The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., July 6, 2006, page 16

JOYCE IMAN

     On Friday, June 30, 2006, Joyce Yvonne Iman died. She was born in Bisbee, Ariz., on Sept. 10, 1935, the daughter of Nellie Frances and John Henry Key. Shortly after their divorce, Nellie married Edward Francis Lykens. Mrs. Iman lovingly mothered the siblings to follow, Edward Alvin, Mary Lillie, Mildred Elaine and Jerry Lee, who died as an infant.
     She met and married Babe Ronald Cox in Lyle, in 1952 and had three children.
     Mrs. Iman was an avid reader, enjoying thrillers and the Bible, and television shows such as Law and Order and CSI. She was a hard worker all her life, first as a waitress, later retiring as a meat wrapper in the Seattle area. She returned to Lyle three years ago to share a home with her sister Mildred.
     Mrs. Iman loved the Columbia River and her favorite saying was, "Thank you, Jesus." She was a family-oriented and very responsible woman, always loving and protective of her children.
     Surviving Mrs. Iman are her children Ronald Victor Cox, Monroe, and Florina Osberg, Bradenton, Fla.; brother Rev. Edward A. Lykens, Murfreesboro, Tenn.; sisters Mary L. Sorenson, Dallesport, and Mildred Lykens, Lyle; one grandchild and one great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents and daughter Vonnie Jean Cox.

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