Alice Frances Spangler Kunkler Peterson, age 92 of Seattle, Washington (formerly of Clinton)
passed away Sunday, January 25, 2009 in Seattle. Graveside Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, February 2, 2009 at Englewood Cemetery. Family suggests contributions to the Cottey College, MJKS P.E.O Scholarship Fund and may be left at the funeral home. Fond memories may be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

Alice Frances was born on a farm north of Clinton, Missouri, to Lewis Young Spangler and Wilma (Steele) Spangler. Her father was killed in a coal mining accident when Franaces was three and she and her brother, Young, were raised by their widowed mother. In 1935 she married William H. Kunkler, son of Ira and Ethel Kunkler of Clinton. They had two boys; Jack an attorney in Salt Lake City, who died in 1985, and Jim a physician in Seattle, Washington. The majority of their years together were spent in Denver, Colorado. William (Bill) died in 1965. In 1970, she married Harold Peterson of Westminister, Colorado. Harold preceded her in death in 1998.

Frances was a lifetime member of P.E.O. and Eastern Star.

She is survived by her son, Jim Kunkler; 9 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren.