Folsom Funeral Service

Priscilla Ann (Jenks) Parkinson, a resident of Norfolk, Massachusetts, died Friday, December 16, 2022 at her daughter’s home in Lincoln, Rhode Island surrounded by her loving family. She was 90. Priscilla was born January 27, 1932 in Winthrop, Massachusetts, a daughter of William Gardner and Eva Donna (Moulton) Jenks. She was a graduate of Walpole High School and attended Nasson College in Springvale, Maine. Priscilla worked as a secretary for the Boy Scouts and later as a direct care supervisor at the Wrentham State School. She expressed her creative abilities by making jewelry, braiding rugs and painting. Priscilla was the wife of the late Donald Forbes Parkinson; the mother of the late Donald G. Parkinson and the late Diane Faith MacDonald; and the sister of the late William, David and Merrill Jenks. She is survived by her son, William Frederick Parkinson, and his wife Joanne, of North Attleboro; her two daughters, Deborah Ann Tripp, and her husband Steven, of Norfolk, and Elizabeth Anne Stacki of Lincoln, Rhode Island; her brother, Jonathan Jenks of South Dakota; her sister, Miriam Hobart of Middleboro; as well as 15 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren. Visiting hours will be held Thursday, December 29, 2022 from 4 to 8 pm at the Folsom Funeral Home, 649 High Street, Westwood. Relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral, Friday, December 30th at the funeral home followed by interment in Knollwood Memorial Park in Canton. In lieu of flowers donations to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN, 38105 would be appreciated.

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