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SANBORN, CAROLYN CHAPIN, 83
SANBORN, CAROLYN CHAPIN, 83, a longtime resident of Bradford, passed away peacefully September 28, at Valley Terrace, Wilder, after living many years with Alzheimer's. Carolyn was born Jan. 15, 1929, in Hanover, N.H., the daughter of Orrin S. and Alice (DeGoosh) Chapin. Carolyn graduated from Orford High School in 1947, as valedictorian. Carolyn met her husband, Richard H. Sanborn, at a dance at Lake Morey Casino, and they were married the following summer, June 21, 1947. After living in South San Gabriel, Calif., they returned to the Upper Valley to raise their family. They operated a plumbing and heating business for 30 years on South Pleasant St. in Bradford, where one of Carolyn's many roles included bookkeeping. After her husband's death in 1980, she worked as a bookkeeper for Nichol's Hardware in Lyme, N.H., and JM Landscaping in Bradford. Carolyn sold Fuller Brush door to door for more than 20 years and joked about being the Fuller Brush Man. She volunteered for several years through the Bradford Senior Center, as a trained IRS volunteer for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program. She was an accomplished seamstress making a wide variety of items, including her daughters' wedding gowns. Carolyn enjoyed walking her two-mile route around Bradford village in all seasons, rarely missing her morning jaunt in 20 years. She enjoyed gardening and being outdoors. Winter was her favorite season. She enjoyed ice skating and sledding with her children and grandchildren. Carolyn is survived by her five children, a son, Cedric Sanborn, and wife, Leslie, of Barre, and four daughters, Jane Svetaka, of White River Junction, Suzanne Pazdro and husband, Russ, of Corinth, Darcy Keysor, of Richton Park, Ill., and Daphne Nettleship and husband, Kenneth, of Turner, Maine; 10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, parents, two brothers, Orrin and Conrad Chapin, and sister Ruth Royce.
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