Elisabeth Betsy Norris Sanders
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Elisabeth "Betsy" (Norris) Sanders, 74, a longtime resident of Danville, died Saturday, March 21, 2020, at her home, with her husband by her side, following a period of declining health.
Born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, daughter of the late Clayton and Margaret (Tomb) Norris, she graduated from Stuart Hall and later received her Bachelor's Degree in Business from Southern New Hampshire University, and did further studies at Williams College and Rutgers University.
Betsy worked for many years for Bank of New England and retired as a Senior Vice- President. She later worked as a banking computer systems consultant in Bermuda, Jamaica and Barbados.
Betsy served six terms as a State Representative for the State of New Hampshire, Rockingham County District 12, including the Town of Danville. She was a member of the Southeast Land Trust, the New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association, The Village Improvement and Red School house Historical Society of Danville and the D.A.R. She also enjoyed traveling several times to Bermuda and the Caribbean.
She will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by her husband of fifty-two years, Alan R. Sanders, a brother James Norris, of Potomac Falls, VA, a sister Anne Norris Kast of Bermuda, her niece, Elisabeth Bell Kast of Bermuda and a nephew James Carnes Norris of Virginia.
Due to the National Health Emergency, funeral arrangements will be private under the direction of Brookside Chapel & Funeral Home, 116 Main St., Plaistow, NH. A graveside service and celebration of her life will be held in June of this year at Old Meetinghouse Cemetery, Danville. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to the North Danville Village Improvement Society at 61 Beach Plain Rd, Danville, NH. 03819 (or) the South East Land Trust, 6 Center St., Exeter, NH, To send a message of condolence and to sign the guest book on-line, please visit www.brooksidechapelfh.com.
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