Priscilla C. Smith

She was born to the late Henry and Mabel Stafford on November 20, 1938 in Newton, Massachusetts. Priscilla graduated from Newton High School and attended Henry Heywood School of Nursing in Gardner, Massachusetts. She was married to the late Charles M. Smith for 53 years, and they lived together in Glastonbury, Connecticut before retiring to Orleans, Massachusetts and Marco Island, Florida.

Priscilla worked briefly as a nurse in Connecticut and volunteered for various organizations throughout her life, including Harford Hospital and Glastonbury Garden Club. She was passionate about gardening and traveled extensively with her husband Charlie. She cherished her time with family at their beach cottage in Brewster, Massachusetts.

Priscilla leaves her daughter Katharine S. Olney and her husband Andrew of Gilford, New Hampshire and her son Douglas C. Smith and his wife Beth of Marco Island, Florida. Her grandchildren also survive her: Melissa Olney/Yates and her husband Charlie, Lance Olney, and Megan Smith.

For the last three years of her life, Priscilla resided in an assisted living facility in Naples, Florida near her son Doug. A private service will be held in the summer in Orleans, Massachusetts, where she will be buried with her husband Charlie.