Former Seattle Police Sgt. Charles L. Decker, 47 of 1476 Elliott Ave. W., a local resident for the past 30 years, died Monday from a heart ailment.
He was born in Alba, Mo., was an army veteran of World War I and served with the Seattle fire department for five years before joining the police force in 1926. He attained the rank of sergeant in 1932 and was retired on a disability pension in December, 1945.
Surviving are his widow, Merle; three sisters, Mrs. Maude Conner, Seattle; Mrs. Robert Tibbs, Everett and Mrs. Geraldine Peterson, Hancock, Mich., and a brother, Heanon Decker, Seattle.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Home Undertaking chapel. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
He was born in Alba, Mo., was an army veteran of World War I and served with the Seattle fire department for five years before joining the police force in 1926. He attained the rank of sergeant in 1932 and was retired on a disability pension in December, 1945.
Surviving are his widow, Merle; three sisters, Mrs. Maude Conner, Seattle; Mrs. Robert Tibbs, Everett and Mrs. Geraldine Peterson, Hancock, Mich., and a brother, Heanon Decker, Seattle.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Home Undertaking chapel. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Former Seattle Police Sgt. Charles L. Decker, 47 of 1476 Elliott Ave. W., a local resident for the past 30 years, died Monday from a heart ailment.
He was born in Alba, Mo., was an army veteran of World War I and served with the Seattle fire department for five years before joining the police force in 1926. He attained the rank of sergeant in 1932 and was retired on a disability pension in December, 1945.
Surviving are his widow, Merle; three sisters, Mrs. Maude Conner, Seattle; Mrs. Robert Tibbs, Everett and Mrs. Geraldine Peterson, Hancock, Mich., and a brother, Heanon Decker, Seattle.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Home Undertaking chapel. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
He was born in Alba, Mo., was an army veteran of World War I and served with the Seattle fire department for five years before joining the police force in 1926. He attained the rank of sergeant in 1932 and was retired on a disability pension in December, 1945.
Surviving are his widow, Merle; three sisters, Mrs. Maude Conner, Seattle; Mrs. Robert Tibbs, Everett and Mrs. Geraldine Peterson, Hancock, Mich., and a brother, Heanon Decker, Seattle.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Home Undertaking chapel. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
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