1926 – 2014

SACO — Priscilla A. Houghton Clark, 87, of Scarborough, passed away peacefully on the afternoon of Tuesday, Sept. 2, at Seal Rock Health Care at Atlantic Heights in Saco.

Priscilla was born in Lewiston to Bertha Viola Hodgkin Houghton and Earl Amfield Houghton on Nov. 12, 1926. She attended Lewiston schools and graduated from the University of Maine at Farmington (Farmington Normal School), where she was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa sorority. She was a home economics teacher who taught in Mapleton, Woolwich, Bath and Gray-New Gloucester.

She married and moved to Bath, where she raised her four children. In Bath, she was a member of the United Church of Christ.

Priscilla was a marvelous homemaker with an abundance of creativity and had interests in art (painting and drawing), cooking, sewing, knitting, crocheting, quilting, gardening, embroidery, carpentry, genealogy, antiquing, etc. No matter the project undertaken, she completed it with finesse and flair.

She had an infectious laugh and enjoyed the simple things in life, especially in nature — watching ducks on the pond, a crafty chipmunk, collecting rocks and shells, the majesty of trees, the beauty and shapes in the clouds, waves rolling on the beach, flowers and sitting on the Kennebec River watching the boats go by. She instilled in her four children her love of family and of nature, self-discipline, organization, politeness, creativity and a desire to follow through.

She is survived by a sister, Nancy Bohlen and her husband, Richard N. Bohlen, of Danville, Vt.; her former husband and father of her four children, Maurice H. Clark, of Brunswick; and their children, David M. Clark of Madison, Conn., Lisabeth C. Milliken and husband, Richard, of Scarborough, Michael H. Clark of Durham, N.H., and Sarah E. Szafir and her husband, Dennis Langdell, of Essex Junction, Vt. She is also survived by her former husband, Frank Ozzella; and by her nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

The family would like to thank the staff at Seal Rock and Life Choice Hospice for all they did to ensure her comfort. Especially helpful were Missy Marchand and Angela Dupuis of Life Choice and Charlie Gilbert, Don Letellier and Catherine Tarpy of Seal Rock.