Sylvia Magaline Madden Turner, 85,  passed away October 20, 2005 in Tyler, Texas.  Graveside services at Union Hill Cemetery with Rev. Mike Calhoun officiating.

Mrs. Turner was born October 13, 1920 in Claremont to the late Charles Lincoln Madden and Daisy Purl Wingert Madden. She married James F. Turner Jr. on June 6, 1940 in Clayton, Mo. He survives.

She was a resident of Van, Texas for 64 years formerly living in Olney.

She was preceded in death by her daughter, Betty Turner Powell, her parents and sisters, Isolene Madden and Victoria Ledeker.

Survivors include her husband of 65 years, James F. Turner, sons, Donald Turner and Jimmy Turner all of Van, Texas; one daughter, Sandra Coveney of Hideaway, Texas; sister, Ruby Paddick of Oblong; five grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren

Published in Olney Daily Mail (IL)