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Josephine Gertrude “Josie” Decker

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Josephine Gertrude “Josie” Decker

Birth
Indiana, USA
Death
26 Jul 1969 (aged 86)
Burlington, Coffey County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Burlington, Coffey County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Funeral services for Josephine Gertrude Decker were held on Tuesday, July 29, 1969, at St. Francis Xavier Catholic church in Burlington. Fr. Lawrence Kelley officiated with a Requiem Mass at 10 a.m. Casketbearers were Lester Decker, Leo Decker, Virgil Decker, Loren Skillman, Elvin Decker and Homer Mays. Burial was in Calvary cemetery beside her parents.

Josie was born October 25, 1882 at Indiana, the fourth child of 14 children of Martin and Barbara Wise Decker, and died July 25, 1969 in the Coffey county hospital where she had been for a month. She was 86 years old.

She came to Kansas with her parents when she was a year old and they lived on a farm southeast of Hartford. She attended the Indian Hill school and later the family moved to a farm at LeRoy.

Josie never married but stayed at home to help her parents. Josie has lived in Burlington since 1912 when her parents moved from their farm at LeRoy, to their home near the old mill in Burlington.

Survivors are Thomas Decker of the home, Frank and Jake of Burlington, Mrs. Mary Shull, Montclair, Ca.; Mrs. Flora Riebel, Humboldt; Mrs. Emma Gorman, Twin Falls, Id., and Mrs. Susie Kruger of Burlington and many other relatives and friends.
Funeral services for Josephine Gertrude Decker were held on Tuesday, July 29, 1969, at St. Francis Xavier Catholic church in Burlington. Fr. Lawrence Kelley officiated with a Requiem Mass at 10 a.m. Casketbearers were Lester Decker, Leo Decker, Virgil Decker, Loren Skillman, Elvin Decker and Homer Mays. Burial was in Calvary cemetery beside her parents.

Josie was born October 25, 1882 at Indiana, the fourth child of 14 children of Martin and Barbara Wise Decker, and died July 25, 1969 in the Coffey county hospital where she had been for a month. She was 86 years old.

She came to Kansas with her parents when she was a year old and they lived on a farm southeast of Hartford. She attended the Indian Hill school and later the family moved to a farm at LeRoy.

Josie never married but stayed at home to help her parents. Josie has lived in Burlington since 1912 when her parents moved from their farm at LeRoy, to their home near the old mill in Burlington.

Survivors are Thomas Decker of the home, Frank and Jake of Burlington, Mrs. Mary Shull, Montclair, Ca.; Mrs. Flora Riebel, Humboldt; Mrs. Emma Gorman, Twin Falls, Id., and Mrs. Susie Kruger of Burlington and many other relatives and friends.

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  • Created by: Gary Decker Relative Great-niece/nephew
  • Added: Jan 17, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33002504/josephine_gertrude-decker: accessed ), memorial page for Josephine Gertrude “Josie” Decker (25 Oct 1882–26 Jul 1969), Find a Grave Memorial ID 33002504, citing Calvary Cemetery, Burlington, Coffey County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by Gary Decker (contributor 47085161).