Irene V. Crabtree, 83, of Marion, died March 11 at Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis Street, Wichita.

She was born Feb. 4, 1928, in South Haven, to Leslie O. and Ada F. (Duncan) Gillespie.

On June 15, 1946, she married Robert Crabtree.

She was a homemaker.

Her husband and siblings Lela Thomas, May Soyez, Maxine Bell-Pollock, and Charles, Earl, and Ken Gillespie preceded her in death.

Survivors include two sons, David of Yelm, Wash., and Michael of Wichita; two daughters, Carol Winegarner of Wichita and Wanda Crabtree of Marion; five grandsons; 12 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Zeiner Funeral Home, Marion. Visitation will be 10 a.m. until service time.

Burial will be in Marion Cemetery.

Memorial funds have been established with Marion City Library and the American Cancer Society in care of the funeral home.