----Source: Greenwood Library Scrapbook Collection, Marshfield News Herald 05/14/1965

Meda Decker
Photo provided by Stan Schwarze

Decker, Meda (1884 - 1965)

GREENWOOD--Mrs. Ferdinand Decker, 81, Greenwood, Clark County, died at 9 p.m. Thursday at the Memorial Hospital in Neillsville, where she was admitted May 9.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Immanuel United Church of Christ here. The Rev. Orval Egbert will officiate, and burial will be made in the West Side Cemetery.

The body will repose at the Hill Funeral Home here from Sunday afternoon until 11 a.m. Monday, and then at the church.

The former Meda Humke was born March 24, 1884, in the Town of Warner. Her marriage to Ferdinand Decker, who preceded her in death Sept. 1950, took place June 25, 1903, at Greenwood.

After their marriage, the couple operated a farm in the Town of Warner until the death of Mr. Decker. Since then Mrs. Decker had made her home in Greenwood.

She was a member of Immanuel United Church of Christ and its Women's Guild.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Arno (Lily) Miller, Greenwood, a son, Walter Decker, Greenwood two brothers, Theodore Humke, Neillsville and George Humke, Greenwood two sisters, Mrs. William (Alma) Steiger, Neillsville and Mrs. Helena Rossman, Spokane.