Priscilla Huntington

Priscilla Weld Huntington, an unwavering advocate for children who was a founding member of what is now the Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center in East Hampton, died on Sept. 7 at Peconic Landing in Greenport. She was 93.

Born in Norwich, Conn., on May 20, 1922, Mrs. Huntington was the youngest of the three daughters of Julie Bradlee Weld and John Perit Huntington. She graduated from the George School, a private Quaker high school in Newtown, Pa., in 1939, and went on to earn a degree in psychology from Sarah Lawrence College and a master’s in clinical child psychology from the University of Chicago.

In 1943, she married Sidney E. Rolfe, whom she had met while at Sarah Lawrence. They lived in Manhattan and in Princeton, N.J., where Mr. Rolfe taught at the university, and spent their summers in East Hampton.

They were divorced in 1958, and Mrs. Huntington later had a brief second marriage. Afterward, she traveled extensively throughout Europe and the United States, her family wrote, and lived for a time in Provence, France, in a towcalled Claviers, and in Penngrove, Calif., in Sonoma County wine country. She spent summers in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, before moving in 2003 to Peconic Landing. Her family said the staff at the retirement community was particularly compassionate in caring for her.

“Cherished of her wit, warmth, and strong personality, Priscilla was an excellent cook and a wonderful hostess,” the family wrote. “She was foremost an avid reader and environmentalist, involved in many causes.”

Mrs. Huntington is survived by two nieces, Ann B. Horsman and Susan B. Evans, both of Waterford, Conn., and a nephew, John H. Browning of Wareham, Mass.

A memorial service will be announced at a future date. Memorial contributions have been suggested to Nova Scotia Nature Trust, Box 2202, Halifax, N.S., Canada B3J 3C4; Peconic Land Trust, P.O. Box 1776, Southampton 11969, or the Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center, P.O. Box 63, East Hampton 11937.