Mabel Alston

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Mabel M. Alston, 88, of Chaffee died Monday, March 31, 2003, at Chaffee Nursing Center.

She was born Sept. 28, 1914, in Neosho County, Kan., daughter of Elzie Sigle and Florence Elizabeth Sours Edwards. She and William Riley Alston were married July 1, 1932. He died Dec. 17, 1992.

Alston moved to Chaffee in 1976 from Chalmette, La. She formerly was a cashier at the Chevrolet dealership in Leavenworth, Kan. She was a member of First Assembly of God Church in Chaffee.

Survivors include two daughters, Billie Minor of Chaffee, Nancy Buyan of Florence, Ore.; a sister, Cris Finney of Fairfax, Va.; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother, a great-grandson, and a great-great-grandson.

There is no visitation or funeral.

Inurnment will be at a later date in Springfield National Cemetery in Springfield, Mo.

Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee is in charge of arrangements.