Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Rachel M. Decker

April 30, 1912 - March 26, 1999

 

South Bend Tribune 3/28/1999

Rachel M. Decker, 86, of Wheatstone Drive, Mishawaka, Ind., passed away at 5:25 p.m. on Friday, March 26, in St. Joseph Community Hospital, Mishawaka. Rachel was born on April 30, 1912, in Belgium, to Albin and Hortence (VanDenAbel) Martens, who both preceded her in death. On April 10, 1937, in St. Bavo Catholic Church, Mishawaka, as Rachel M. Martens, she married John Phillip Decker, who passed away Jan. 1, 1983. Mrs. Decker is survived by three daughters, Judith (Michael) Miller of South Bend, Ind., Susan (Fred) Goodyear of New Orleans, La., and Linda (Paul) Bergan of Eau Claire, Mich.; ten grandchildren and by seventeen great-grandchildren. Mrs. Decker was a homemaker and a member of St. Bavo Catholic Church, B-K Club, and St. Joseph Community Hospital Auxiliary Tricians.

 

Services will be at 9:30 a.m. on Monday in St. Bavo Catholic Church. Officiating will be Rev. James Shafer. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the Hahn Funeral Home, 505 West 8th Street, Mishawaka, where a Rosary will be said at 6:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association.