Joseph N. Roy

LEWISTON -- Joseph N. Roy, 74, of Rumford, died on December 8, 2012, at the Central Maine Medical Center. He was a resident of South Rumford.

Born in Rumford on May 3, 1938, he was a son of Lucien Albert and Mavis (Corkum) Roy. He attended Rumford Schools.

He was a member of the National Guard and served in the U.S. Army as a PFC. He worked as maintenance supervisor for Boise Cascade.

Joe was a member of Blazing Star Lodge #30 AF & AM where he served as Past Master and was currently Treasurer. He was High Priest of Royal Arch #56. He was a member of Napoleon Ouellette Post #24, American Legion and was a CHIPS Program Coordinator. He was a stock car driver and was an avid fan; he enjoyed playing beano and watching western movies.

He was married in Mexico on December 24, 1957 to Faye Williamson, who survives of Rumford. Other survivors include two sons, N. Joseph and his wife, June of Rumford, and Jeffrey and his wife, Andrea of Rumford; a daughter, Annette Marin and her companion, Dusty Cochran of Carthage; six grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren; a sister, Shirley Staples of Rumford; and a brother, Ernest Roy and his wife, Joyce of Peru.

He was predeceased by two sons, Craig Alan Roy and Albert Francis Roy.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday at the Meader & Son Funeral Home, 3 Franklin St., Rumford. Interment will be in the Greenwood Cemetery in Dixfield. Friends are invited to call at the funeral home 6–8 p.m. Wednesday. Visitation 6:30 p.m. Wednesday by Napoleon Ouellette Post #24 American Legion. Those who desire may contribute to the Blazing Star Lodge Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 501, Rumford, ME 04276 in his memory.