Obituary

Priscilla Elizabeth Spinn, daughter of former Newport Beach residents

Gerald and Anne Spinn, died Saturday in Summerville, S.C., after a

yearlong battle with brain cancer. She was 39.

Ms. Spinn was a graduate of Corona del Mar High School, where she

played field hockey, basketball and softball. She was the Orange County

Girl Scout Council’s Girl Scout of the Year in 1980. She was employed as

an economic crime investigator by the Garden Grove Police Department. She

attended Golden West College, where she was a member of the state

championship field hockey team in 1980, Humboldt State University and San

Francisco State.

She was preceded in death by her brother, Charles Marshall Spinn.

She is survived by her parents, who are now residents of Summerville;

brothers Michael and Mark; aunts and uncles Brenda and Les Allred,

Eleanore and Howard Fox, and Creighton J. Spinn; great-aunt Truman

Butler; and her beloved cats, Elvis and Cat Stevens.

She was buried next to her brother in the family plot at St. Paul’s

Episcopal Church in Summerville. A celebration of her life will be held

in Newport Beach in the near future.

As a memorial, Priscilla wanted to establish a camper scholarship for

Girl Scouts. Please send donations to the Girl Scout Council of Orange

County, P.O. Box 3739, Costa Mesa, 92628.