Laconia-----Barbara “Nina” L. Sanborn, 88, of 25 Union Ave. died at Franklin Regional Hospital, Franklin, N.H. on Friday, December 14, 2012.
Barbara was born April 2, 1924 in Laconia, N.H., the daughter of John F. and Vera N. (Cook) Sanborn.
Barbara was a lifelong resident of the Lakes Region. She had been employed at Hunter Hosiery in Laconia for a number of years and was employed at the Laconia State School and Training Center before going to work for the State of New Hampshire at the Concord State Hospital where she worked for eighteen years before retiring in 1986. Barbara was an avid bingo player.
Survivors include a son, Bruce Simpson, and his wife, Laura, of Belmont; four grandchildren, Sylvia Moody of North Carolina, Kevin Simpson of Meredith, Lisa Simpson of Boise, Idaho and Peter Simpson of Moultonboro, N.H.; eight great grandchildren, Joshua, Jared, Gracie, Jacob, Gianna and Alexander Simpson, Karen Hill and her husband, Justin, and Katrina Foster and her husband, David.
A calling hour will be held on Friday, December 21, 2012 from 10:00AM-11:00AM in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N. H. A Funeral Service will follow the calling hour at 11:00AM also at the Funeral Home.
Spring burial will be in the family lot in Smith Meeting House Cemetery, Gilmanton.
For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the New Hampshire Humane Society, PO Box 572, Laconia, N.H. 03427.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.