Kennebunk – Caroline Knight Maynard Hoy passed away on Saturday, May 16, after several years of declining health.

She was the widow of F. Parker Hoy, a prominent Maine radio broadcaster. She was born in South Nyack, N.Y., on May 6, 1925, the daughter of Linn DeRemier Maynard and Caroline Knight Maynard. She was educated in local Nyack schools and received her B.A. cum laude from Mount Holyoke College in 1947. After her graduation she joined the staff of the New York Times Book Review. In September of 1950, she married Parker Hoy.

In 1951, they moved to Lewiston, where her husband was the owner and operator of WLAM Radio. She was very involved in community activities throughout her life in both Lewiston and Kennebunk. She was on the board of directors of the Lewiston-Auburn School for Retarded Children, the YWCA and the Women’s Hospital Association of Central Maine General Hospital where she served as its president, and sat on the board of trustees of the hospital.

In 1978, she and her husband moved to Kennebunk. Mr. Hoy passed away in 1979. Mrs. Hoy then, with her son, ran the family businesses, WIDE & WBYC Radio and Hoy Printing all of Biddeford until 1986.

She was also very involved in community activities while living in York County serving as president and trustee of the Brick Store Museum, a director of the York County unit of the American Cancer Society, City Theater Associates and York County Counseling Services. She also kept active with the Webhannet Women’s Club and the Kennebunk River Club. She was a direct descendent of the original settlers of the city of New York and had been a member of the Colonial Dames of America for a number of years.

She is survived by her three children, son Frank Hoy of Scarborough, wife Dory and their children, Parker and Alexandra; daughter Caroline Fisher of Terre Haute, Ind., husband Dan and their children, Rex and wife Gaby, Charles and Andrew; daughter, Priscilla Baker of Saco, husband Glenn and their children, Margaret and Hannah. She was anxiously awaiting the arrival of her first great-grandchild this summer.