H. Priscilla McCaw-Jack

H. Priscilla (Biddle) McCaw-Jack, age 90 of West Grove, PA, beloved mother, aunt, grandmother and friend, passed away at Jenner's Pond Retirement Community on Thursday, August 14, 2025.

Priscilla was born on May 8, 1935, in Carmichaels, PA, the daughter of the late Carl M. Biddle and Mary (Hoge) Biddle. In 1953, she graduated from Carmichaels/Cumberland Township High School and attended Waynesburg College her freshman year. In 1957, she was a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania and began her career at Shadyside Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. She later worked at St. Hubert’s school in MA, substituted in the Carmichaels school district for a few years and was then the dietitian at Curry Memorial Home in Waynesburg, PA.

In 1959 Priscilla married Robert Plant McCaw, a newspaper reporter, who died unexpectedly at an early age of 43. She then moved back to Carmichaels, PA, in 1974 from Sudbury, MA. In 1980, she married Roy C. Jack, M.D., a family physician of Carmichaels, PA, who later died in 1993. Priscilla worked in Carmichaels as the assistant to Dr. Jack, then for H&H Water Control and retired from Flenniken Public Library in 2002.

Of the Episcopalian faith, she took pride in cooking for her family and for church celebrations. Later in life, she would happily embrace her grandchildren, spending time with her favorite people in the world, her family. She always made time to catch up with her extended family as well, cared for many aged and infirm family members, and loved crossword puzzles.

She is survived by three boys, Stewart (Tamie) McCaw of Morgantown, WV, Cameron (Charlene) McCaw, of Parkesburg, PA, and Brian (Connie) McCaw of Cochranville, PA, grandchildren Stephen (Spencer) McCaw of Morgantown, WV, Adrianna, Nicholas and Kyle McCaw of Parkesburg, PA, and Seneca McCaw of Cochranville, PA. She had two great-grandchildren, Nora and Quinn McCaw of Morgantown, WV, and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and husbands, she was preceded in death by her long-time companion, Harold Hartley of York, PA. Predeceased family members include all of her siblings: brother Arthur Biddle of Carmichaels, PA, her sisters Katie (Biddle) Nolf of Crafton, PA, Estelle (Biddle) Brandtonies of Scenery Hill, PA, and Margaret “Peg” (Biddle) Knight of Carmichaels, PA.

A private service will be held at the convenience of the family at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, York, PA. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made in her memory to Willow Tree Hospice Care or the Carmichaels and Cumberland Township Volunteer Fire Company, PO Box 123, Carmichaels, PA 15320.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Wilde Funeral Home, Parkesburg, PA. Online condolences can be placed at www.wildefuneralhome.com