Born Feb 18, 1930 Springfield, Illinois to Daniel Webster Decker and Helen Grace Vogel. Graduated 1947 from Marshalltown High School, Marshalltown, Iowa. Graduated 1959 with BSME from The State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. Married Nov 20, 1962 at Toledo, Ohio to Patricia Ann Buck. Three daughters and three grandchildren. Brief genealogy: son of Daniel Webster Decker, son of LeRoy Robert Decker and Lillian D. Hisey, son of Oscar Robert Decker and Bianca Lavada Hassler, daughter of Alfred Jacob Hassler and Mary Ann Bozarth, daughter of Asa Shinn Bozarth and Sarah Ann Spencer, son of John Bozarth and Anna H. Reger, son of John Bozarth and Charlotte Jane Ivers, son of John Bozarth and Innocent Borden.

Born Feb 18, 1930 Springfield, Illinois to Daniel Webster Decker and Helen Grace Vogel. Graduated 1947 from Marshalltown High School, Marshalltown, Iowa. Graduated 1959 with BSME from The State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. Married Nov 20, 1962 at Toledo, Ohio to Patricia Ann Buck. Three daughters and three grandchildren. Brief genealogy: son of Daniel Webster Decker, son of LeRoy Robert Decker and Lillian D. Hisey, son of Oscar Robert Decker and Bianca Lavada Hassler, daughter of Alfred Jacob Hassler and Mary Ann Bozarth, daughter of Asa Shinn Bozarth and Sarah Ann Spencer, son of John Bozarth and Anna H. Reger, son of John Bozarth and Charlotte Jane Ivers, son of John Bozarth and Innocent Borden.