include her husband; three sons, John Dillender of Agora Hills, Calif., David and Kevin Dillender of Sikeston; four daughters, Lana Dillender of Panama City, Fla., Nancy Reiman of Bloomfield, Sue Noles and Cindy Dillender of Sikeston; two brothers, Edward Sadler of Washington, Mo., Jim Sadler of Benton, Ark.; three sisters, Jo-Ann Trigg of St. Louis, Sally Cunningham of Shreveport, La., Sue Buren of Festus, and six grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her mother.

Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Larry Davis will officiate, with burial in Old Morley Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. until service time.