OBIT: Clarence W. DECKER, 1982, Meyersdale RD, Somerset County, PA
  
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  CLARENCE W. DECKER
  
    Clarence W. Decker, 68, Meyersdale RD 3, died Jan. 29, 1982, at his home.
    He was born May 9, 1913, in Garrett, a son of the late Allen and Cora
  (Bockes) Decker.  He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Kenneth
  and Harry; and a sister, Margaret Shaffer.
    He is survived by his widow, the former Luella Johnson; and these
  children: Danny, Kent, Ohio; Wilbur, Lakewood, Ohio; Margaret, wife of Roy
  Vena, Meyersdale; Betty, wife of Joseph Drake, Pensacola, Fla.; 14
  grandchildren; and three great grandchildren.  He was a brother of Harold,
  Allen, Melvin, Elwood, Paul, and Wilma, wife of Ralph Boyer, all of
  Garrett; Blaine, Ravenna, Ohio; Bruce, Barberton, Ohio; and Pauline, wife
  of Buy Baer, Meyersdale.  He was a member of Center Lutheran Church;
  retired coal miner; member of Brooklyn Hunting Club.
    Friends were received in the Leckemby Funeral Home.  Services were held
  at the Center Lutheran Church with Interim Pastor Marsha Anderson
  officiating.  Interment, church cemetery.
  
  The Republic, February 4, 1982
  
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