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Obituary- Decker, Ernest 1

Ernest Decker
ROSSVILLE — Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Fri¬day at the Rossville Christian Church for Ernest Decker, 99, Rossville, who died Sunday, Sept. 8, 2002, at a St. Marys nursing home.
He was born Dec. 22, 1902, near Denison, to Thompson Ithimer and Mary Isabelle Akright Deck¬er, and attended Denison School. He had lived in the Rossville community since the spring of 1922. He worked for Standard Oil and later owned and oper¬ated a trucking company. He farmed for many years.
He was a member of Rossville Christian Church for 65 years. He was a member of Lake Lodge No. 50, AF&AM, and Loyal Chapter No. 176 of Order of Eastern Star, both in Silver Lake.
He married Mary Orrick on Jan. 29, 1922, in Topeka. She died Feb. 27, 1989. A son, Robert Decker, died in 1972. A grandson, Rodney Steele, died July 24, 1991. A granddaughter, Marilyn Schmitz, died Nov. 27, 1994. A great-granddaughter, Lisa Jones, died Nov. 11, 1994.
Survivors include two sons, Willis Decker, Ross¬ville, and Arthur Decker, Topeka; two daughters, Winifred Stach, Rossville, and Charlotte Kling, St. Marys; 12 grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren.
Lake Lodge No. 50, AF&AM, will conduct grave¬side services at Rossville Cemetery. Mr. Decker will lie in state from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Piper-Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys. Visitation will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Piper Funeral Chapel in Rossville.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Christian Church or Senior Citizens, both in Ross¬ville, and sent in care of Piper-Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys.

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