BUTLER — Joyce C. Diehl, 89, died Thursday, July 28, 2016, at the Laurels of DeKalb, Butler. She was born on Jan. 20, 1927, in rural DeKalb County to the late Charles O. and Nellie (Carnahan) Cook. She graduated from St. Joe High School in 1945. She married Wilbur O. Diehl on June 1, 1946, at her parents' home in rural Concord Township. Wilbur preceded her in death on Dec. 12, 2008. Joyce was a seamstress and used that skill in sewing and mending small children's clothes for foreign missions, had been employed at Marshall's Clothing Co. in Butler and enjoyed singing in nursing homes and was active in her choir at church. She has also been a Girl Scout leader in Butler. Joyce had been a member of the Butler Church of Christ, Calvary Chapel in Waterloo, and then New Hope Christian Center in Waterloo. She is survived by two sons, Ralph (Anita) Diehl of Waterloo and Tom (Darlene) Diehl of Butler; and four daughters, Diana (Rex) Bartlett of Marysville, WA, Pamela Helton of Auburn, Nancy (Michael) Mickelson of Stryker, Ohio, and Penny (Bobby) Slone of Auburn. Also surviving are 22 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren, two half brothers, Roger (Marcia) Cook of Spencerville and Keith (Melanie) Cook of Butler; and two half sisters, Carlene Thorpe, of Auburn and Illah (Walter) Prosser of Butler. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; a granddaughter, April Diehl; six brothers, Walter, Robert, Wayne, Donald, Carl and Frederick Cook; three sisters, Violet Harter, Beverly Cook and Mary Petre, and stepsisters Delores Warstler and Gladys Smith. Funeral services for Joyce will be conducted Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, at 11 a.m. at New Hope Christian Center, 900 S. Wayne St., Waterloo, IN, with Pastor Ralph O. Diehl officiating. Burial will follow in the Butler Cemetery. Calling hours will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, at H.E. Johnson & Sons Funeral Home, 212 N. Broadway, Butler, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and also one hour prior to services on Wednesday. The family request memorials be given to the New Hope Christian Center Music Fund. To leave condolences, please visit www.hejohnsonfh.com. Arrangements are entrusted to H.E Johnson & Sons Funeral Home, Butler.