Priscilla Jean Martin

Priscilla Martin was born on October 11, 1933 in Wellyn Garden City, just north of London, England, to Norman Redvers Prickett and Catherine (Densmore) Prickett, both deceased. She passed away on April 15, 2012 in Portland. Her father was in the British Diplomatic Service and her mother was an American art teacher from Pennsylvania. Priscilla is survived by her devoted husband of 59 years, Arthur; son, Geoffrey; twin daughters, Melinda Pond and Melissa; and three grandchildren, Matthew, Mary Elizabeth and John Pond. Priscilla crossed the Atlantic five times before she was 6 years of age. The last voyage was on the Queen Mary. She lived in Portland, Maine, Boston, Seattle and Portland, Ore., as her father was transferred as British Vice Consul. Priscilla attended Grant High School and graduated in Bellevue, Wash. At the University of Washington, she was in a scholastic sorority, Sigma Epsilon Sigma, W-Key. She was an accomplished violinist and pianist and loved her garden. She and her husband were involved with hosting the Rose Festival fleet. When she was not busy raising her family, she worked as a consumer price index reporter for the U.S. Labor Department. Priscilla was a huge pro-life advocate and in her honor, memorial contributions can be made to Oregon Right to Life. Services will be held Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 1 p.m. at Calvary Presbyterian Church in Portland.