Priscilla M. Park

Priscilla Maude Cheney Park died after a short illness on May 2, 2013 in Brunswick, Maine where she moved recently to be near to her nephew, Dr Edward P. Roy and his wife, Jane Martino Roy. She lived her entire life in the house she was born in, the Cheney homestead, also known as Station Farm, on Farm Street in her beloved Medfield, Massachusetts. Her parents were George S. Cheney, a former Selectman, and Anna Maude (Draper) Cheney. Her mother, Maude Cheney was born, raised, and married at High Rock Farm, now known as the Captain Daniel Draper home, in Westwood, MA. After graduation from Medfield High School in 1939, Priscilla worked as a secretary in Boston. On June 28, 1969 she married the love of her life, Arthur M Park, who took over the care of the farm. Arthur was the son of Medfield's family doctor, Dr. Harry L. Park. Priscilla was a member of the D.A.R. (Daughters of the American Revolution) through her mother, a direct descendant of Aaron Guild, Captain in the American Revolutionary War. He is immortalized in a stained glass window in the Norwood Town Hall for leaving his plow in the field and getting his gun to go fight the British at the Battle of Concord and Lexington. She was also active in the Republican Party and lifelong member of Quinobequin Chapter #67, Order of the Eastern Star in Medway. She was predeceased by her husband, Arthur in 2009, her sister, Pauline (Cheney) Roy Buchan, and her brothers: G. Luther Cheney, and his wife, Gabrielle (Roy) Cheney, Carlton S. Cheney, Paul E. Cheney, and his wife, Jane (Mientka) Cheney, and Frank L. Cheney and his wife, Eleanor. She is survived by her nieces and nephews: Ed and Jane Roy, Cynthia (Cheney) and James McEwan, Susan (Cheney) and Stephen Maquire, and Robert and Norma Cheney, Donald Cheney, George and Denise (Cheney) Baker and, in addition, many grandnieces and grandnephews. Her funeral will be held at 1 PM at the United Church of Christ, 496 Main Street in Medfield on Friday May 17th, and will be buried in the Cheney family plot at the Vine Lake Cemetery. You may visit www.robertsmitchell.com for the guest book and additional information.