Mavis Roy, 67, Anchorage, Alaska, formerly Naytahwaush, Minnesota, died on June 11, 2007 of sudden cardiac arrest at Providence Alaska Medical Center, Providence, Alaska.

Mavis Elaine Roy, the daughter of Louis A. and Mary (Oppegard) Roy, was born October 12, 1939 at White Earth, Minnesota. She grew up and attended school at
Naytahwaush and Mahnomen, Minnesota and graduated in 1957 from Mahnomen High School. Mavis attended Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas and later studied radiology at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mavis, her husband, Brent Cederstrom, and children, Elaine and Ericka, lived in Minnesota and Illinois before moving to Alaska in 1973. Mavis was employed at the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, living at Fairbanks, Juneau, and Anchorage throughout her career. She continued to live in Alaska since her retirement in July 1996. Mavis received an Outstanding Achievement Award from Social Services for the superb foster care she provided to those in her care.

According to her family, her grandchildren were her greatest focus. She also loved reading, traveling and maintaining relationships with her family and friends. She was affiliated with St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Anchorage, Alaska. Her love of God, family, friends and foster children was carried out in a Christ-like fashion. Her sacrificial actions, strength and stability made it easy to believe in a loving God. Mavis taught many about the meaning and importance of family. She was greatly loved and will be dearly missed.

Surviving Mavis are her two daughters and sons-in-law, Elaine and Craig Niles, Anchorage: and Ericka and Gregg Huston, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; one granddaughter, Sara Rosevear and two grandsons, Dylan and Luke Rosevear all of Anchorage; brother, Richard Roy, Minneapolis; sister, Lois Harrold, St. Louis Park, Minnesota; brother and sister-in-law, Martin and Pauline Roy, Grand Rapids, Minnesota; and sister and brother-in-law, Gladys and Butch Gordon, Mahnomen, Minnesota as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Preceding her in death were her mother and father, Mary and Louis A. Roy and a niece, Tracy Roy Maki.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held on June 15th, 2007 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Anchorage, Alaska.

Memorial Services will take place on July 12, 2008 at 11 am at St. Anne's Catholic Church, Naytahwaush, Minnesota, followed by inurnment at St. Anne's Catholic Cemetery with arrangements entrusted to Anderson~Mattson Funeral Home, Mahnomen, Minnesota. Online guest book: andersonmattson.com