Priscilla Mae (Brooks) Gilblair

AUGUSTA – Priscilla Mae (Brooks) Gilblair, lifelong resident of North Fairfield, passed away May 4, 2024 following complications from a stroke she endured during the pandemic of 2020.

Priscilla was born on her family’s farm on March 26, 1940, in North Fairfield to Carleton E. and Eva A. (McTaggart) Brooks. She attended Fairfield schools, graduating from the eighth grade. In August of 1957 Priscilla married Roland G. Gilblair and in 1959 they welcomed the arrival of their only child, Eva. Years later, they became foster parents to Mary and Mitchell. Although Priscilla spent many years as a homemaker, she worked briefly for the Gables Boarding Home in Vassalboro and drove a taxicab for children with special needs.

Priscilla might best be known to some as “KPG”, her decades-old CB radio handle. It was common to walk into her home and hear the chattering from her living room or bedroom where she had CB radios located. Others may recall the garage on her Route 104 property with a Tom Selleck poster peeking out at passerbyers; in more recent years, she enjoyed seeing the poster make local news stories and social media pages. She enjoyed flower and vegetable gardening, browsing yard-sales, walking her 20+ acres of fields and woods, driving around town in her VW Beetle, shopping at Marden’s, going to lunch with family and friends, and “cheating” by having an ice cream or a lobster roll on a summer day. She liked playing Skip-Bo, watching The Young and the Restless, Jeopardy!, and Wheel of Fortune, and listening to Daniel O’Donnell.

Priscilla was predeceased by her husband Roland, her brothers Donald, Raymond, and Carleton Brooks, and her daughter Eva (Gilblair) Adams. She is survived by her son-in-law, Jack Adams of Fairfield Center; granddaughter, Jen Adams and her husband Rob Harville of Scarborough; great-granddaughter, Hazel Harville; and her grandson, Seth Adams of Scarborough.

Jen and Seth would like to thank Deirtra and Jim for visiting Grammie, especially at the end. Our family also thanks the staff at Glenridge for their compassionate care.

A graveside service will be held Friday, May 17 at 11 a.m. in Norridgewock at the Riverview Cemetery, followed by a noontime celebration of life in Skowhegan at the Elks Lodge. All are welcome.

Please visit Priscilla’s memorial page at https://smartandedwardsfh.com/obituaries/priscilla-gilblair where condolences, photos, and special memories may be shared.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations

be made to either:

Somerset Animal Shelter (https://shsanimalshelter.com/donate-2) or:

the Maine Children’s Home (https://www.mainechildrenshome.org/how-to-give)