Priscilla S. Dutcher

Priscilla Sophie (Wold) Dutcher, 78, passed away on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in Tucson, AZ following lingering health issues. Priscilla grew up in Abercrombie, ND, attended school there and graduated from Hillcrest Lutheran Academy, Fergus Falls, MN in 1965 as co-valedictorian. She was baptized and confirmed in Bethany Lutheran Free Church, rural Abercrombie. Priscilla attended the Fergus Falls State Junior College, graduating from Moorhead State College, Moorhead, MN with a degree in Library Science. She also attended the Lutheran Brethren Bible School, Fergus Falls, MN, and the Association Free Lutheran Bible School in Minneapolis, MN. As a young girl she did childcare and household tasks in various homes in the community. She also hoed sugar beets one summer, getting up at 4 a.m. to work with other Abercrombie teenagers. For four years, she and her brother Jim delivered the Fargo Forum newspaper to many Abercrombie residents. As a young girl she accepted the Lord as her personal Savior and felt drawn to serve Him on the mission field. She began this ministry at home by witnessing to her family and cousins asking them about their relationship with the Lord. Later Priscilla accepted the call to serve with the Brazil Inland Mission and later the Association of Free Churches Mission. Leaving home was difficult, as her family was very close. Yet she wanted to be obedient to God, serving Him in this ministry. Priscilla served for six years on the mission field teaching missionary children and was blessed to visit Brazil again years later. She married Willard (Bud) Dutcher from AZ in 1988. Together they worked in group home settings in the Wahpeton, ND area before moving to Sun Sites, AZ. They were actively involved in the Church at Sun Sites teaching adult Bible classes and volunteering. After Bud’s passing, Priscilla facilitated Grief Share support groups and hosted morning prayer gatherings in her home. She was known and loved by many and desired that all know the Lord in a personal relationship. Priscilla was preceded in death by her husband, Willard Dutcher and her parents, Olaf and Florence Wold. Survivors include her brother Jim (Cheryl) Wold (NC), her niece Maralee (Eric) Nelson and their children Sophia, Greta, and Kaia Nelson (NC), her nephew Treston (Ally) Wold and their children Harrison, Edith, and Chapel Wold (MT) plus several cousins. Blessed be the memory of Priscilla Sophie Dutcher. . A Memorial/Celebration of Life/Home Going will be held on Thursday, April 10, 2025, beginning at 10:30 am at the Church at Sunsites with a luncheon to follow. Private interment of her cremains will be at the Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Contributions may be made in her name to the Church at Sunsites, Teen Challenge, or Billy Graham Evangelist Association.

Priscilla S. Dutcher

January 24, 1947 - March 18, 2025