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Decker, Edwin R.
Edwin R. Decker, 93, of Clarence, died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010, at the Clarence Nursing Home. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, St. John's United Church of Christ, Clarence, with the Rev. David Mears officiating. Burial: Clarence Cemetery. Visitation: 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Chapman Funeral Home, Clarence.
Born Feb. 7, 1917, in rural Clarence, the son of Frank and Ella (Gehrls) Decker, he married Irene Meyer on March 23, 1940, in Clarence. Ed was a retired farmer. He had served on the Clarence school board, Dayton Creamery Board, Clarence Coop Board and the Iowa Institute of Cooperation. He also was a former council member of St. John's United Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Irene; daughter, Phyllis (Robert) Hunwardsen of Clarence; son, Edwin J. (Karilyn) Decker of Clarence; grandchildren, Jeff (Lisa) Decker of Lowden, Lynn Butterbrodt of Clarence, Pam (Alice) Decker of Lowden and Mark (Melody) Hunwardsen of Clarence; and six great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, and brother, Frederick.
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