K. Louise Pritchard passed away peacefully with family present at the QE2 Hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia, February 8, 2014.
Louise was born in Morell, Prince Edward Island, April 20, 1923, and was the youngest of four children born to her parents, Russell Nelson and Katherine (maiden name Webster) Cox. Louise is survived by family members Andrew (eldest son), John (son), Joanne (daughter-in-law) Beata and Aiyana (granddaughters), Dan, Jonathon and Amanda (nephew, grandnephew and grandniece). Louise is predeceased by her husband, Rev. D.J.S. (Jack) Pritchard; her daughter, Mary Pritchard; and her siblings, Elizabeth Bailey, Dorothy Cox and Warrant Officer Robert Cox.
Louise dedicated her life from a very early age to her musical studies, which would turn out to be a lifelong journey of education and praise. She taught hundreds of students from coast to coast piano technique, theory, harmony and history and always availed herself to anyone with and interest and passion for music. In her early years she attended McGill University in the Music Faculty. During the 1950s, Louise attended the United Church Training School where she became an ordained deaconess. This devotion to her music and her faith led Louise to both her career and her husband.
Louise and Jack became a team of Minister and Organist/Choir Director. From Alberta to Southern Ontario to the GTA and to Thunder Bay, they took their “act on the road”, pausing briefly to adopt three children from diverse ethnic backgrounds in the late 50s and early 60s. Louise’s passion for teaching and her relationships with young people endured right until the end. She taught her final piano lesson four days prior her death.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Monday, February 17, at Park Royal United Church. Reception to follow. To share a story, memory or condolence please email: rememberlouise@hotmail.com.In lieu of flowers, please feel free to make a donation to the Louise Pritchard Award for Piano (Kiwanis Music Festival, Queens County). Facility will be available at the church or c/o John Pritchard, 84 Newland Crescent, Charlottetown, PE, C1A 4H7.

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