Obit: Decker, Arlyn (1912 - 1965)

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Surnames: Decker, Brown

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 20 May 1965

Decker, Arlyn (21 APR 1912 - 12 MAY 1965)

Services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 15 at the Hoeper and Kraut Funeral Home at Owen for Arlyn Decker, 53, route 1, Owen (Clark Co., Wis.), who died of a heart condition Wednesday night at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield. The Rev. Robert Goessling, pastor of the First Congregational Church, officiated and burial was made in the Riverside Cemetery at Withee.

Mr. Decker was born April 21, 1912 at Red Granite. His marriage to Martha Brown took place Sept. 3, 1932, at Eau Claire. After their marriage the couple moved to a farm at Thorp (Clark Co., Wis.), where Mr. Decker was employed at one time as a police officer. They moved to Crystal Lake, and later to a farm near Owen. He had been employed at the Clark County Hospital at Owen until his illness about six months ago.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by four son, Russell, Caledonia, Arlyn Jr., Menomonee Falls, Kenneth, New Berlin, and Thomas, Pewaukee; his mother, Mrs. Mary Decker, Thorp; two brothers, Darrell and Chester, Owen; and nine grandchildren.