Virginia Lee Valentine

	Virginia Lee Valentine, age 61, of Pinckneyvlle, died Wednesday, October 30, 2002 at 11:55 p.m. in the Pinckneyville Community Hospital.
	Virginia was born in Pinckneyville on August 23, 1941, a daughter of Wilfred and Sarah Mae (McCrary) Owen Sr.  She married Harold Lee Valentine on February 25, 1960 at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church, Todd's Mill, and he survives.  She loved to bowl, play bingo and worked as a clerk at Dollar General Stores.
	Survivors include her husband, Harold of Pinckneyville; two daughters, Sandy Buller and her husband, Chris, of Tamaroa, Cathy Valentine of Pinckneyville and her special friend, Mike George of Tamaroa; one brother, Wilfred Owen Jr. of Pincnkeyville; five sisters, Sarah Faye Jones and her husband, Jack, of Pinckneyville, Mary Ann Thomas and her husband, Don, of Pinckneyville, Melba Dunihoo and her husband, Frank, of Rice, Janet Harris and her husband, Tom, of DuQuoin and Shirley A. Risley of Swanwick; three grandchildren, Justin Valentine, Amber Frost  and Michaela Valentine; two sisters-in-law, Lavon Owen and Dennise Owen, both of Pinckneyville and numerous other relatives and friends.  She was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers, Thomas H., Ernel Allen and William Dean Owen.
	Funeral services were held on Saturday, November 2  at 10 a.m. in St. Bruno Catholic Church in Pinckneyville with Fr. John Venegoni officiating.  Interment was in St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Cemetery at Todd's Mill.
	Friends called at the Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home in Pinckneyville on Friday from 5 until 8 p.m. and on Saturday from 8 until 9:30 a.m.
	A prayer service was held at the funeral home on Saturday at 9 a.m.
	Memorials may be made to the Pinckneyville Ambulance Service.
