Mrs. Elinor Cooper Prince died at home Oct 7 at age 86; her dog Patches at her feet.

Mrs. Prince was a Mayflower descendent (Sampson) and member of the Delano (De La Noye) family. She was the third child born to Nathaniel and Ella (Reynolds) Raymond Jan. 22, 1924 in Plymouth. She and her two brothers, Lawrence and Nathaniel lived on Bloody Pond in Plymouth for many years until she married Richard Prince and moved to Duxbury. She had three daughters and concentrated on being a full-time mother and homemaker for the first 12 years they were married. She then went to work for the New England Telephone Company where she became manager of the Providence, R.I. office of investigation at the end of her 27 year career.

Mrs. Prince was an excellent seamstress, baker and gardener. Her latest home was in Billings, Mont. where she lived for the last five years. She was a member of St. Stephens Episcopal Church, and was formerly a member of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Duxbury.  She was a member of The Quilt By Association Guild in Billings, Mont.

She leaves her three daughters; Coral Prince-Wilson and her late husband Howard of Honolulu, HI, Donna Scott and her husband Ralph of Billings, Mont. and Gayle Turner and her husband Reese of Bellville, Tex; six grandchildren, Mark Hursty II and his fiancée Victoria of Muncey, Ind., Peter Hursty and his wife Marnie of Honolulu, HI, Ella Mahon and her husband Blake, Cara Boynton and her husband Donny and Jena Turner of Houston, Tex., Emma Prince-Wilson of Honolulu, HI, five great grandchildren; her sister-in-law Doris Prince and her late husband Leo of Duxbury, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her mother Ella (Reynolds) and father Nathaniel Morton Raymond. Her brothers Morton and Lawrence Raymond of Plymouth, and her husband Richard Cooper Prince of Duxbury.

A November service will be held at St. John’s the Evangelist in Duxbury, details to be set later.

Donations may be made in her memory to the Duxbury Thrift Shop Scholarship Fund, 48 Depot St., Duxbury, MA 02332.