Arthur B. "Art" Sanborn, of Kirby, died at his home Thursday afternoon Aug. 23, 2012 with his family by his side
following a 2-year battle with cancer. He was born March 25, 1945 in St. Johnsbury the son of Paul and Pauline
(Pinkham) Sanborn. At the age of 4 Art's grandparents, Paul and Hannah Pinkham of Lyndonville adopted and
raised him. Art graduated from Lyndon Institute in 1963 and from Champlain College in 1965 with a degree in Accounting and Business Management,
finishing fourth in his class of 256 and first in his Accounting class. In 1992 he completed the Northern New England School
of Banking. On Sept. 5, 1963 he married Patricia Moore.
Art was a public servant working in several Vermont towns
including the city of Burlington where he was the Director of
Community and Economic Development in the 1990s. Earlier he
had worked for McAuliffe Office Products of Burlington during
the 1970s and 80s filling several positions including Vice
President and General Manager. He served in the VT House of
Representatives from 1984-1988. He also served as the Vice
President at Marble Bank in Rutland, Vermont Commissioner of
Economic Development, General Manager of Hawk Mountain
Resorts, Town Manager of Brandon, Business Manager of
Caledonia North Supervisory Union covering seven schools,
Municipal Administrator for the town of Lyndon and Village of
Lyndonville, and was the Executive Director of the Lamoille
Economic Development Corporation until his illness forced his retirement.
He was a community minded person who was involved in more
than 30 organizations throughout the years. Art served as
Chairman and President of several of those including
Lyndonville Rotary, Northern VT Development Assoc., Northern
VT Resource Conservation, United Way of Rutland, Rutland
Downtown Development Corp. and the Rutland Chamber of Commerce.
Favorite pastimes included fishing, hunting, traveling to Maine
with his family, gardening, woodworking, golfing and following
sports. He was an avid Red Sox fan. Art especially enjoyed
following his children and grandchildren's educational and Athletic endeavors.
Survivors include his wife Patricia Sanborn of Kirby; two
children, Kimberly Moore of Rutland and Shane Sanborn of
North Carolina; five grandchildren, Brittney, Tyler, Alyssa, Hope
and Max; three brothers, Steve Sanborn and wife Patty of
Colorado, Gene Sanborn and wife Donna of Kansas and Bill
Nadeau and wife Peggy of Connecticut; two sisters, Paula
MacKinnon of southern New Hampshire and Kathy Martin and
husband John of Florida; 2 great aunts, Norma Touissaint of St.
Johnsbury and June Busky of Portland, Maine; nieces, nephews
and many cousins; and many close friends including Jay and
Carol Kenlan of Rutland, Vt., Leslie Sloan of Pawleys Island, SC,
Earl and Donna May of North Concord, Vt., Betty Wehse of
Clarendon, Vt., Mark and Mariann Bertolini of Kirby, and Dick
and Nancy Lawrence of Lyndon and Tim Soule of St. Albans, Vt.
He was predeceased by his parents; his grandparents; and
close friends John Wehse, John Sloan and Carl Spangler.
A Memorial service will be held in Lyndonville, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012 at the Lyndonville First Congregation Church with the
Rev. Judi Horgan and the Rev. Joan Vincent officiating. Burial in
Lyndon Center Cemetery will be held at the convenience of the family.
Friends may call on the family Friday afternoon Sept. 7 from 4-6
on the Center Street door and exit the Main Street door.
at the Guibord Funeral Home. Please enter the funeral home
Donations made in his memory may be directed to Lyndon
Institute, (marked for Sanborn Hall) P. O. Box 127, Lyndon Center, VT 05850
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