Groveland, MA: Claire I. (Meteyer) Sanville, 84, a resident of Groveland since 1963, died peacefully on September 22, 2015 at her home with her daughters by her side.

Born in Haverhill, MA, daughter of the late Arthur R. and Blanche F. (Auclair) Meteyer, she attended St. Joseph Grammar School. Mrs. Sanville graduated from Haverhill High School with the Class of 1948, where she was Drum Majorette for the Haverhill High School Band. She was also an active member of the Class Reunion Committees.

Mrs. Sanville was first employed in the Merrimack Street office of Massachusetts Electric Company and later at Western Electric Company as a solderer. She was also employed at Mitchell's Department Store as a clerk in the Ladies Sportswear Department. Before her retirement, she employed as Office Manager of the Haverhill office of the American Red Cross and was instrumental in organizing local blood drives.

A member of All Saints Parish and the former St. Joseph Parish, Mrs. Sanville was a supporter of the Guild of the Infant Savior and Catholic Charities. She was a devoted grandmother and an accomplished seamstress and enjoyed knitting, attending yard sales, shopping, cooking French foods, and traveling with her late husband in their retirement.

She was predeceased by her husband, Richard J. Sanville, and is survived by her two daughters, Cathy B. Willett and her husband Robert Willett, Jr. of Salisbury, MA, and Anne Marie Berardi of Georgetown, MA, four grandsons, Erik Willett, Kyle Willett, Joseph Berardi, Jr., and Daniel Berardi, and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend Mrs. Sanville's Life Celebration on Friday, September 25 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Berube-Comeau Funeral Home, 47 Broadway, Haverhill, MA. Her funeral will begin on Saturday at 9 a.m. from the funeral home with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in All Saints Church, 120 Bellevue Avenue, Haverhill. Burial will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place
Memphis, TN 38105. To leave a message of condolence for the family please visit our website, www.berubecomeau.com.