Submitted by: John C. Monk

 

Dale L. Coy

March 30, 1920 - Aug. 15, 2010
SOUTH BEND - Dale L. Coy, 90, of Inwood Hills Estates, South Bend, Indiana, passed away peacefully on August 15th following a long decline. She was born on March 30, 1920, in Beebe, Arkansas, to Jenny and Clarence Huston, and had grown up in Mishawaka with her sister, Norma Jean Williams, and half brother, Otis Dunkleberger. Dale attended Mishawaka High School where she excelled as lead singer in their school choir. After graduation she worked as a teller in a South Bend bank, and on June 1, 1940, married Homer E. Coy, a native of Milford. They had two sons, Brent E Coy of Morristown, New Jersey, and Philip H. Coy of Cincinnati, Ohio. Dale is survived by both her sons, and her granddaughters, Catherine D. Coy of Brooklyn, New York, and Wendy Coy Shattuck of Newport, Rhode Island. Also surviving are her niece and nephew, Carolyn Williams Siebert of Cape Coral, Florida, and Gregory P. Williams of Elkhart, Indiana; and a cousin, Leta Clark Seal of South Bend. The family will greet guests at Bubb Funeral Chapel, 3910 North Main Street, Mishawaka, from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. on Friday, August 20th. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger.


Published in South Bend Tribune on August 18, 2010