SEAFORD - Joyce Elaine (Henson) Zoch went to be with the Lord on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, after a courageous battle with cancer. Joyce was born on Nov. 1, 1958, in Watersedge, Baltimore, Md. She is the daughter of the late John Elbert Henson and Betty Rose (Hammonds) Stimmell of Seaford. Joyce was a loyal housewife and owner operator of the family farm, Dixie Line Farm, Inc., in Seaford. She was a special person, a Southern lady, and was liked and loved by many and will be greatly missed by all. Joyce attended Christ Lutheran Church in Seaford. Joyce loved genealogy and helping others discover their family heritage. Joyce was the proud founder and first president of Delaware's "Caleb Ross", United Daughters of The Confederacy, Chapter #2635 in Seaford. Joyce was instrumental in researching and erecting Delaware's only Confederate Monument, in Memory of Delawareans who served the South, which is now standing at the Marvel Museum in Georgetown, Del. Joyce enjoyed family travels to our many American Civil War battlefields, where she participated in the several parades and reenactments. Joyce was a member of Seaford's "Mary Vining" Daughters of the American Revolution Chapter #216, where she lately served as Delaware's state registrar. Joyce was a member of the First Families of Mississippi tracing her ancestors back prior to our American Revolution. Joyce was a member of The Mayflower Society of Delaware, through her ancestor George Soules, who signed the Mayflower Compact. She loved American history and her heritage. Joyce was preceded in death by three siblings, Wanda Jean Henson of North Carolina in 1953, Deborah Irene (Henson) Miller of Delaware in 2004, and Richard Thomas Henson of Florida, whom died in 1994. Joyce is survived by her husband, John Jacob Zoch Sr. of Seaford; a daughter, Jessica Lynn Zoch; sons, John Jacob Zoch, Jr., both living at home, and Jamie Mayers of Delaware; three step-daughters, April Marie and Derik Paul Callaway of Seaford, Rayna Fay and Kevin John McGill of Milton, Mallory Renee and Joshua Stephen Read of Seaford; two brothers, Gregory Keith Henson and wife Darlene (Gilley) of Hartford County, Md., and William Samuel Henson Sr. and wife Delores (Buckaloo) of nearby Cannon, Del.; and two sisters, Loretta Cheryl Birchfield and husband Jerry Wayne Birchfield of Dundalk, Md., and Joann Henson and partner Mark Jacob Wheatley of Bridgeville, Del. Funeral services will be held at the Cranston Funeral Home in Seaford, where friends and family may call on Thursday, March 1, 2012. The Christian viewing will be held from 4 till 5 p.m. and the service from 5 till 6 p.m. After-ceremony reception to be held at Christ Lutheran Church on Shipley street in Seaford from 6 till 7 p.m. Internment to be in the Hammonds Family Cemetery, at the Western Prong Baptist Church, Whiteville, N.C. In lieu of flowers, the family requested memorial contributions to the Delaware Confederate Monument fund, 9455 Airport Road, Seaford, Del. 19973, or the American Cancer Society's Baltimore Hope Lodge, in memory of Joyce Zoch, 636 West Lexington street, Baltimore, MD 21201.