Ernest Stacy Priddy, son of Oliver Priddy and Coral (Hoyt) Priddy was born on Aug. 17, 1935, in Madison County, Iowa. He passed away at the Gainesville Health Care Center, Gainesville, Mo., on Jan. 10, 2026, at the age of 90. Erny, as he was called by his friends, graduated from Oak Park Academy (OPA) in Nevada, Iowa, in 1953. He attended college at Union College, Neb., where he learned the printing business and met Dorla Roberts (’55), who he married on Sept. 25, 1955. Erny worked in the print shop business his entire adult life. A year was spent in Washington D.C. For 13 years he worked as print shop manager at OPA in Nevada, Iowa. This is where their three children were born. In 1969, Erny and family went to Puerto Rico as missionaries. They spent 10 years in Puerto Rico working in the print shop at Antillian College. The next two years were spent at a hospital in Avon Park, Fla., doing printing. In 1982, Erny and Dorla went as missionaries to Haiti for 12 years and ran the print shop there which was again connected to a Seventh-day Adventist college. The last three years of his mission work was at Montemorelos University in Mexico, again in the print shop. Erny enjoyed many activities such as riding his motorcycle, private pilot time, scuba diving, hiking, camping, and boating. He enjoyed singing, his church time and family time. In retirement, Erny and Dorla lived in Oregon, Iowa and more recently moved to Tecumseh, Mo., near daughter Diane. Due to health reasons Erny went to live at the Gainesville Health Care Center a little over a year ago. Erny was a member of the Next Step Seventh-day Adventist church in West Plains, Mo. Erny was preceded in death by his parents, one stepbrother, Carroll Chickering and one grandchild. Survivors include: wife, Dorla; daughters, Diane (Joe) Easterday, Jeanene (Clark) Gittings, and son, Kenneth (Patricia). Sisters, Valeta Peterson, Velda Johnson, Norma Ritchey; step siblings, Evelyn (Chickering) Mitchell, LaVanna (Chickering) Lambert, Steve Collins and Mike Collins. 19 grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren and 8 great-great grandchildren as well as numerous nieces and nephews.