from the August 14, 1996 issue of The Country Chronicle
West Lebanon, NH–Ethel Belle Sanville, 76, died Monday, August 5, 1996 at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. She was born in South Barnard, VT, November 7, 1919, the daughter of the late Alton & Etta (Minor) Badger and attended a local one-room-schoolhouse. A resident of Lebanon and West Lebanon for most of her life, she was married to Edward H. Sanville in 1946. Mr. Sanville died in 1964. She was the proprietor of the former Dartmouth Variety Store in Lebanon for many years. Ethel was a member of the Holy Redeemer Church of West Lebanon. She had a green thumb and enjoyed plants and gardening, but her greatest love was of her children and family.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated in the Holy Redeemer Church of West Lebanon. Burial followed in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Lebanon, NH.
Survivors include: sons, Julian A. Badger Sr., Lebanon, NH, Alfred C. Sanville, Ocala, FL, Raymond A. Sanville, Plainfield, NH; daughters, Eva M. Duff, Lebanon, NH, Violet J. Lee, White River Jct., VT; a stepson, Albert Sanville Sr., Grafton, NH; a stepdaughter, Helena Kelley, Enfield, NH; 17 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and several step-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward H. Sanville in 1964; stepsons, Joseph Sanville and Edward F. Sanville.
Arrangements were made by Ricker Funeral Home.