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TAFT, PRISCILLA W., 88
TAFT, PRISCILLA W., 88, formerly of Barre, died January 12, at Heaton Woods in Montpelier. Born on Nov. 25, 1924, in Barre, she was the daughter of William and Mary Ann (Grant) Watt. She attended local schools and graduated from Spaulding High School in Barre in 1943. She went on to graduate from Bryant & Stratton College in Boston in 1945. On Jan. 27, 1947, Priscilla married Louis C. Taft in the First Presbyterian Church in Barre. Following their marriage, they lived in Barre until retirement and moved to Grand Isle, and later to Williston. He died on Oct. 16, 2000. Priscilla had worked as a secretary for the Vermont State Employment Office. She was a lifelong member of the First Presbyterian Church of Barre, where she had served as an elder and president of the Elwood Club. She also sang in the choir and was a member of the Danish Brotherhood of Barre. Priscilla enjoyed cooking, gardening, music and singing, her camp at Lake Elmore and spending time with her family, most especially her grandchildren. Survivors include her four children, Pamela Cyr and husband, Roland "Joe," of East Montpelier, Mark Taft and wife, Melissa, of Berlin, Stephanie Bouchard and husband, Norman, of Sheldon, and Stephen Taft and wife, Carla, of Plainville, Mass.; 10 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. Besides her husband, Louis C. Taft Jr., five sisters, Edith Watt, Georgina Rice, Evelyn Bryan, Marjorie Watt and Annie Wark, predeceased her.
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