PRISCILLA A. STONE

NEW HAVEN — Priscilla A. Stone of New Haven passed peacefully on Sunday, July 6, 2025, at Helen Porter Nursing Home, Middlebury, Vt.

She was born Aug. 8, 1933, in Worcester, Mass., the daughter of Eva and Francis Hayward.

She graduated from the University of Massachusetts, where she met Richard C. Stone. They married Dec 28, 1955. They bought their farm in New Haven Mills in 1962, where she drove tractors into her 80s. She was a home economics teacher at Mt. Abraham Union High School until 1998.

She was the oldest member of the New Haven Congregational Church where she was deacon, Sunday school teacher, youth group leader and treasurer. She also played handbells at the church. She would judge food at the Addison County Fair. She was an avid gardener, birder and reader. She loved family traditions, cooking, cookie days, making Halloween donuts and crafts, and was a joyful grand/great-grandmother.

She was predeceased by her parents, her beloved Richard and Gloria Rathbun.

She is survived by her twin sisters, Susan and Sandra; four children, Lynda Hanson (Eric), Peter Stone, Mark Stone (Donna), and Scott Stone (Kristen); Bob Rathbun; 10 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.

A celebration of life will be held Sept. 27, at 10 a.m., at the New Haven Congregational Church. In lieu of flowers please send donations to: The New Haven Congregational Church: P.O. Box 6, New Haven, VT 05472 or The New Haven Community Library: 78 North Street, New Haven, VT 05472. ◊