Bio: Decker, Ronald – Named Co-op Manager (1972)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Decker, Dassow, Muench

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 23 Nov 1972

Ronald Decker, Dorchester, who has been employed by the Stetsonville Farmers Union Co-op for the past three years, has been named manager to succeed Bernard Dassow of Medford, who has served as manager for the past 27 years. Dassow will retire on January 1, 1973, however Decker assumed his duty as manager on November 1, 1972. Dassow will assist with the business for the balance of the year.

Decker, who has covered every phase of the Farmers Union operations at Medford and Stetsonville, has assisted with management. He attended a manager’s training school at Farmers Union Central Exchanged, St. Paul, Minnesota. He is a native of Dorchester, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Decker, and is a graduate of Dorchester High School.

He served two years in the Army, one of them in Vietnam.

He is married to the former Carol Muench of Antigo, and the couple has two children. At present they reside in a mobile home in the Town of Mayville.