Darlene Josephine Burgener

	Darlene Josephine Burgener, 85, of Marion, passed away at 3:04 a.m. Saturday, April 21, 2001 at Parkway Manor Nursing Facility in Marion.
	Memorial services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 25 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Marion, with Father Richard Mohr officiating.  Memorials may be made to Hospice of Southern Illinois, envelopes were available at the funeral home and the church.  Meredith-Blue Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
	Mrs. Burgener was born on February 17, 1916 in Taylorville, Ill. to Theodore and Pauline (Brown) Gooden.  She married Carl A. Burgener and he passed way on April 3, 1998.
	Survivors include one son, Michael A. and Leslie Burgener of Bonsall, Calif; two daughters, Deborah L. and Michael Powell of DuQuoin and Carla A. and Jerry Bittle of Cape Girardeau, Mo.; grandchildren, Aimee, Tobie and Lorie Bittle, Casey, Beau, Cody and Sage Burgener and Rebecca, Seth and Sarah Powell.
	She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and two brothers.
	Mrs. Burgener retired as a beautician after many years of owning and operating a beauty shop in Marion.  She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marion and a former active member of the  Sebring Florida Golf Association.
