Arlene Hayden Ward, 100, of Geneva, IL passed away Sunday, September 8, 2019. Arlene as a centenarian lived an amazingly long happy life from being raised on a Missouri farm in a family of 12 to city life later in the Chicago area. Always a lover of music she enjoyed ballroom dancing in years past with her late husband Frank C. Ward. Arlene is survived by her sister Pauline Bailey 102 and brother Robert Hayden 98 along with her children Shirley, Sharon, Richard, Frank, Bob and their families which include a long list of many grandchildren and great grandchildren. She will be remembered privately by the families.