Obituary of Priscilla Wright

Priscilla Wright died peacefully at her home in Iowa City on Monday, June 2, 2014. A gathering of family and friends will be held on Wednesday, June 11, 2014, from 3 to 5 pm at Legacy Senior Living Community Center in Iowa City to share and remember Priscilla. Following her wishes, she has been donated to the Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa for medical research. When studies are completed her cremains will be interred and she will be memorialized at the annual ceremony held by the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Oakland Cemetery. Priscilla Ann Porter was born November 25, 1929, to Homer and Edith Porter of West Chester, Iowa. She attended the West Chester Consolidated School for 12 years and graduated from the University of Iowa in 1951 with a degree in Economics. She married Roy Wright in 1952 and they had two children, Jennifer and David. They lived and worked in various locations in Illinois until 1979, when the marriage ended and she returned to Iowa. She worked for 15 years in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. In her retirement years she enjoyed traveling, gardening and making quilts, many of which are enjoyed throughout Iowa as a result of her donations with The Old Capitol Quilters Guild. She is survived by her son David, his wife Dorothy and their children, Aaron and Kelly of Pflugerville, Texas; granddaughters Bethany Landeck (Captain - U.S. Army) and Amanda Van Stavern of Ohio. Priscilla was predeceased by her companion and partner of many years, Ted Rittenmeyer; daughter, Jennifer, in 2002; her parents; brother Clifford Porter and wife Winnie of West Chester and sister Janet Renoux of Marshalltown.