Joyce Nickell passed away after a lengthy illness. She was born in Maysville, OK to Troy and Rosalee McCaskill; the oldest of seven children. Their family moved from Oklahoma to California when she was a teenager. She worked for 16 years as a Medical Unit Clerk at Valley Medical Center before retiring in 1994. Joyce raised five children, was blessed with 12 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and one great great-grandchild.
Joyce was a wonderful cook and expert seamstress. She loved taking her kids on yearly vacations to the coast, the mountains and camping. She loved family get-togethers on the holidays and birthdays. Family was very important to her!
She was preceded in death by her parents, her brothers Lavoy, Lathaniel and Don McCaskill; her sister-in-law Marilyn; her sister Vesteen White; her son Dana Nickell, her son-in-law Larry Wolford; two great- grandchildren, Hudson and Benjamin Rutherford.
She is survived by her four daughters, Cathy Rutherford, Linda Wolford, Darlene Falcon, Sheila Hatfield; sons-in-law, Steve Rutherford and Pappy Hatfield; and 27 of her grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister Nelva Jones and her brother, Lyle McCaskill and his wife Linda.
Funeral Services will be held at Stephens and Bean Funeral Chapel on Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 10:00 a.m., with interment to follow at Belmont Memorial Park.
Mom, you were a beacon in our lives. We love and miss you already and will forever.
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