Alice Van Buren, 86, Marion, died Aug. 12, 2008, at HCA Wesley Medical Center, Wichita.

Born Oct. 6, 1921, at Bache, Okla., she was the daughter of Edward and Bessie (Shupert) Pilgrim.

On March 21, 1946, she married L. Earl Van Buren at Wichita. He died in 1983.

She was a homemaker and member of Eastmoor United Methodist Church, Marion.

Survivors include a son and wife, Roy and Cheryl Van Buren of Hillsboro; three daughters and husbands, Anita and Roger Galbraith of Defiance, Ohio, Jan and Mike Erpelding of Crete, Neb., and Khrista and Rick Branson of Ashland; sister, Wanda Baxter of Tulsa, Okla.; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted Friday morning at Eastmoor United Methodist Church. Burial was in Marion Cemetery.

Memorial funds have been established with the church or St. Luke Foundation.