Barbara Sanborn

Barbara was born in Worcester, MA on January 22, 1923 to Raymond Chauncey and Juliet Petit Longvall. She passed quietly on November 11, 2009. She was preceded in death by her husband of over 59 years, Russell who died in 2001. They were married April 16, 1942 and lived their lives together in Worcester. Their son, Richard died in 2003. She is survived by 2 daughters, Carol Irene Ordway of Summerfield, FL and Jean Sanborn Soderquist of Eastsound, WA. She has 6 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great grandchild and several nieces and nephews.

Barbara was a devoted volunteer for the American Red Cross Blood Bank in Worcester for more that 50 years and she and her dear friend Dorothy Erickson also volunteered in the gift shop at the Higgins Armory Museum. She renovated and restored the gift shop at Memorial Hospital in Worcester into the shop it is today.

She was a member of Central Congregational Church and Salem Covenant Church. She was an active member of The Daughters of the Nile as Russell was a Shriner. In their later years Barbara and Russell attended Salem Covenant Church where Russell was the baritone soloist for many years, More recently she has attended College Park Baptist Church in Ocala, FL.

She moved to Florida to be close to her daughter, Carol in 2005. She continued volunteering with the Marion County Blood Bank in Florida until a few weeks before her passing. She was very active all her life and embodied the American spirit of volunteerism. She will be missed by her friends in Massachusetts as well as her newer friends in Florida.

Barbara has requested that there be no services. She will join Russell in the Atlantic Ocean at Portland Head Light.

In lieu of flowers, we suggest donations to Tuscany House Hospice of Marion County. PO Box 4860 Ocala, FL 34478-4860.