Betty Maxine Decker, 80, of Holdrege died Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011, at Bertrand Nursing Home. Betty was born December 24, 1930 at Cambridge, Nebraska, the youngest of ten children born to Frank and Ida (Rheinheimer) Cady.
Betty received her education at McCook, Nebraska, graduating from McCook High School with the class of 1948. On June 1, 1948 she was united in marriage to John Edward Decker and to this union two children were born: Diana and Robert. The family first made their home in Holbrook, Nebraska. In 1961, they moved to Holdrege, where Betty was employed by J.M. McDonald Department Stores for ten years prior to her employment at Becton-Dickinson until her retirement following 20.5 years of service to the company. On October 15, 1991 she was preceded in death by her husband, John.
Betty was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Holdrege, where she was involved with the U.M.W. She was also an active member of the B.P.O. DOES Drove #161, served as treasurer of the Becton Dickinson Alumni Association, and also volunteered at the Holdrege Day Camp, Red Cross Blood Mobile, Phelps Memorial Health Center Service League, and the Senior Center. Betty and John loved to camp, canoe, and go motorcycle riding. Following the passing of John, she loved being involved with her friends, spending time and traveling with her family and enjoying the outdoors.
Besides her parents and husband, John, Betty was preceded in death by: brothers: Jimmy, Bud and Bob Cady; and five sisters: Esther Roberts, Lucille Henry, Ruth Weber, Maurine Rork and Frances Hoerle.
Betty leaves to mourn her passing: children: Diana Holscher and her husband, Ken of Ames, Iowa, and Robert Decker of Ft. Collins, Colorado; grandchildren: Asheley McVey and her husband, Paul of Lake St. Louis, Missouri, John Holscher of Clarksville, Tennessee, Jennifer Decker of Ft. Collins, and Janelle Decker and her fiancé, Alex Beach of Peterson, West Virginia; great-grandchildren: Katie and Connor McVey, Trevon and Tayvion Simmons-Adams, and Avalee Decker; sister, Delma Cady of Guthrie, Oklahoma; and a host of relatives and friends.
Interment was in the Prairie Home Cemetery, Holdrege, NE.
Published in Kearney Hub on September 28, 2011
Betty received her education at McCook, Nebraska, graduating from McCook High School with the class of 1948. On June 1, 1948 she was united in marriage to John Edward Decker and to this union two children were born: Diana and Robert. The family first made their home in Holbrook, Nebraska. In 1961, they moved to Holdrege, where Betty was employed by J.M. McDonald Department Stores for ten years prior to her employment at Becton-Dickinson until her retirement following 20.5 years of service to the company. On October 15, 1991 she was preceded in death by her husband, John.
Betty was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Holdrege, where she was involved with the U.M.W. She was also an active member of the B.P.O. DOES Drove #161, served as treasurer of the Becton Dickinson Alumni Association, and also volunteered at the Holdrege Day Camp, Red Cross Blood Mobile, Phelps Memorial Health Center Service League, and the Senior Center. Betty and John loved to camp, canoe, and go motorcycle riding. Following the passing of John, she loved being involved with her friends, spending time and traveling with her family and enjoying the outdoors.
Besides her parents and husband, John, Betty was preceded in death by: brothers: Jimmy, Bud and Bob Cady; and five sisters: Esther Roberts, Lucille Henry, Ruth Weber, Maurine Rork and Frances Hoerle.
Betty leaves to mourn her passing: children: Diana Holscher and her husband, Ken of Ames, Iowa, and Robert Decker of Ft. Collins, Colorado; grandchildren: Asheley McVey and her husband, Paul of Lake St. Louis, Missouri, John Holscher of Clarksville, Tennessee, Jennifer Decker of Ft. Collins, and Janelle Decker and her fiancé, Alex Beach of Peterson, West Virginia; great-grandchildren: Katie and Connor McVey, Trevon and Tayvion Simmons-Adams, and Avalee Decker; sister, Delma Cady of Guthrie, Oklahoma; and a host of relatives and friends.
Interment was in the Prairie Home Cemetery, Holdrege, NE.
