Priscilla (Peggy) Sayce, 91, formerly of Duxbury, died on Friday, Feb. 17 at the Win-gate Skilled Care Center in Kingston.

Mrs. Sayce was born on May 9, 1920, in Plymouth to parents G. Gertrude (Clemons) and Howard Rushton.  She was a graduate of Kingston High School, Class of 1938, and also a graduate of Boston YWCA School of Domestic Science and Quincy School of Culinary Arts.  She first used her acquired cooking skills being employed by very prominent residents of Plymouth, followed with over 20 years as an office clerk at Ocean Spray Cranberry Company in Hanson, Foxboro Company in East Bridgewater and as a bookkeeper at Hanson Hardware of Hanson and retired from Cape Cod Lumber Company of Barnstable. She was a dedicated member of the Mayflower Congregational Church in Kingston, where she served as a deaconess, assistant financial secretary and a member of the Mayflower Women’s Club.  She was also a volunteer with the Friends of the Duxbury Council on Aging.

A lifelong resident of Saquish Head in Plymouth, Mrs. Sayce could often be seen enjoying rowing her boat, taking long walks on the beach, as well as swimming and visiting friends there, into her 90th year.  Some of her other interests were sewing, knitting, watching the Red Sox, bird watching, making jams and jellies and helping others.

She leaves her son, James Nelson Sayce of Pembroke; a granddaughter, Molly Rose Sayce of Brighton; nephews, Wendell and his wife Silvia Rushton and family of Orange Park, Fla. and John and his wife Kathleen Rushton and family of Kingston.  She was predeceased by her daughter, Judith Sayce, a sister, Clara Rushton and her brothers, Melvin and Paul Cabot Rushton.

A memorial service will be held at the Mayflower Congregational Church, 207 Main St., Kingston, on Saturday, March 24  at 11 a.m.