John P. Sanderson

JAFFREY John P. Sanderson of Jaffrey Center died at his home Saturday after a long period of illness. He was 73.

Mr. Sanderson, a former member of the Jaffrey Center Historic District Commission, was a Jaffrey resident for 37 years.

He was a graduate of Wellesley High School in Wellesley, Mass., where he met his wife, Elizabeth S. Sanderson. He went on to get a bachelors degree from Babson College in Wellesley.

From the early 1960s until 2007, Mr. Sanderson operated Mass Mailing Service in Holliston, Mass., a company involved in the manufacture of plastic credit and identification cards.

Mr. Sanderson was a member of the First Church of Jaffrey in Jaffrey Center. He was also an active member of the Jaffrey Center Village Improvement Society.

He was a Shriner and a member of the Wellesley Masonic Lodge.

Mrs. Sanderson died in 2001. The couple was married for 42 years.

Mr. Sanderson is survived by four children William P. Sanderson of New York, Kirsten S. Sanderson of Los Angeles, Diane Sanderson Myers of Weston, Mass. and John A. Sanderson of Los Angeles.

He is also survived by a son-in-law, Thomas Myers of Weston, Mass., and will be fondly remembered by his grand-nephew, George Sanderson of Francestown.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Mr. Sandersons memory to the Jaffrey Center Village Improvement Society, Post Office Box 722, Jaffrey, New Hampshire 03452,or tothe Jaffrey-Rindge VFW Memorial Ambulance, PO Box 107, Jaffrey, NH 03452.

Plans for a memorial service will be announced later.