Avis de décès de Alice-Ellen-Gray Sanborn - Nécrologie - MesAieux.com

->WALES -- Alice Ellen Gray Sanborn, 76, a resident of Pond Road, Wales, died late Wednesday evening, Nov. 11, 2009, at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born April 24, 1933, in Gardiner, the daughter of Carroll A. and Rita E. (Pettee) Gray. Alice attended Gardiner High School, graduating in 1950, and she also attended Auburn Maine School of Commerce, graduating in 1952. On May 4, 1957, in Gardiner, she married George A. Sanborn, from Wales. George and Alice celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the Leeds Church hall in 2007.She had worked as an executive secretary for Rural Community Action Ministry and a Central Maine Power Co. accountant, and had been a project administrator at Bates College for 22 years, retiring from Bates in 2003. Alice was a member of Wales Presbyterian Church, having served as elder and deacon. She was a Sunday school teacher, treasurer and financial secretary at Wales Presbyterian Church. She also worked with the Girl Scouts, played saxophone in a band, sang in a choir and also belonged to the Couples Club that went out to eat every Friday night. She loved playing cards, gardening, reading and taking trips to Camden in June. She is survived by her husband, George, of Wales; two daughters, Julie E. Sanborn, of San Diego, Calif., and Catherine S. Roy, of Wales; a son, Brian A. Sanborn, of Eliot; a brother, Paul W. Gray, and his wife, Cynthia, of Gardiner; a stepbrother, Robert O. Gray and his wife, Lyn, of Hallowell; a stepsister, Betty Isele, of Saranac Lake, N.Y.; two grandchildren, Allana Sanborn and Kristin Sanborn; and several nieces and nephews. Alice also leaves behind Rusty, her beloved cat.Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 16, at Wales Presbyterian Church, Route 132, in Wales. Visiting hours 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 15, at Bragdon-Finley Funeral Home, 707 Main St., Monmouth. Interment Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Sabattus. If desired, contributions may be made to Wales Presbyterian Church, c/o Robert English, 395 Leeds Junction Road, Wales, ME 04280.Messages of condolence may be sent to the family at www.finleyfuneralhome.com. 7093135