Aldeen Downen

	Aldeen Downen, 83, DuQuoin, passed away at 10 p.m. Wednesday, February 6, 2002 at Marshall Browning Hospital.
	Mrs. Downen was a homemaker and a member of First United Pentecostal Church.
	She was born July 16, 1918 at West Frankfort, the daughter of Halcie James and Minnie Agnes (Williams) Sanders.  She married Lee Olen Downen on October 22, 1938 at St. Genevieve, Mo.
	Surviving are three sons:  Virgil Lee Downen of Centralia, Michael James Downen of DuQuoin and Olen Patrick Downen of Sesser; three daughters:  Marcia Lynn Fox of DuQuoin, Harriette Ann Taylor of Sesser and Holly Jane Hall of Wood River; two brothers:  Spencer Sanders of Denver, Colo. and Bob Sanders of Benton; one sister:  Harriette Goldfield of Los Angeles, Calif.; 19 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren.
	She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; one daughter, Dena Lou Lively; one grandson and one sister.
	Funeral services were Saturday, February 9 at 10 a.m. at Neal-McClure Memorial Chapel with Rev. C.L. McKinnies officiating.  Interment was in Tower Heights Cemetery at West Frankfort.
	Friends called at the Neal-McClure Funeral Home on Friday, February 8 from 5 to 8 p.m. and on Saturday from 7:30 a.m. until time of services.
