Joyce Louise (Iaggi) Pemberton, 88, was born to Christian Peter Iaggi and Rosina Anna Burgener Iaggi in Dundas, IL on June 28, 1930 and passed away Monday, April 22, 2019. 

Joyce grew up on the family farm near Dundas, IL. Her father was a rural mail carrier and her mother was a school teacher. They also raised and milked Brown Swiss cows by hand and machine. She had many fond memories of helping her father deliver the mail on bad weather days, making homemade ice cream, driving the tractor to help out on the farm as well as butchering and processing hogs, cattle and chicken. She spoke of going with her father to buy Brown Swiss calves in upstate Illinois and bringing them home in the car between the seats!

Joyce attended and graduated high school in Olney, IL and attended and earned an Associate’s degree from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL. She worked as a secretary for the County Surveyor of Urbana County, Illinois and in Food Service at Harper College in Palatine, IL.

Joyce and Richard Dan Pemberton were married on 30 April 1951 in the First United Methodist Church in Olney, IL. Her proudest accomplishments were raising her two sons and her daughter.

She loved music, singing in the chorus, playing piano, and teaching Sunday School. Her favorite songs included: In the Garden, I’d Rather Have Jesus, He Touched Me, The Spirit Song, and Go Tell It On The Mountain. She was a member of First United Methodist Church - Richardson.

Joyce is preceded in death by her parents, Christian Peter Iaggi & Rosina Anna Burgener Iaggi; and siblings, Dorothy Rosina Iaggi Sterchi and Glen Christian Iaggi.

She is survived by her husband, Richard Dan Pemberton; children: Richard Dan Pemberton Jr (Terri), Gary Lee Pemberton (Valerie), and Lynda Louise Pemberton Progler (Michael); grandchildren: Bobbie Jean Pemberton, Taylor Janelle Pemberton, Chance Carson Pemberton, Diana Lynn Pemberton McFatridge, Thomas Lee Pemberton, David Brian Pemberton, Caryn Yvonne Pemberton Uy; and 10 great grandchildren.

Services April 30, 2019 at Ted Dickey West Funeral Home, Dallas with a Committal Service to follow at DFW National Cemetery, Dallas, TX.

Ted Dickey West Funeral Home, Dallas, TX – April 26, 2019