AUGUSTA — Maj. Gregory Sanborn, the second-in-command of the Maine Warden Service, has died at age 47 after battling cancer for more than a year.
Gov. Paul LePage called the 23-year veteran of the warden service “a true ambassador of our great outdoors and our entire state.”
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The Fryeburg native died Tuesday in hospice from a form of a cancer that attacks the immune system, requiring a bone marrow transplant. More than a thousand people were added to bone marrow donor roles as a result.
Commissioner Chandler Woodcock of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife described Sanborn as “one of the most courageous people I have ever met.” He said Sanborn leaves a lasting legacy.
Services will be held Saturday at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy.
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