December 14, 2016
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Obituary
In Loving Memory
Lydia Ruth Roy
A memorial service for
Lydia Ruth Roy will be held
Saturday, Dec. 17 at 10 a.m.
at Maranatha Church in
northeast Portland.
Named after her maternal
grandmother, she was born
on March 23, 1936 in Rusk,
Texas, to the parents of Rob-
ert and Lavada Williams. The
family moved to Tyler, Texas
where Lydia completed ele-
mentary school and graduated from Emmett J. Scott
High School in 1954 where she was a majorette. She
was deeply grounded in her faith in God and joined
the St. James CME Church at an early age. She stud-
ied Fine Arts at the University of Texas and Texas
College. In 1960, she married Linzy Roy, Jr., moved
to Oklahoma City and later relocated to Portland in
1965. Though Lydia had no children of her own, she
deeply loved her step-son, Michael. Upon her arrival
in Portland, she joined the First Methodist Church.
She worked at Emanuel Hospital as a nurse’s aide
for several years before being hired as a teacher’s
assistant at Humboldt School. After completing her
BA Degree in Elementary Education, she taught third
grade at Eliot School. While working as a Title I read-
ing teacher at Boise-Eliot School, she earned her MA
Degree from Oregon State University. She retired
from PPS after 27 years of service.
In Memory of Gizmo
In 1992, Lydia received a Women of Excellence
Award from Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.,
Portland Alumnae Chapter. In 1998, Housing Our
Families dedicated the Lydia Roy
Court located at 3954 N. Haight
St. and 705 N. Fremont St. in her
name in honor of her life-long
achievements in educating youth
and for her service to the commu-
nity. She was a past member of the
Rho Chapter, Oregon Alpha Del-
ta Kappa, International Honorary
Sorority for Women Educators.
She was a Golden Life member of
Delta Sigma Theta. In addition to
serving on various organizational
committees, she assumed leadership positions in
the Portland chapter of The Links, Inc. as the chair
of National Trends & Services, The Arts, and In-
ternational Trends & Services Committees and was
Historian/Archivist.
Lydia Ruth Roy leaves to celebrate her life, hus-
band, Linzy; sister, Myrna Yvonne Williams; sister,
Linda Harris (Robert Nickerson); step-son, Michael
Roy (Sharon) of Texas; granddaughter, Carmen Roy,
grandson, Steven Roy, nephews Nathan Jay Nicker-
son (Chere’); and Darryl Nickerson; cousin, Harov-
el Grays Wheat (Danny) of Texas; cousin, Danelle
Grays Mashia (Delroy), Devin Mashia, grandniece
(Nia) and grandnephews (Jaylen & Nathan Noah);
cousins and a host of extended family and friends.
We all have joyous memories of the years Lydia
shared our lives and we will miss the essence of
who she was.
In Loving Memory
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11, 2016.
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