Surnames: Carlborn, Decker, Franklin

----Source: The Tribune - Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., WI), Wednesday, March 18, 2009, Online Edition

Carlborn, Veronica "Ronnie" E. (Decker) (April 12, 1915 - March 13, 2009)

Veronica E. Carlborn "Ronnie" (Decker), age 93, died peacefully on Friday, March 13, 2009, at the Golden Living Center in Abbotsford where she resided for the last nine months.

Veronica was born April 12, 1915, in the Town of Mayville to the late Theodore and Josephine Decker. She attended Hilltop School.

She later moved to Milwaukee where she met her husband Alvar Carlborn. They married on February 4, 1944. Together, they farmed in rural Milan until retiring to Dorchester in 1993.

She is lovingly survived by two sister-in-laws, Adeline Decker of Dorchester and Velma Decker of Menominee, Mich. She is further survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Alvar; her parents, three brothers, and five sisters.

"Tell everybody I love them."

Visitation was held on Monday, March 16, from 4-8 p.m. at the Maurina Schilling Funeral Home in Dorchester, Wis. A vigil prayer service took place at 7 p.m. Further visitation was on Tuesday, March 17, at the St. Louis Catholic Church in Dorchester from 10-11 a.m. Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 17, at 11 a.m. at St. Louis Catholic Church.

Father Benjamin Franklin presided. Acting as her pallbearers were her nephews.

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