Priscilla W. Dailey

STAUNTON - Priscilla Watson Dailey, 86, died Wednesday, September 13, 2023.

Born January 31, 1937 in Lockport, N.Y., she was the daughter of Richard Meldrum Watson and Helen (Norgate) Watson.

She graduated from Lockport High School in 1954 and received a BS from Buffalo State Teachers College in 1958. In 1964 she earned her MS degree from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Priscilla was employed for a number of years as a 4-H agent for Ontario County, New York. She also taught night school at Lockport High School and Starpoint Center School. She served as election chairwoman for the Town of Lockport, delivered Meals on Wheels, participated in the Each One Teach One program, was a 4-H volunteer leader, served on the Republican Committee for the Town of Lockport, and was a member of the Farm and Home Days Committee. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Lockport and United Church of Canandaigua, N.Y.

On September 28, 1983 she married Leonard Conrad Dailey.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and a nephew, Robert Shawn Watson. Surviving are a brother, Richard Norgate Watson (Joanne Flynn-Watson) of Churchville; nephew Richard Benjamin Watson and his children Shawn and Zach; nephew Chad David Harrington (Wyndi) and their daughter Sara Hope Harrington; niece Rene Anne Harrington (Curt Parrish) and their children Layla and Gannon Parrish; and cousins John Benjamin Watson, David Watson (Carole), Diane Watson Fauth (Bob), Lizabeth Conley Kahn, Edward Hugh Conley (Sheila), and William Conley (Joanne).

A private burial will take place at a later date in the Norgate family plot in Cold Springs Cemetery, Lockport.

Memorials may be directed to the Staunton-Augusta Rescue Squad, PO Box 2566, Staunton, VA 24402; or to Habitat for Humanity, 322 West Lamar Street, Americus, Georgia 31709-3543 (www.habitat.org).

Bear Funeral Home is serving the family. Condolences may be expressed to the family online at bearfuneralhome.com.