IVAN DECKER: 1898-1985
Ivan C. Decker, 86, passed away at the Kremmling Memorial Hospital on Thursday, Jan. 3,1985.
Services, conducted by the Rev. Terry Jarbo and Robert Swift, were held at the Yampa Bible Church on Monday, Jan. 7 at 1 p.m. Interment was in the Yampa Cemetery.
Joan Carnahan and Lonia Maxwell, accompanied on the piano by Sally Meek, sang Beyond the Sunset, Someday We'll Understand and I Won't Have to Cross Jordan Alone.
Pallbearers were Jac and Junior Laman, Steve Decker, Dave Deppe, Lynn Whaley and Keith Baumgamer. Honorary bearers were Sam and Scott Decker and Gary and Wayne Carney.
Ivan was born in Elbert County on Aug. 7,1898. He was the son of Harry B. and Caroline Schillinger Decker. He came to Toponas with his family at the age of six. He married Bertha "Birdie" Perry in Steamboat Springs on Nov. 4, 1920.
They homesteaded 360 acres east of Toponas and in 1929 purchased his father's ranch, expanding their own to 1170 acres.
Ivan, Birdie and their five children raised cattle, grain, lettuce, spinach and potatoes. During the depression, the Deckers provided food and clothing for the children of transient workers.
Ivan worked on the rural mail route for 38 years, from 1927 to 1964. For the first years, this was done three days a week by horse and buggy. It included 27 miles and in the winter took up to 20 hours.
In 1964 the Deckers purchased a home on Egeria Creek.
He leaves his widow; two sons, Clint Decker of Eagle and Ivan Decker of Boise, Ida.; two daughters, Verna Whaley of Phippsburg and Iva Laman of McCoy; two brothers, Vem Decker of Hayden and Grant Decker of Montrose; 18 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one daughter, Emma Muntzert in 1972, two brothers, Harry and Charlie Decker, and two sisters, Marie and Orpha Mae. The Steamboat Pilot, Volume 100, Number 27, January 24, 1985.
Ivan C. Decker, 86, passed away at the Kremmling Memorial Hospital on Thursday, Jan. 3,1985.
Services, conducted by the Rev. Terry Jarbo and Robert Swift, were held at the Yampa Bible Church on Monday, Jan. 7 at 1 p.m. Interment was in the Yampa Cemetery.
Joan Carnahan and Lonia Maxwell, accompanied on the piano by Sally Meek, sang Beyond the Sunset, Someday We'll Understand and I Won't Have to Cross Jordan Alone.
Pallbearers were Jac and Junior Laman, Steve Decker, Dave Deppe, Lynn Whaley and Keith Baumgamer. Honorary bearers were Sam and Scott Decker and Gary and Wayne Carney.
Ivan was born in Elbert County on Aug. 7,1898. He was the son of Harry B. and Caroline Schillinger Decker. He came to Toponas with his family at the age of six. He married Bertha "Birdie" Perry in Steamboat Springs on Nov. 4, 1920.
They homesteaded 360 acres east of Toponas and in 1929 purchased his father's ranch, expanding their own to 1170 acres.
Ivan, Birdie and their five children raised cattle, grain, lettuce, spinach and potatoes. During the depression, the Deckers provided food and clothing for the children of transient workers.
Ivan worked on the rural mail route for 38 years, from 1927 to 1964. For the first years, this was done three days a week by horse and buggy. It included 27 miles and in the winter took up to 20 hours.
In 1964 the Deckers purchased a home on Egeria Creek.
He leaves his widow; two sons, Clint Decker of Eagle and Ivan Decker of Boise, Ida.; two daughters, Verna Whaley of Phippsburg and Iva Laman of McCoy; two brothers, Vem Decker of Hayden and Grant Decker of Montrose; 18 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one daughter, Emma Muntzert in 1972, two brothers, Harry and Charlie Decker, and two sisters, Marie and Orpha Mae. The Steamboat Pilot, Volume 100, Number 27, January 24, 1985.
