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Roy, 89, of Jupiter, Florida, was born and raised in Falconer, N.Y. He was the third of Hubert and Carrie Luce’s four sons. He graduated from Falconer High School in 1945 and, immediately after graduation, enlisted in the U.S. Navy.
When the war ended he was released and notified that he may be called back into active duty if needed. After leaving the service, he graduated from Bryant and Stratton Business College in Buffalo and married Margaret Newberry from Jamestown, N.Y., in June 1949. At this time Roy worked at the Jamestown Sun newspaper and Margaret as a teacher in the Jamestown Public School System.
After work and on weekends Roy and Margaret built their own home in Frewsburg, N.Y. They had not lived in it very long when Roy was called back into the service with the outbreak of the Korean War. After this tour of duty, Roy remained in the Naval Reserves until 1954.
Roy’s career took the family to York, Pa., Chicago and New York City. In New York City, Roy worked in several advertising agencies as a chief financial officer. Outside of work, he was a very active member of the United Methodist Church in Westbury, an accomplished furniture builder, enthusiastic fisherman and hunter and avid bridge player.
At age 70, when he retired and moved to Jupiter, Florida, Roy bought a guitar and some painting supplies, excited to have the chance to try his hand at two pursuits he hadn’t had the time to explore until then. The oil paints took over and he eventually created too many paintings to count; his subjects ranged from large landscapes to dramatic stories captured on his canvases to smaller, studied floral experiments. His excitement with painting was contagious.
Roy’s family was the strong center of his life. He and Margaret shared 67 years of marriage, raised three children and opened their hearts and arms to their two son-in-laws, daughter-in-law, eight granddaughters, one grandson (Roy always tried to work out the probability of that ratio) and three great-grandchildren. Their generosity, kindness, friendliness and genuine curiosity about life lead them to share all kinds of experiences with many wonderful friends through the years and took them to so many interesting and beautiful places from Kenya to China and points in between.
Please consider memorial donations to Muscular Dystrophy Association, 7401 Metro Blvd. 325, Edina, MN 55439 (www.mda.org/office/minnesota).