Daryl Priscilla Dickinson

Daryl Priscilla Dickinson April 26, 1944 - March 7, 2022 East Wenatchee, Washington Daryl P. Dickinson, 77, of East Wenatchee, passed away on Monday, March 7, 2022, at Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee, following a courageous battle with pneumonia. She was born on April 26, 1944, at Fort Lauderdale, Florida to the late John and Frances Stimpson. She attended Edgewater High School and she graduated from the University of Georgia, in 1966. She was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority at the University of Georgia. After her graduation, she married Lawrence Bridges and from this union, they had a son, Larry John Bridges. They made their home at Covington, Georgia where she taught elementary school. They were later divorced, she and Larry moved to Orlando, Florida where she taught at Princeton Elementary School, (where she had attended school as a young girl). While living there, they enjoyed her parent's ocean front home in nearby New Smyrna Beach, Florida. She met and was married to Larry Dillon and in 1984, they along with her son, moved to make their home in East Wenatchee. She went to work as a teacher at Grant Elementary School. She divorced in 1987 and continued to make her home in East Wenatchee. Through Dennis and Janice Whiting, she was introduced to Bruce Dickinson. In September of 1993, Daryl and Bruce fell in love while boating in the San Juan and Gulf Islands. Bruce made plans with the school and hired a plane to fly over Grant Elementary School sporting a banner asking her to marry him. She said "Yes"! She loved gardening, boating and travelling. Some of her favorite places to travel were Hawaii, Italy, Lake Chelan, Cuba and Balboa Island, California. She will be dearly missed by her friends and family. Daryl is survived by her husband, Bruce Dickinson, East Wenatchee; her children, Larry (Sunni), Jeff (Joanne), Lynn (Brad); Grandchildren, Kameron, Halle and Garrett and a cousin, Tom Guild. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Frances, her brother, Greg Stimpson and her uncle Walt and aunt Tina Guild. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, March 19, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. at the Wenatchee Golf and Country Club. You are invited to visit her tribute online at www.HeritageMemorialChapel.com and leave a memory. Arrangements are assisted by Heritage Memorial Chapel, East Wenatchee.