Sylvia Eileen Prescott (1935 – 2021)

Sylvia Eileen Prescott, 86, of Dale City, Virginia passed away on Tuesday, August 10, 2021, at Winchester Medical Center.

Sylvia Eileen Prescott

A memorial service will be held Saturday, August 28 at 6:00 pm at Maddox Funeral Home, Front Royal, Virginia. The family will receive friends an hour prior. A private burial at Arlington National Cemetery will be held at a later date.

Sylvia was born on March 28, 1935, in Kettering, England to the late Arthur and Florence Hamson. She was also preceded in death by her loving husband of 29 years, James Henry Prescott; and her twin sons, Donald James Prescott and Stuart Bradley Prescott.

Sylvia was devoted to her family and her British heritage. Her courageous and adventurous spirit allowed her to marry an American Soldier, leave her English home, and venture “across the pond” to the U.S. She remained forever proud of her British heritage and was always a Royalist. She had a good sense of humor and was a lover of the arts – ballet, theater, and music of all kinds. She loved to garden, read, and collect books and fine things. She also had a special bond with animals of all kinds. Most of all, she loved and had an amazing knowledge of history.

Surviving Sylvia is her daughter, Janice Grenier and her husband Joseph of Fort Valley; her sister Sheila Kidman; her granddaughters, Christine Trotter and Amanda Haywood and her husband Andrew; her great-grandchildren, Alyssa Trotter, Maddilyn, Evelyn, and Jack Haywood; nephews David, Paul, Peter, and Chris Kidman, and her niece Valerie Whittaker.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.