Mary Madora Orrick Decker

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Mary M. Decker
Mary M. Decker, 85, died Monday, February 27, 1989, at the Rossville Valley Manor.
She was born May 13, 1903, in Indiahoma, Okla, the daughter of Daniel G. and Ellen Coen Orrick.
She graduated from Denison High School and taught at Brewer School in Mayetta.
On January 28, 1922, she married Ernest Decker in Topeka. He survives at the home in Rossville.
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. She was pre¬ceded in death by a son, Robert Decker, in September 1973.
Mrs. Decker was a member of the Rossville Christian Church and taught Sunday school at the church many years. She belonged
to Loyola Chapter #176, Order of the Eastern Star at Silver Lake (following the merger with Amaryllis Chapter #321, Rossville) where she served as chapter organist and held other offices over the years. She be¬longed to the Eastern Star for 40 years. She was a graduate of the Flo Menninger Bible Study Course. She will lie in state after 2 p.m. Tuesday (this afternoon) at Verschelden Funeral Home. Family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. She will lie in state from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Rossville Christian Church on Wednesday, before the service at 10:30. Interment will follow in the Rossville Ceme¬tery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Rossville Christian Church.

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