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Obituary- Decker, Mary 1

Mrs. Mary M. Decker
ROSSVILLE - Mrs. Mary M. Decker, 85, Rossville, died Monday, Feb. 27, 1989, at a Rossville nursing home.
Mrs. Decker taught in Brewer School near Mayetta before she was married.
She was born May 13, 1903, at Indiahoma, Okla., the daughter of Daniel G. and Ellen Coen Orrick. She was graduated from Denison High School.
Mrs. Decker was a member of the Rossville Christian Church where she taught Sunday school classes many years.
She also was a member of the former Amaryllis Chapter No. 321 of Order of Eastern Star in Rossville more than 40 years where she had been chapter organist and held sev¬eral other offices. She currently was a member of Loyal Chapter No. 176 of Order of Eastern Star in Silver Lake. She was a graduate of the Mrs. Flo V. Menninger Bible Class.
She was married to Ernest Decker Jan. 28, 1922, in Topeka. He sur¬vives. A son, Robert Decker, died in September 1973.
Other survivors include two daughters, Winifred Stach, Rossville, and Charlotte Kling, St. Marys; two sons, Willis Decker, Kansas City, Mo., and Gerald Decker, Topeka; a half sister, Ruth Coleman, Alameda, Calif.; 14 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Christian Church in Rossville. Burial will be in Ross¬ville Cemetery. Mrs. Decker will lie in state after noon today at Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys where relatives and friends will meet from 7 until 8 p.m. today. She later will lie in state an hour before service time at the church. Memori¬al contributions may be made to the Christian Church in Rossville.

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