Family Group Record for Richard H Decker and Estella A Fritze


Husband Richard H Decker [1][2][3][4]
Born:11/09/1876 - Saxony, Germany [1][2][3][4]
Christened:
Died:06/25/1960 - Hayward, Sawyer, Wisconsin [4]
Buried:Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota [4] PIC
Marriage:11/09/1904 - Lakeland, Washington, Minnesota [1][4]
Other Spouse: Theresa Matilda Stelling[4]

Events and Facts
1. He immigrated from Germany in 1881 . [1][2]
2. He was naturalized in 1896 . [2]
3. He appeared on the US Federal census on 04/15/1910 in Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota with his family and father-in-law. [1]
4. He worked as a market garden farmer on 04/15/1910 in Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota . [1]
5. He resided at 343 Wilson Ave on 04/15/1910 in Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota . [1]
6. He appeared on the US Federal census on 01/01/1920 in Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota with his children. [2]
7. He worked as a vegetable gardner on 01/01/1920 in Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota . [2]
8. He resided at 1343 East Ave on 01/01/1920 in Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota . [2]
9. He appeared on the US Federal census on 04/01/1940 in Lenroot, Sawyer, Wisconsin with his wife. [3]
10. He was educated through the 1st grade on 04/01/1940 in Lenroot, Sawyer, Wisconsin . [3]
11. He worked as a dairy farmer on 04/01/1940 in Lenroot, Sawyer, Wisconsin . [3]
12. He resided at Highway 63 on 04/01/1940 in Lenroot, Sawyer, Wisconsin . [3]
13. His obituary was published on his Find-A-Grave Memorial on 05/31/2012. [4]

Services Held for Richard Decker, 83, on Monday Morning

Richard Decker, age 83 years, a resident of Hayward for the past 27 years passed away at the Hayward Area Memorial Hospital on Saturday morning, June 25.

He was born in Saxony, Germany, on Nov 9, 1876, the son of Karl and Wilhelmina Decker. At the age of four years he came with his parents to the country and settled at Thief River Falls, MN.

He was united in marriage to Estella Fritse on Nov. 9, 1904, at Lakeland, MN. Later they moved to Red Wing, MN, where he was in the greenhouse business for 12 years.

His wife and two sons preceded him in death.

In 1933 Mr. Decker moved to make his home. He was married to Theresa Stelling. She preceded him in death in 1949.

Survivors are his two daughters, Mrs. George Creaser, Menomonie, WI and Mrs. Carl Brostrom of Wheeler, WI; four sisters, Mrs. Ida Johnson of Red Wing, MN., Mrs. Luman O'Conner of Baldenville, WI., oand Mrs. William Stars of Blooming Prairie, MN, and Mrs. Clifford Shell of Wenatchie, WA; five brothers, Max of Minneapolis, Emil and William of Goodhue, MN, Ben of Red Wing, and Albert of Zumbrota, MN; eight grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted on Monday morning at 11 a.m. from the Anderson Funeral Chapel with Pastor Richard Dahlin officiating. Interment took place in the family lot at Oakwood Cemetery at Red Wing, MN.

Sawyer County Record, June 30, 1960

[Karen Duffy extracted above obit. Thanks]

Wife Estella A Fritze [5][6][7][8][9]
Born:Abt 04/1884 - Minnesota [5][6][7][8][9]
Christened:
Died:01/20/1918 - Goodhue County, Minnesota [9]
Buried:Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota [9] PIC
Father:Henry Jacob Fritze
Mother:Mary Magdalene Rentz

Events and Facts
1. She appeared on the Minnesota State census on 05/01/1885 in Lakeland, Washington, Minnesota with her parents. [5]
2. She appeared on the Minnesota State census on 06/01/1895 in Lakeland, Washington, Minnesota with her parents. [6]
3. She appeared on the US Federal census on 06/01/1900 in Isabelle, Pierce, Wisconsin with her parents. [7]
4. She appeared on the US Federal census on 04/15/1910 in Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota with her family and father and sisters. [8]
5. She resided at 343 Wilson Ave on 04/15/1910 in Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota . [8]
Children
1 M Raymond Fritze Decker
Born:1906 - Minnesota
Christened:
Died:12/09/1918 - Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota
Buried:Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota
2 F Eunice Decker
Born:02/21/1908 - Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
3 M Leonard Lloyd Decker
Born:05/28/1911 - Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
4 F Doris Estella Decker
Born:05/10/1915 - Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Sources
1. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1910 United States Federal Census, ED 51, 2nd Ward, Red Wing, Goodhue, MN, sheet 14A, dwelling 292, family 315, line 2, Decker, Richard; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2006 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 03/16/2015); citing Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T624 (1178 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 698 [Surety: 3].
2. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1920 United States Federal Census, ED 53, Ward 2, Red Wing, Goodhue, MN, sheet 9A, dwelling 207, family 217, line 18, Decker, Richard; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2010 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 12/31/2018); citing Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T625 (2076 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 831 [Surety: 3].
3. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1940 United States Federal Census, ED 57-13, Lenroot, Sawyer, WI, sheet 5B, household 113, line 62, Decker, Richard H; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2012 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 01/01/2019); citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T627 (4643 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 4524 [Surety: 3].
4. User submitted cemetery data, "Find A Grave," Richard H Decker (#91083699); Database online, Find-A-Grave (Jim Tipton, Founder), Find A Grave : 1995 (http://www.FindAGrave.com/ : accessed 12/30/2018) [Surety: 3].
5. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Minnesota Territorial and State Censuses 1849-1905, 1885, Lakeland, Washington, MN, page 4, family 26, line 39, Stella Fritze; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2007 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 07/26/2024); citing Minnesota State Historical Society, St. Paul, Minnesota, Minnesota State Population Census Schedules, 1865-1905, 105 rolls, microfilm MNSC_45 [Surety: 3].
6. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Minnesota Territorial and State Censuses 1849-1905, 1895, Lakeland, Washington, MN, page 16, line 35, Estelle Fritze; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2007 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 03/05/2015); citing Minnesota State Historical Society, St. Paul, Minnesota, Minnesota State Population Census Schedules, 1865-1905 (105 rolls), microfilm V290_103 [Surety: 3].
7. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1900 United States Federal Census, ED 107, Isabelle, Pierce, WI, sheet 13B, dwelling 268, family 269, line 78, Fritze, Esther; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2010 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 02/15/2015); citing Twelth Census of the United States, 1900 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T623 (1854 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 1811 [Surety: 3].
8. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1910 United States Federal Census, ED 51, 2nd Ward, Red Wing, Goodhue, MN, sheet 14A, dwelling 292, family 315, line 3, Decker, Stella; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2006 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 03/16/2015); citing Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T624 (1178 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 698 [Surety: 3].
9. User submitted cemetery data, "Find A Grave," Estella A (Fritze) Decker (#91083700); Database online, Find-A-Grave (Jim Tipton, Founder), Find A Grave : 1995 (http://www.FindAGrave.com/ : accessed 12/30/2018) [Surety: 3].


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