OBITUARY: Violet Decker, 1904-1996, Mitchell County, Iowa [From Mason City Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, March 26, 1996 (edited)] Violet Decker LITTLE CEDAR--Violet Decker, 91, of Little Cedar, died Monday, March 25, 1996, at Mitchell County Regional Health Center, Osage. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Little Cedar United Methodist Church with the Rev. Ted Stowers officiating. Burial will be in the Little Cedar Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 until 9 p.m. Wednesday at Champion Funeral Home, Osage, and one hour prior to services at the church on Thursday. Violet Decker was born Oct. 5, 1904, on a farm near Little Cedar. Survivors include one daughter, Gloria Mills of Osage; two sisters, her twin, Viola Peterson of Waterloo, and Helen Culbertson of Little Cedar; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, five brothers and two sisters. Copyright 2004, Kermit Kittleson (for IaGenWeb)