Alva Loy Roy, 84, of Irving passed away Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Baylor, Scott and White in Grapevine. She was born on December 11, 1940, in Brownfield, Texas, the daughter of Alvis Houston Patton and Iva Lee McLeroy Patton.

Funeral services for Loy will be 11:00 AM, Thursday May 22, 2025, in the chapel of the Colonial Funeral Home of Irving, Friends may call from 9:30 AM until service in the funeral home Thursday. Burial will follow at the Dallas Fort Worth National Cemetery in Dallas.

Left to cherish her memory is her sons; Terry Roy and Mark Roy; sister, Shirley Joy Ritz; Grandchildren, Lauren Toler, Briana Roy and James Roy; Great Grandchildren, Bryce "B B" Toler, Hollis Toler and Josephine Toler. Loy was preceded in the death by her parents, her husband of 55 years Hughlan A "Bud" Roy; Brother Curtis Lynn Patton and her daughter in laws, Beverely Roy and Dawn Roy.

Loy's family has requested that in lieu of flowers memorial donations be made to the Buckner Children's Homes ~ Buckner International, PO Box 650990 Dallas, Texas 75265-0990 and/or the DFW Humane Society - 4140 Valley View Lane Irving, TX 75038 adopt@dfwhumane.com / 972-721-7788