IVAN DECKER: 1898-1985
Ivan C. Decker, 86, passed away at the Kremmling Memorial Hospital on Thursday, Jan. 3,1985.
Services, conducted by the Rev. Terry Jarbo and Robert Swift, were held at the Yampa Bible Church on Monday, Jan. 7 at 1 p.m. Interment was in the Yampa Cemetery.
Joan Carnahan and Lonia Maxwell, accompanied on the piano by Sally Meek, sang Beyond the Sunset, Someday We'll Understand and I Won't Have to Cross Jordan Alone.
Pallbearers were Jac and Junior Laman, Steve Decker, Dave Deppe, Lynn Whaley and Keith Baumgamer. Honorary bearers were Sam and Scott Decker and Gary and Wayne Carney.
Ivan was born in Elbert County on Aug. 7,1898. He was the son of Harry B. and Caroline Schillinger Decker. He came to Toponas with his family at the age of six. He married Bertha "Birdie" Perry in Steamboat Springs on Nov. 4, 1920.
They homesteaded 360 acres east of Toponas and in 1929 purchased his father's ranch, expanding their own to 1170 acres.
Ivan, Birdie and their five children raised cattle, grain, lettuce, spinach and potatoes. During the depression, the Deckers provided food and clothing for the children of transient workers.
Ivan worked on the rural mail route for 38 years, from 1927 to 1964. For the first years, this was done three days a week by horse and buggy. It included 27 miles and in the winter took up to 20 hours.
In 1964 the Deckers purchased a home on Egeria Creek.
He leaves his widow; two sons, Clint Decker of Eagle and Ivan Decker of Boise, Ida.; two daughters, Verna Whaley of Phippsburg and Iva Laman of McCoy; two brothers, Vem Decker of Hayden and Grant Decker of Montrose; 18 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one daughter, Emma Muntzert in 1972, two brothers, Harry and Charlie Decker, and two sisters, Marie and Orpha Mae. The Steamboat Pilot, Volume 100, Number 27, January 24, 1985.
Ivan C. Decker, 86, passed away at the Kremmling Memorial Hospital on Thursday, Jan. 3,1985.
Services, conducted by the Rev. Terry Jarbo and Robert Swift, were held at the Yampa Bible Church on Monday, Jan. 7 at 1 p.m. Interment was in the Yampa Cemetery.
Joan Carnahan and Lonia Maxwell, accompanied on the piano by Sally Meek, sang Beyond the Sunset, Someday We'll Understand and I Won't Have to Cross Jordan Alone.
Pallbearers were Jac and Junior Laman, Steve Decker, Dave Deppe, Lynn Whaley and Keith Baumgamer. Honorary bearers were Sam and Scott Decker and Gary and Wayne Carney.
Ivan was born in Elbert County on Aug. 7,1898. He was the son of Harry B. and Caroline Schillinger Decker. He came to Toponas with his family at the age of six. He married Bertha "Birdie" Perry in Steamboat Springs on Nov. 4, 1920.
They homesteaded 360 acres east of Toponas and in 1929 purchased his father's ranch, expanding their own to 1170 acres.
Ivan, Birdie and their five children raised cattle, grain, lettuce, spinach and potatoes. During the depression, the Deckers provided food and clothing for the children of transient workers.
Ivan worked on the rural mail route for 38 years, from 1927 to 1964. For the first years, this was done three days a week by horse and buggy. It included 27 miles and in the winter took up to 20 hours.
In 1964 the Deckers purchased a home on Egeria Creek.
He leaves his widow; two sons, Clint Decker of Eagle and Ivan Decker of Boise, Ida.; two daughters, Verna Whaley of Phippsburg and Iva Laman of McCoy; two brothers, Vem Decker of Hayden and Grant Decker of Montrose; 18 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one daughter, Emma Muntzert in 1972, two brothers, Harry and Charlie Decker, and two sisters, Marie and Orpha Mae. The Steamboat Pilot, Volume 100, Number 27, January 24, 1985.
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