Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Decker, Joseph Fernando March 5, 2008
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Henline-Hughes Funeral Home
Joseph Fernando Decker entered eternal rest on Wednesday, March 5, 2008.  He 
was born in Nicholson, Pennsylvania, on May 10, 1914, to his parents Fred and 
Mary Lou Decker.  He was the only son among four sisters, two of whom preceded 
him in death.

Joe attended Keystone Junior College and Penn State University.  After college 
he worked for Stanley Home Products until he joined the Navy during World War 
II.  In the war he participated in landings in Africa, Sicily, and Italy, as 
well as D-Day in Normandy.  After the war was over, he married his first wife, 
Ann Moore, and developed a successful turkey farm in Saylorsburg, 
Pennsylvania.  There he also enjoyed his involvement with the Boy Scouts of 
America.  After he retired, he and Ann moved to Bakersville, NC.  There Joe 
continued to enjoy sports and played tennis in the Senior Olympics each winter 
at Jekyll Island, Georgia, as long as he was able.  In 1997 he lost his wife 
Ann to cancer. 

Joe is survived by his second wife, Ethel; his son, John and wife, Brenda, of 
Greenville, South Carolina; two sisters, Ruth Farwell of Kentucky and June 
Stahl and husband Ben of Virginia; stepchildren Karen Hoover of Black Mountain, 
Carla Howell of Spruce Pine; Mike Norman of Florida, and Richard Norman of 
Texas; in addition he is survived by several nieces and nephews and step 
grandchildren.

A funeral service will be held on Friday, March 7, at 2:00 P.M. at Henline-
Hughes Funeral Home in Bakersville with the Rev. Larry Green officiating.  The 
family will receive friends one hour before the service.  Burial will be in the 
Green-Young Cemetery at Roan Mountain Baptist Church.  In lieu of flowers, the 
family asks that memorials be made to The Hospice and Palliative Care Center of 
Mitchell County, PO Box 38, Spruce Pine, NC 29777.  

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