Priscilla Aldrich,84, resident of the new hope area of Vernon since 1987, passed away on March 27, 2019. She had been in River Valley Nursing Home in Blountstown for one year and transferred to Bonifay Nursing Home and Rehab Center this past holiday season to be nearer her friends and "adopted family". Priscilla was active in the Florida Panhandle as a Psychiatric Registered Nurse at Sunland and Florida State Hospital after arriving in Florida from Minnesota in 1987. She resided on the bank of the Choctawhatchee River, was an active outdoors person and a noted artist specializing in local historic sites, old cabins/buildings and churches. She was a graduate of McKendree College, Lebanon, Illinois with a BA in Art Education. Interment plans are for cremation with ashes sent to her son in Chicago for services in the family cemetery in Old Frontenac, Minnesota. Other plans are for ashes to be buried with a graveside service for family and close friends in Live Oak Baptist Cemetery in New Hope. This will be followed by a "Celebration of Life" open to all and art display at 3561 Meadows Ln, Vernon, FL on April 27, 2019 at 2:30 pm. She is survived by a son, Preston Aldrich; grandchildren, Kehgan, Hailey and Carson; a sister, Catherine in MN; and a long time partner, Ivonne Piercy of the local Vernon area.