Active community volunteer was always looking for ways to lend a helping hand Sarah Graves, 85, of Franklin, Mass., formerly of Wrentham, Mass., passed away on June 19, 2024, after a long decline from Alzheimer’s disease. She was born in Indiana on July 6, 1938, to the late Donald and Mildred (Charters) Leavitt. Sarah grew up all over the Midwest, moving around for her father's job. The family eventually moved east, and she met her late husband, Kenneth, at a youth group at Wayne Presbyterian Church in the Philadelphia area. They raised their family in Pennsylvania before moving to Wrentham in 1972. Sarah and her family were longtime members at the Original Congregational Church in Wrentham, where Sarah was very involved in committees and activities. For over 35 years, Sarah worked as an office manager for New England Controls. This was much more than a job to her: she loved it and thrived on the responsibility and respect she found there. She was part of a generation when having a full-time job and running a household at the same time was a relatively new thing, but she managed to make it look easy most of the time, seldom complaining (at least not around us!). She was an active community member and volunteered at church and the town council on aging. She was always looking for ways she could pitch in and offer a helping hand, never looking for recognition, but wanting to lighten the burden for others. She was a kind and loving person, and she really enjoyed people and treasured her social connections. In her free time, she loved to play tennis, read and spend time with her family. She was known for making her home a welcoming space for people to gather, whether it was friends from their various social circles, work colleagues or her children’s friends. She was an avid Celtics fan and enjoyed watching the games and cheering them on, often yelling advice at the television and pounding on the arm of the couch. Sarah also loved animals, from cats and dogs to horses and cows. Her favorite part of the county fair was always the animal barns — certainly NOT the rides. She is survived by her daughters, Susan Poe, of Upton, Mass., and Sheryl Graves, of Winooski, Vt., and her grandchildren, Morgan, Devon and Hannah. We would like to thank her caretakers at the Enclave of Franklin Memory Care Unit, especially Garveline, and the Family and Faith…