Ignatius E. Prisby, 88, husband of
the late Lucille (Marcorelle) Prisby, of 31 Town Farm Road, Ipswich,
died early Monday February 21, 2011 in the Rosewood Nursing and
Rehab Center, Peabody following a brief illness.
Born in Ipswich January 19, 1923,
he was the son of the late Rudolph and Mary (Zagula) Przybysz. He
was educated in local public schools, graduating from Ipswich High
School with the class of 1942. He enlisted in the US Army in 1943
and served in the European Theater, landing at Normandy shortly
following D-Day. Returning to Ipswich after his honorable discharge,
he continued his education, graduating from the Franklin Institute
in Boston. He was employed for several years at Sylvania in Ipswich
before going to work at General Electric in Lynn as a turbine
inspecting engineer, and retired following thirty three-years of
employment with GE.
Married in 1954 in St Stanislaus
Church in Ipswich, the Prisbys made their home on Town Farm Road
where they raised their family. He enjoyed gardening, playing golf
and spending time with his family. Retirement gave him more time to
work in his garden, where he happily tended his own crossbred roses.
He was a longtime member of the Sacred Heart Church in Ipswich, a
lifetime member of the PLAV Post 92, and the Kosciusko Club in
Ipswich.
He is survived by his children
Marie Harrington and her husband Robert, David Prisby and his wife
Judy Sedgewick, Alan Prisby and Joan Prisby, all of Ipswich, and
Carol Carll and her husband Peter of Braintree, and his
grandchildren, Robert Harrington III, Connor Prisby and Erica Prisby,
all of Ipswich, Andrew Carll, Adam Carll and Cara Carll, all of
Braintree, Carly Hippert of Manchester, NH and Shane Prisby of
Milford, NH. He is also survived by his brother John Prisby of
Ipswich, and sisters Valeria Carosella of Roslindale and Kathryn
Zabelski and Elizabeth Eliopoulos of Ipswich, and many nieces and
nephews. He was the brother of the late Frank Prisby, formerly of
Amesbury, Ann Strungis of Jamaica Plain, and Walter Prisby and
Frances LeClair of Ipswich.
His funeral services will be held
Monday February 28, 8 am from the Whittier-Porter Funeral Home, 6
High Street, Ipswich, followed by the celebration of a funeral Mass
at 9 am in Our Lady of Hope Church, Pineswamp Road, Ipswich. Family
and friends are respectfully welcomed. Interment with Military
Honors will be in the Cowles Memorial Cemetery, Ipswich. Visiting
hours are Sunday February 27 from 4 to 8 pm.
