Joyce E. Benningfield, 86, of Rock Island, passed away Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at St. Anthony's Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Rock Island.  A Memorial Visitation for Joyce will be 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 4 ^th Ave. E., Milan.  Memorials may be made to the family for a fund to be designated later.

Joyce was born August 31, 1932 in Ottawa, IL, the daughter of Jesse F. Drissell and Mary Ann Lubshina.  She was adopted and raised by her step father, Albert DePaepe and her mother, Mary Ann. Joyce attended St. Patrick's School in Ottawa and moved to Rock Island in 1939.  Joyce graduated from Rock Island High School in the Class of 1950.   She married Donald Benningfield on June 28, 1952.  Don passed away on January 1, 1996.  Joyce worked as a machine operator at Melco for 17 years and later worked as a cashier at Wal Mart.  She greatly enjoyed spending time with her family, reading, sewing and traveling.  She was a member of the Watch Hill Social Club, where she took great pleasure in socializing with her neighbors.

Left to cherish her memory are her sons, Edward Benningfield, Milan and Christopher Benningfield, Andalusia; grandchildren, Justin (Jackie) Benningfield, Peoria, Lisa Benningfield, Milan and Stacy Benningfield, Davenport; 5 great grandchildren, plus one "on the way"

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Donald