HAVERHILL:\u00a0\u00a0 Joseph R. Roy, Sr., 83, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, loving husband of Sarah L. (Law) Roy, passed away on Monday, April 8, 2024, at Avita of Newburyport after a courageous battle with vascular dementia.<\/p>\n
He was born in Haverhill on March 15, 1941, son of the late Leo P. and Blanche (Bonneville) Roy.\u00a0 He was educated in the Haverhill school system. Joe worked as a tree cutter as a climber for Valley Tree.\u00a0 He also worked at Golden Leather Board, shoe shop, as a leather punch operator.\u00a0\u00a0 In 1974, Joe started a plumbing business, Joe Roy and Sons Plumbing and Heating, where he proudly was joined by each of his five sons as they graduated from high school.\u00a0 Joe enjoyed his property on the Merrimack River in Haverhill where he spent most of his time outdoors, fishing, boating, snowmobiling and cutting wood.\u00a0 In their retirement years, Joe and Sarah loved to take long car rides exploring New England and spent their winter months in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.\u00a0 Joe was happiest surrounded by family and friends.<\/p>\n
He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Sarah L. (Law) Roy of Haverhill; his five sons, Joseph R. Roy, Jr. and his fianc\u00e9 Shelby, James P. Roy and his girlfriend Pamela, John C. Roy and his wife Bernadette, Jeffrey K. Roy and his wife Christine, and Jason C. Roy and his wife Tracie. He also leaves behind eleven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his brother Gerard Roy and sisters Louise Morrill and Rita Herrick.<\/p>\n
The family would like to thank the staff at Avita of Newburyport.\u00a0 In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to Avita of Newburyport, c\/o employee holiday fund, 4 Wallace Bashaw Junior Way, Newburyport, MA 01950.<\/p>\n
ARRANGEMENTS:\u00a0\u00a0 Family and friends are respectively invited to attend calling hours on Friday, April 12, from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home, 486 Main Street, Haverhill.\u00a0 A funeral chapel service will be celebrated on Saturday, April 13 at 11:00 a.m. Burial will follow at Walnut Cemetery, Haverhill. Please visit Comeau Funeral Home on Facebook or www.comeau.funeral.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" HAVERHILL:\u00a0\u00a0 Joseph R. Roy, Sr., 83, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, loving husband of Sarah L. (Law) Roy, passed away on Monday, April 8, 2024, at Avita of Newburyport after a courageous battle with vascular dementia. He was born in Haverhill on March 15, 1941, son of the late Leo P. and Blanche (Bonneville) Roy.\u00a0 He was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6603,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4254\/revisions\/6603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}