Priscilla Marie Slack
November 15, 1950 ~ November 29, 2023
Resided in:
Portland, Maine
Portland - Priscilla Cole Slack, 73, daughter of the late Ken and Lena Cole, passed peacefully on November 29, 2023, with family by her side due to complications from COVID. She was born in Portland on November 15, 1950, grew up in New Jersey, attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and returned to Portland in her 20's.
A devout Catholic, Priscilla served her church and community through countless hours of volunteering at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, St. Peter’s Catholic Church, the Monastery of the Precious Blood, and at the St. Vincent de Paul Soup Kitchen. She also volunteered for many years in the chaplain’s office at Maine Medical Center, as a receptionist at the offices of the Diocese of Portland, and, most recently, served as a Eucharistic minister at Mercy Hospital. Priscilla was always there for her friends and family by phone call and greeting card. She will be remembered for her positive attitude and ready smile.
She is survived by her two brothers, Kenneth Cole and his wife Anne Ireland, Charles Cole and his wife Rebecca; two sisters, Patricia Cole and Susan Stanford; four nephews, four nieces, one great nephew, and her longtime dear friend, Larry Niskanen.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10AM on Thursday, December 7 at The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 307 Congress Street, Portland. Arrangements are under the direction of the Conroy-Tully Walker Funeral Home of Portland. To view Priscilla’s memorial page or to share an online condolence, please visit www.ConroyTullyWalker.com.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to St. Vincent de Paul Soup Kitchen, 307 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101.
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To Priscilla’s family,
Priscilla was a well loved member of the Cathedral community. She was very sweet to our boys when they were students at the Cathedral School. Will keep her in our prayers.
Carolyn, Dan, Bobby and George Mitchell
I know you got to heaven before me. Please say “hello” to Our Lady for me and, maybe, have a cup of tea with her. I sure she loves your company.
Throughout her life she served others and their needs.
She was one of a kind and very loved.
Faith filled, kind, sensitive and a major card sender!
Priscilla loved to go out for ice cream. When I had a car we would enjoy a treat.
Dear family of my friend, Priscilla, I am so sorry. Priscilla was my friend for over 40 years. We spoke regularly. I knew something was wrong when I kept trying to reach her and she did not call back. Finally, I called her church office and was told her funeral had been that morning. I am so sorry to have missed the funeral. However, God is good and the next day was The Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Priscilla loved Mary and I offered my mass for her that day, as did a priest friend in Massachsettts. I will miss her gentle, faith filled self. She spoke of all of you in our conversations over the years and I feel like I know your family a bit. We would wonder together how time had gone so quickly and, as an example, how the twins were just little only yesterday and suddenly are all grown up. Her faith humbled me and is still an inspiration to me. I am going to try to find an address to send a card, but if I cannot, please know the effect she had on me and that I will miss her terribly. Praying for all of you and your loss. Cheryl Smith
Thank you, Priscilla, for teaching me how to share our Eucharistic Minister Mondays at MMC during those pre-Covid years. I will miss your beautiful smiling kindness and generosity…
you will live on in the hearts of your friends and mine.
Dorothy
She was such a kind friend to me! A devoted volunteer with a lovely smile! She was also a devoted Catholic, I enjoyed seeing her at church every week.
-Dorothy Rodney
To the Slack and Cole family, I new Priscilla pretty well. I was so sorry for her passing. Kristen Tully
Priscilla and I are 2nd cousins. We visited Maine a couple of years ago and we met up together and had lunch. I’m glad we got to see each other. It was a fun day. She was a very sweet person.
Sending prayers to her family
Love, Lori and Bobby Miller
( Jackie’s daughter)
She was always kind
Now it’s my turn to light a candle for you
I remember the first time we met you after a visit to the university of Maine. We stopped by to see you. I miss talking to you. You always knew exactly what to say to calm me down when I was upset. I always wished you lived closer. You would always light special candles for my mom, my son and me. I loved listening to your stories about the hospital or the laundry. And how much you enjoyed cooking for Larry or having ice cream with the twins. You were one of the nicest kindest people I ever knew. You were not only my cousin but a special friend. Please keep an eye on us . My mom misses you so much. We all do. I love you Priscilla
May you Rest in Sweet Peace
Welcoming, a good sense of humor, warm and friendly.
Her presence at the Portland Food Co-Op is how I got to know Priscilla.