Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Decker, Oliver Henry 1930 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net January 12, 2010, 12:50 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 24 Jan 1930 Oliver Henry Decker, 76, died at his residence, 603 West Washington street Thursday evening at 9 o’clock after a long illness that began with an infection in one of his feet. The funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock with Rev. Paul L. Stewart in charge. The interment will take place in the Clear Lake cemetery, near Shiloh. Mr. Decker was born in Orleans township November 19, 1853. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Decker, pioneers of the township, and with the exception of a residence for the past 17 years in Ionia, Mr. Decker had lived in Orleans township. His marriage to Miss Fannie Andrus took place in 1874 and she and one son, Harley, of Sheridan, survive him. He also leaves three grandchildren, Mrs. Gladys Heminger and Mrs. Pauline Hill, of Lansing, and Mrs. Doris Christensen, of Owatana, Minn., and one great-grandchild. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/d/decker2384nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb