| 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] |
| Marriage: | 03/26/1939 - Cable, Bayfield, Wisconsin [4] |
| Other Spouse: | Estella A Fritze[1][4] |
| 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] |
| Born: | 11/13/1877 - Schleswig-Holstein, Germany [6] |
| Christened: | |
| Died: | 08/12/1949 - Phipps, Sawyer, Wisconsin [6] |
| Buried: | Phipps, Sawyer, Wisconsin [6] |
| 1. | She has conflicting birth information on the 1940 US Federal Census of Abt 1879 and Germany . [5] |
| 2. | She immigrated from Germany in 1884 to Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska . [6] |
| 3. | She appeared on the US Federal census on 04/01/1940 in Lenroot, Sawyer, Wisconsin with her husband. [5] |
| 4. | She was educated through the 6th grade on 04/01/1940 in Lenroot, Sawyer, Wisconsin . [5] |
| 5. | She resided at Highway 63 on 04/01/1940 in Lenroot, Sawyer, Wisconsin . [5] |
| 6. | Her obituary was published on her Find-A-Grave Memorial on 03/22/2015. [6] Theresa Matilda Stelling was born in Marne Ditmarschen, Schlewig-Holstein, Germany on Nov 13, 1877 to Christopher "Christof" Stelling and Margretha Catherine (Vohs) Stelling. Her siblings were: Karl, Emma, Henry, Sophia, Alvina and John Stelling. John and Alvina Stelling was born in Nebraska after coming to America. Theresa did not marry until after the death of her father. Her mother died in 1919 and Theresa lived and took care of her father until his death. Theresa then married Richard H. Decker in 1939. Contributed by Karen Duffy the following publications: Phipps News items Richard Decker and Miss Theresa Stelling were united in marriage at Cable. The ceremony was read by Rev. Hugo List. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Vortanz. A wedding dinner was served after the ceremony to relatives of the bride and groom. [note: Richard and Theresa married Mar 26, 1939]. Sawyer County Record Aug 18, 1949 Well Known Town of Lenroot Woman Dies Mrs. Theresa Decker, age 71 years, passed away at her home in the town of Lenroot on August 12, following a long illness. She was born in Marne Ditmarschen, Schlewsig-Holstein, Germany on November 13, 1877. She came with her parents in 1884 to the United States and located at Grand Island, Neb. In 1886, they homesteaded in Bassett, Neb. And in 1903 she came to Hayward. On March 26, 1939, she was untied in marriage to Richard Decker in Cable, WI, at the Lutheran Church, with Rev. Hugo List performing the ceremony. For the past ten years she had made her home in the town of Lenroot. Mrs. Decker is survived by her husband; two sisters, Mrs. Sophia Rang of Hayward, Mrs. Emma Carlson of California and one brother, John Stelling of Orchard, Nebraska, who arrived here to attend the funeral. The Body lay in state at the Lester Anderson Funeral Home from Saturday noon until Monday, when it was removed to the Lutheran Church in Phipps, where funeral services were held at 2:00 PM. The Rev. W. G. Brockup, pastor of the church, officiated. Burial was in the Phipps Lutheran Cemetery. Sawyer County Record, Aug 18, 1949 I wish to thank our friend and neighbors for the many acts and kindness shown us during the illness and death of my wife--Richard Decker. |
| 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., 1940 United States Federal Census, ED 57-13, Lenroot, Sawyer, WI, sheet 5B, household 113, line 63, Decker, Theresa M; 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]. |
| 6. | User submitted cemetery data, "Find A Grave," Theresa Mathilda (Stelling) Decker (#144022007); Database online, Find-A-Grave (Jim Tipton, Founder), Find A Grave : 1995 (http://www.FindAGrave.com/ : accessed 12/30/2018) [Surety: 3]. |