Pearl W Decker

PEARL WOODROW WILSON DECKER WAS BORN ON THE FAMILY
HOMESTEAD IN WASHINGTON, KANSAS, NOVEMBER O1, 1912. PEARL WAS
THE EIGHTH OF TEN CHILDREN BORN TO CHARLES AND EMMA DECKER.
PEARL ATTENDED THE COUNTRY SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON, KANSAS,
AND RECEIVED HIS HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA FROM HOLLENBERG HIGH
SCHOOL.
PEARL MET HIS LIFE LONG LOVE AND COMPANION WHEN HELEN
PHILLIPS MOVED WITH HER FAMILY TO HOLLENBERG, KANSAS. PEARL
AND HELEN WERE MARRIED NOVEMBER 17, 1934, IN WASHINGTON,
KANSAS.
PEARL MADE A TRIP TO WYOMING IN AUGUST 1934, SECURED A
FARM JOB AND RETUNED TO WASHINGTON TO MARRY HELEN AND
RETURNED WITH HIS NEW BRIDE TO THE SHOSHONE VALLEY ON
THANKSGIVING DAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1934. THIS BEGAN THEIR LONG AND
SUCCESSFUL FARMING AND CATTLE BUSINESS.
PEARL STARTED AS A FARM HAND ON THE NORTH END COMMUNITY,
LEASED LAND ON THE POWELL FLAT, AND THEN PURCHASED A FARM
ON HEART MOUNTAIN IN 1951.
HE RETIRED FROM FARMING IN 1977 AND PURCHASED A HOME ON
AVENUE J IN POWELL. PEARL AND HELEN ENJOYED FISHING, THEIR
TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES WITH THE GOOD SAM CLUB AS MEMBERS OF
THE POLECAT RAMBLERS.
PEARL IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, HELEN, OF 73 YEARS; DAUGHTERS,
LOUISE TAYLOR AND LOIS (HEBER) HART BOTH OF POWELL AND LEANNA
(ERNEST) PHIPPS OF DUPONT, COLORADO; BROTHER, PAUL (MARJORIE)
DECKER, AND SISTER-IN-LAW, ARDATH DECKER ALL OF POWELL.
ALSO SURVIVED BY GRANDCHILDREN, RICHARD (MARILYN) LYNCH AND
KEITH (SUSAN) LYNCH OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, GREG (GLENDA) LYNCH,
MARK (RENEE) PHIPPS OF POWELL, CRYSTAL HART SCOTT OF SAN
DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AND MICHAEL (DEBRA) HART OF PALOS VERDES
ESTATES, CALIFORNIA.
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN ARE LAUREN LYNCH OF MADISON, NEW
JERSEY, BENJAMIN LYNCH OF HOUSTON TEXAS, KELSEY AND GARRET
LYNCH OF POWELL, JENA LYNCH OF GRAZ, AUSTRIA, LEVI AND JESSICA
SCOTT OF ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN AND LAUREN MARY AND KATELYN HART
OF PALOS VERDES ESTATES, CALIFORNIA. PEARL WAS ALSO BLESSED
WITH MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND FRIENDS.
PEARL WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, SISTERS, LAURAL
CLOSE, HAZEL FEYERABEND, FERN ODGERS AND FRANCES SAND
CROCKER. BROTHERS, RAYMOND, OLIVER, ARTHUR AND LYLE JOHN
DECKER AND SONS-IN-LAW, DICK LYNCH AND LYNN TAYLOR.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED TUESDAY, MAY 13, 10 A.M.
AT THOMPSON FUNERAL HOME WITH BURIAL FOLLOWING AT THE
CROWN HILL CEMETERY. VISITATION IS MONDAY, MAY 12, 6:00 - 7:30 PM.
FOR THOSE WHO WISH, THE FAMILY, WOULD APPRECIATE MEMORIALS
SENT TO POWELL LIFE LINE, %POWELL HOSPITAL VOLUNTEERS, 777
AVENUE H, POWELL, WY 82435.