Maxine Betty Van

Graveside services for Maxine Betty Van, 81, Lawrence, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Fort Riley Post Cemetery.

Mrs. Van died Wednesday, May 26, 2004, at her home.

She was born Feb. 26, 1923, in Manhattan, Kan., the daughter of Edwin and Velma Taylor Hoffman.

Mrs. Van was a homemaker. She was a member of the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century and the Daughters of the American Revolution.

She married Sgt. Ambruce J. Van in July 1939, in Junction City. He died Jan. 19, 1990.

Survivors include a daughter, Susan L. Hamilton, Lawrence; two sisters, Katherine “Toddy” Blake, Boerne, Texas, and Donna Brant, Colorado; two granddaughters and five great-grandchildren.

E-mail condolences may be sent to info@warrenmcelwain.com, subject: Van.