Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Decker, Orville L. 2009
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Orville L. Decker, aged 84, of Lake Odessa, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 18, 
2009.  He was born in Barry County on Feb. 20, 1924 to Zeno and Evelyn 
(Austin) Decker.  Orville graduated from Lake Odessa High School in the class 
of 1942.  He proudly served in the U.S. Army from 1945-46 earning the rank of 
Staff Sergeant.  Orville started employment at the Lake Odessa Co-Op Elevator 
in 1942, and following his discharge from the Army, he took over as manager in 
1947, and continued in that role until retiring in 1986.  On Oct. 18, 1948 
Orville was married to Virginia L. Varney in Woodland.  They had been members 
of the Central United Methodist in Lake Odessa since 1968.  Orville served as 
a volunteer member of the Lake Odessa Fire Department, was a member of 
Lakewood School Board, served on the Board of Directors at Hastings Savings 
and Loan (Main Street Bank), and had been a member of the Jackson-Mutschler 
VFW Post #4461 in Lake Odessa.

He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 60 years, Virginia L. (Varney) 
Decker; his sons, Dennis (Darlene) Decker of Lyons, Allen (Kathy) Decker and 
James (Terri) Decker of Hastings, Steven (Jackie) Decker of Rockford, and 
Brian (Jennie) Decker of Lake Odessa; many grandchildren and great-
grandchildren; and brothers, Earl Decker of Citrus Springs, Fla., Max 
(Phyllis) Decker of Lake Odessa and Wayne (Shirley) Decker of Hastings.  He 
was preceded in death by his parents; and sisters and brother-in-law, Leon and 
Georgia (Varney) Campbell, and Norma (Knickerbocker) Decker.

Visitation will be held from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 
at the Koops Funeral Chapel in Lake Odessa.  The funeral and committal 
services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 22 at the Central United 
Methodist Church in Lake Odessa.  Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery.  
Memorial contributions may be made to the Central United Methodist Church or 
the Jackson-Mutschler VFW Post #4461  Scholarship Fund.


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