Published in Kearney Hub on September 28, 2011
Betty Maxine Decker, 80, of Holdrege died Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011, at Bertrand Nursing Home. Betty was born December 24, 1930 at Cambridge, Nebraska, the youngest of ten children born to Frank and Ida (Rheinheimer) Cady.
Betty received her education at McCook, Nebraska, graduating from McCook High School with the class of 1948. On June 1, 1948 she was united in marriage to John Edward Decker and to this union two children were born: Diana and Robert. The family first made their home in Holbrook, Nebraska. In 1961, they moved to Holdrege, where Betty was employed by J.M. McDonald Department Stores for ten years prior to her employment at Becton-Dickinson until her retirement following 20.5 years of service to the company. On October 15, 1991 she was preceded in death by her husband, John.
Betty was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Holdrege, where she was involved with the U.M.W. She was also an active member of the B.P.O. DOES Drove #161, served as treasurer of the Becton Dickinson Alumni Association, and also volunteered at the Holdrege Day Camp, Red Cross Blood Mobile, Phelps Memorial Health Center Service League, and the Senior Center. Betty and John loved to camp, canoe, and go motorcycle riding. Following the passing of John, she loved being involved with her friends, spending time and traveling with her family and enjoying the outdoors.
Besides her parents and husband, John, Betty was preceded in death by: brothers: Jimmy, Bud and Bob Cady; and five sisters: Esther Roberts, Lucille Henry, Ruth Weber, Maurine Rork and Frances Hoerle.
Betty leaves to mourn her passing: children: Diana Holscher and her husband, Ken of Ames, Iowa, and Robert Decker of Ft. Collins, Colorado; grandchildren: Asheley McVey and her husband, Paul of Lake St. Louis, Missouri, John Holscher of Clarksville, Tennessee, Jennifer Decker of Ft. Collins, and Janelle Decker and her fiancé, Alex Beach of Peterson, West Virginia; great-grandchildren: Katie and Connor McVey, Trevon and Tayvion Simmons-Adams, and Avalee Decker; sister, Delma Cady of Guthrie, Oklahoma; and a host of relatives and friends.
Interment was in the Prairie Home Cemetery, Holdrege, NE.
Published in Kearney Hub on September 28, 2011
Betty received her education at McCook, Nebraska, graduating from McCook High School with the class of 1948. On June 1, 1948 she was united in marriage to John Edward Decker and to this union two children were born: Diana and Robert. The family first made their home in Holbrook, Nebraska. In 1961, they moved to Holdrege, where Betty was employed by J.M. McDonald Department Stores for ten years prior to her employment at Becton-Dickinson until her retirement following 20.5 years of service to the company. On October 15, 1991 she was preceded in death by her husband, John.
Betty was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Holdrege, where she was involved with the U.M.W. She was also an active member of the B.P.O. DOES Drove #161, served as treasurer of the Becton Dickinson Alumni Association, and also volunteered at the Holdrege Day Camp, Red Cross Blood Mobile, Phelps Memorial Health Center Service League, and the Senior Center. Betty and John loved to camp, canoe, and go motorcycle riding. Following the passing of John, she loved being involved with her friends, spending time and traveling with her family and enjoying the outdoors.
Besides her parents and husband, John, Betty was preceded in death by: brothers: Jimmy, Bud and Bob Cady; and five sisters: Esther Roberts, Lucille Henry, Ruth Weber, Maurine Rork and Frances Hoerle.
Betty leaves to mourn her passing: children: Diana Holscher and her husband, Ken of Ames, Iowa, and Robert Decker of Ft. Collins, Colorado; grandchildren: Asheley McVey and her husband, Paul of Lake St. Louis, Missouri, John Holscher of Clarksville, Tennessee, Jennifer Decker of Ft. Collins, and Janelle Decker and her fiancé, Alex Beach of Peterson, West Virginia; great-grandchildren: Katie and Connor McVey, Trevon and Tayvion Simmons-Adams, and Avalee Decker; sister, Delma Cady of Guthrie, Oklahoma; and a host of relatives and friends.
Interment was in the Prairie Home Cemetery, Holdrege, NE.
Published in Kearney Hub on September 28, 2011
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