Gardner Blake Sabine

Gardner Blake Sabine died on November 6, 2016, at the age of 91. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Thea Cabot Sabine, and their daughter, Edie Cabot Powell, son-in-law Jeffrey Conrad Powell, and grandson, Blake Ko Powell.

Born in Brookline, MA, on August 15, 1925, Blake Sabine attended South Kent School. He was at Dartmouth University when he joined the Army Special Training Program in 1943. He served in the U.S. Army in England, France and Germany until 1946 and was awarded a Purple Heart and other medals for wounds received on the battlefield. After the war, Blake returned to New England and graduated from Harvard in 1949.

Blake Sabine’s career began after the war when he married and went to work for the Navy Department in Washington, DC. Later he worked for Addressograph-Multigraph, Hardigg Industries, National Industries, and Bell Hospital Systems. In 2001 he retired from Lumex, Inc., where he was President of Sales and Marketing.

Blake and Thea were longtime residents of Dublin, NH, before moving to Annapolis, MD, where they spent many years. In 1989 upon retirement they returned to Dublin, spending time each winter in Santa Barbara. Blake served on the Board of Elders for the Jaffrey Bible Church for more than a decade and on various town committees for the Town of Dublin, including the Planning Board, where he participated in the Master Plan for the town in the early 90’s.

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on Sunday, November 20th, at the Jaffrey Bible Church, 133 Turnpike Rd, Jaffrey, NH.