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Cremation has taken place in Madison and internment will take place alongside Farnum, in New Bern Memorial Cemetery in New Bern, North Carolina, later in the Spring. PRIVATE CELEBRATION OF LIFE CEREMONY The family will host an Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social at the home of her daughter and son-in- law, Ann Marie & Drew Rhoten on Thursday at 541 South Indian Cave Road in Madison, Indiana. She was preceded in death by her parents, Carl and Donna Finley Gebhardt her husband, Farnum Burbank died, Jher sisters, Geraldine Williams and Virginia Guenther. Donna Guenther, of Richmond, California and John Guenther, of Meadville, Pennsylvania and their families. A LOVING FAMILY Alice is survived by her devoted daughter, Ann Marie (Svorcek) Rhoten and son-in-law, Drew, and their two sons, Taylor and Grayson, of Madison son Paul Svrcek and daughter-in-law, Adrienne Biondich, of Vashon, Washington as well as step-children Alice Locke, Roy Burbank, and Walter Burbank and their families, all of the Seattle area. She had a soft spot in her heart for animals of all kinds, and appeared to be conversant in several animal languages. She was an inveterate beachcomber and loved the outdoors all over the US. She had a rare blood type and gave blood often when she was able.
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She loved music and stayed interested in politics and current events as much as she could. Alice was an accomplished bridge player until dementia prevented her from enjoying the game. In 2002 she moved to an assisted-living facility in Bellevue, Washington, near her son and in 2007 she moved to an assisted-living facility in Madison, Indiana, to be near her daughter and grandsons. Alice stayed in their home in New Bern until it became too much for her to care for. They were members of First Presbyterian Church, in New Bern. Alice sang in the local choir for some time, and the two of them regularly delivered Meals on Wheels. There they dove headlong into retired bliss, nurturing flowers and trees, travelling, doing woodcarving and painting together, and enjoying friends. In 1986 Alice and Farnum happily retired from their years of federal service, to a small house they had built in New Bern, North Carolina, not far from the coast. Alice became an accomplished technical writer and editor for the US Army, working on several projects, including the development of the original Humvee vehicle. Alice, Farnum, and daughter Ann moved to the DC suburbs in the Fall of 1975. They both worked for the US Forest Service Equipment Development Center at the time and soon Farnum was promoted to a position with the Forest Service in Washington, DC.
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Alice found the love of her life in the fall of her years, when she met and married Farnum Moss Burbank in November, 1973. In 1960 the family moved to Missoula, Montana, where Alice began a long career with the US Government, beginning at the US Weather Service. A son, Paul, was born in 1955 and a daughter, Ann Marie, was born in 1959. In 1953 they moved to the Bitterroot Valley of Montana, where they eventually owned two ranch properties. They were married in 1950 and soon moved to San Francisco, where Fred was the general manager of a luxury hotel there. In Miami Alice met Fred Svorcek, of Chicago. She also enjoyed the music and nightlife of pre-revolution Havana, Cuba.
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In her free time she went deep-sea fishing and spent time at the beach. She moved from Meadville to Charleston, South Carolina and eventually settled in Miami Beach, Florida. Alice's early working life was spent in the travel and transportation industries. She was a long-standing member of the American Lifeguard Association. She was an avid swimmer most of her life as a young teenager she became the youngest at the time to swim the length of Conneaut Lake, a distance of approximately 3 miles. She went to school and lived there until she was a young adult. The youngest of three girls, Alice was born to Carl and Donna Gebhardt in Meadville, Pennsylvania on November 12, 1920. Alice Jane Gebhardt Burbank of Hanover, Indiana passed away on February 7, 2013, from congestive heart failure and the effects of late-stage dementia.