Priscilla Smith-Cranshaw, age 91, formerly of Augusta, died Monday, May 25 at Winthrop Manor.

She was born in Boston, July 12, l917, the daughter of Hariph M. and Susan Murdock Smith, of Oxford.

Priscilla was a 1935 graduate of David Prouty High School in Spencer; she attended Massachusetts State College in Amherst, transferring and graduating from Bryant and Stratton College in Boston.

She was living in Arlington Heights and working for H.P. Nichols in Boston when she married Stanley A. Smith of Sanford, Me., on Oct. 14, 1944. She and Stanley lived in Augusta, Me., for most of their married life. After raising her family, she worked at Burgess & Leith Inc. of Augusta, retiring in 1983.

After the death of Stanley on June 22, l988, Priscilla married Henry L. Cranshaw on March 31, 1990. She felt very honored to be a part of Henry’s family.

She was a member of South Parish Congregational Church where she served as a trustee, was a member of the guild and Evening Circle, and was active on many committees. She was a former treasurer and trustee of Fort Western Museum, a former volunteer of the Hospice of Kennebec Valley, and a volunteer and on the board of the Augusta Area Food Bank.

Since 1924, Priscilla had spent her summers in her cottage in Menemsha, where she enjoyed the company of family and friends. She was instrumental in founding the Menemsha Water Company, of which she became a commissioner. For many years she was a member of the Dukes County Historical Society.

She was predeceased by her parents and a sister, Harriet Baker of Berlin, Conn., and Newton Junction, N.H., and her husbands, Stanley Smith and Henry Cranshaw.

She is survived by a daughter, Carol B. Whittier and her husband Doug of Winthrop; two sons, Hariph M. Smith and his wife, Ginger, of Winthrop; and Philip M. Smith and his companion Mary Jo Joiner of Kenai, Alaska; four grandsons, Jonathan Whittier and his wife, Eleonora, and their daughter Sienna of Tucson, Ariz., Daniel Whittier and his fiancée, Crystal Potter, and her children, Jasmine and Jared of Vienna, Nathaniel Smith and his wife, Megan, and their daughter, Evelyn, of South Portland, and Christopher Smith of Menemsha; and a nephew, James Baker, of Newton Junction, N.H.; Henry’s daughter, Caroline Stevens of Seminole, Fla., and son, Thomas Cranshaw and his wife, Diane, of Leawood, Kan., as well as two grandchildren, Susan Davis and her husband, Seth, of Ocean Park, and Robert Stevens and his wife, Laura, and their three children of Slingerlands, N.Y.

The family is very appreciative of the compassionate care Priscilla received at the Winthrop Manor, where she had resided for the last four years.

A celebration of life was held at the Winthrop Congregational Church yesterday with the Rev. Karen Janus officiating. Interment will be at a later date in the Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery.

It was Priscilla’s request that memorial donations be made to Fort Western Museum Endowment Fund, City Center, 16 Cony Street, Augusta, ME 04330 or to South Parish Congregational Church, 9 Church street, Augusta, ME 04330.

Condolences may be sent to the family at khrfuneralhomes.com.