| Graduation Year | Class of 1932 |
| Date of Passing | Mar 24, 2004 |
| About | New Hampshire State Library Rachel (Bourne) Sanborn, 89, of Fremont Road, died March 24, 2004, at the Colonial Poplin Nursing Home, Fremont, after a long illness. She was born on May 12, 1914, in Wareham, MA, later moving to Bourne, MA, where she graduated from Bourne High School. She received her bachelor of arts degree in library science from Simmons College. She formerly resided in Brookline, MA, and Great Neck, Long Island, NY, before settling in Epping in 1938. Mrs. Sanborn was a librarian for many years with both the Epping Town Library and the N.H. State Library, Concord. She ran the southeast district of the Book Mobile and later the state district of the Book Mobile. She was a member of the N.H. Library Association and the Epping Town Library Association. She was an active member of the Epping Community Church and the Church Ladies Aide, a member of Busy Fingers 4-H, Rockingham Grange, Epping Women's Club, Epping Garden Club, Epping P.T.A., and the Epping Historical Society. She was predeceased b her husband, Richard Sanborn on December 4, 2003. Services were held on April 27, 2004 at the Epping Community Church. Burial followed in Prospect Cemetery, Epping. |
