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Submitted: 5/25/22 • Approved: 5/26/22 • Last Updated: 5/29/22 • R515489-G515487-S3
John William Decker
December 25, 1877-December 14, 1965
Carolina M. Kaetzel Decker
January 6, 1883-September 6, 1969
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary John William
John William Decker died at 10 p.m. Tuesday in his home on route 1 Hereford at the age of 87. Funeral arrangements were pending late Wednesday by Gililland Funeral Home.
A native of Indiana, Decker was born at Dade on Christmas Day 1877. He married Carolina Kaetzel there in 1914 and they came to Texas two years later. They moved to this county from Dalhart last October.
Survivors are the wife; four daughters, Mrs. Elmer Winkler of Hereford, Mrs. Erma Davis of Bakersfield, Calif., Mrs. Martha Bruntz of Placentia, Calif., and Mrs. Dorothy Wright of Akley, Kan.; two sons, Virgil Decker of Dalhart and Irvin Decker of Texline.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 64th Year - No. 50, Hereford, Texas, Thursday, December 16, 1965. Page 2)
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Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001
Name: John Decker
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 29
Event Type: Marriage Registration (Marriage)
Birth Date: 25 Dec 1877
Birth Place: Indiana
Marriage Date: 29 Oct 1906
Marriage Place: INdiana, United States
Residence Place: Spencer
Father: John Decker
Mother: Caroline Tischendorf
Spouse: Clara Ketzel
Page: 252
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: John William Decker
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 87
Birth Date: 25 Dec 1877
Birth Place: Indiana
Residence: Precinct 1, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 14 Dec 1965
Death Place: Precinct 1, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: John Decker
Mother: Alviana Fishendorp
Certificate Number: 76574
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: John W Decker
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 25 Dec 1878
Birth Place: Dale Spencer, Indiana
Father: John W Decker
Mother: Alvina Tishendorf
Notes: Sep 1965: Name listed as JOHN W DECKER
*Obituary Carolina M.
Funeral services for Mrs. Carolina Decker, 86, who died Saturday morning at Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo, will be held Monday at Gililland Funeral Home Rose Chapel with burial in West Park Cemetery. Time of services were not known at press time Saturday.
An Amarillo resident, Mrs. Decker was born Jan. 6, 1883 at Dale, Ind. and moved to this area in 1965.
Survivors include daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Winkler, Hereford, Mrs. Dorothy Wright of Amarillo, Mrs. Erma Cross of Fontana, Cal. and Mrs. Martha Woolley of Carona, Calif.; one son, V.F. Decker of Dalhart; brothers, Sam Kaetzel of Ohio, William Kaetzel of Huntington, Ind. and Elwin Kaetzel of Ark.; and 13 grandchildren.
(Published in The Sunday Brand, Vol. 22 - No. 10, Hereford, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 7, 1969, Page 9)
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Indiana, WPA Birth Index, 1880-1920
Name: Ketzel
Father: F Frank
Mother: Emma Keger
County: Spencer
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 6 Jan 1883
Reference: Spencer County, Indiana
Index to Birth Records
1882 - 1920 Inclusive
Volume 1
Letters A - K Inclusive
Book: R-1
Page: 56
Name: Clara Ketzel
Spouse Name: John Decker
Marriage Date: 31 Oct 1906
Marriage County: Spencer
Birth Date: 6 Jan 1883
Age: 23
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Carolina Decker
Death Date: 6 Sep 1969
Death County: Potter
Gender: Female
Contributed on 5/25/22 by neldapat
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