JAMES DECKER

Funeral services for James Decker, who passed away at his home here on Saturday morning, were held from the Methodist church on Monday afternoon at Elk City. Mr. Decker, who was born in New York on January 13, 1856, came to Elk City vicinity when a youth of eighteen, and until ten years ago when he and his wife moved to Arlington, he made his home near there. Besides his wife, he is survived by seven children: Roy and Harry of Elk City, Bern and Ralph of Arlington, Mrs. Edna McCoy of Colorado, Mrs. Ora Ingalls of Vermont and Mrs. George Sampter of Omaha. Interment was made in the Elk City cemetery.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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