Flanders, Elizabeth "Betty" Sawyer, a life long resident of Northborough, passed away at the ripe old age of 88. Betty attended Northborough High School where she was a member of the traveling basketball team. Throughout her life she enjoyed baking, music, dancing and candlepin bowling at the family owned Sawyer's Bowladrome. She grew up on Solomon Pond and raised her seven children there. Betty was predeceased by her husband, Walter; her two sisters, Phyllis Stone and Corrine Falardeau; great granddaughter, Nicole Smith. She leaves behind her companion of twenty-seven years, Al Boudreau; her sons, Jim Flanders and his wife Pam; Dan Flanders; Brian Flanders and his wife Sharon; her daughters, Kathy Hawley and her husband Ted; Janet Yellick and her husband David; Sandy Arsenault and her husband Allen; Lisa Wheeler and her husband Chip; twenty-one grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren with three on the way; and a great great-grandson on the way; her brother Ernie and his wife Evelyn, who were not only her neighbors but great friends as well; her sister Virginia Jackson from Waldoboro, Maine. Betty's family would like to thank her home health aid, Christine, for her kindness and friendship. At Betty's request there will be no calling hours or funeral. So please stop and take a moment to think of a fond memory of her. For online condolences, please visit: www.haysfuneralhome.com