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Elaine VanBoven Obituary
Survivors include her husband, Gerrit; her children, Diana Houdek, Douglas, Beth Burgess and Dion Riss, both of Gillette, and Gabriel Van Boven, Lawrence, Kan.; eight grandchildren; and siblings, Alice Sindelar, Linda Gaytan, Carol Baysinger, Karen Kopelcheck and James Hanson, all of Gillette, Laura Woodard, Enoch, Utah, Lois Caraveo, Moreno Valley, Calif., Judy Hawes, Hutchinson, Minn., and Shirley White, Desitin, Fla.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 30, at Gillette Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Marty Crump officiating. Burial will follow at Mount Pisgah Cemetery.
An online guestbook is available at www.gillettememorialchapel.com.
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