Susan Coy

Susan [Carmichael] Coy, passed away at 76 on 11 Dec 2022 at the

Merrimack Hospice House after a short illness. She was born the oldest

child and only daughter of John and Trudy Carmichael on 16 Aug 1946 in

Concord NH.

Sue graduated from White Plains High School in New York and continued

her education at Framingham State College, graduating in 1969 with a

degree in Elementary Education. From a young age she had always wanted

to teach and did so locally in the school systems of Nashua, Amherst and

Merrimack and also Conventry, RI. As an expert reading specialist, Sue

helped many autistic children become literate and she also tutored

children through the N.H. Masons.

Sue attended First Baptist Church where she instituted, along with her

mother Trudy, a youth service program. Sue married Greg Coy on 25 Oct

1969 at the First Baptist Church. They had three sons, ‘The Coy Boys’.

Unfortunately, the two oldest sons, Kevin and Brian, passed away in 2015

and 2021.

She is survived by her husband, Greg, of Milford and their youngest son,

Michael, lives in the Phillipines. Also two brothers, Peter (Betsy) of

GA and Tom of Hudson; two sisters-in-law, Cherrie Fleming of Kansas

City, MO and Lorna Stinchfield (Duane) of Belchertown, MA; two nieces

and two nephews; and many cousins.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.