Priscilla Freeman Martin

(Formerly Priscilla McCartney)

1932 ~ 2015

Mercer Island, WA – Priscilla Freeman Martin, loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 14, 2015. Priscilla was born in Bath, Maine, on January 3, 1932, to Marian Hill Freeman and Captain William Robinson Freeman, a sea captain.

Priscilla moved to Westfield, NJ, in May of 1936, graduating from Westfield High School in 1949. In 1951, she received an associate’s degree from Lasell Junior College, in Auburndale, Massachusetts.

Priscilla worked college summers at Rock Gardens Inn, Sebasco Estates, Maine. After completing college, she worked for the Lederle Laboratories Division of the American Cyanamid Company in New York City.

She married John “Jack” Elwood McCartney on April 24, 1954. After two years at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia, they enjoyed nearly five decades in Connecticut where they raised their four children; John, Melissa, Richard, and David. These years were spent in Stratford (’56-’66) and then Easton (’66-’99). Rejoining the workforce in 1974, she worked at General Electric Co. in Fairfield, CT, until retiring in 1999.

Priscilla married Richard LeRoy Martin on December 3, 2005, a friend of fifty years. She moved from CT to Mercer Island to join him as a resident of the Covenant Shores retirement community. Priscilla and Dick traveled extensively during ten plus glorious years together. Besides quarterly trips to Lake Chelan, they made several cruise trips while also visiting friends and family throughout many of the contiguous United States.

Priscilla dedicated many years of service toward church and scouting endeavors while also enjoying sewing, cooking, and entertaining. She lent her vocal talents as a proud member of the Triple Trio at Westfield High School, as part of a few town-based plays, and then subsequently for many years of choir service in the Episcopal Church. She loved Maine, the Pine Tree State, and she always said, when turning the wheels towards Maine, she felt like she was heading home and she could “give the horse its head.”

Priscilla is survived by her husband Richard Martin, brother William R. Freeman Jr., and her children: John Elwood McCartney Jr., Melissa McCartney Scotti, Richard Freeman McCartney, and David Langdon McCartney. Her surviving grandchildren are Jeremy and Lauren; Ryan, Trevor, and Heather; Garrick; and Christopher, Katlyn, and Shannon.

Memorial contributions can be made to the Phippsburg Historical Society, Attn: Rowland Bisson, P.O. Box 21, Phippsburg, ME 04562. Please reference: Priscilla Freeman Martin, daughter of Marian Hill Freeman, granddaughter of Frederick Dayton Hill, of Bath, ME.