JUANITA PEARL DECKER

Friday, January 6, 2012

Juanita Pearl Decker, 91, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., formerly of Hepler, Kan., died Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, at Fort Scott Manor. She was born Sept. 24, 1920, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Allen Rhodes and Stella Pearl Young Rhodes. She graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1938. She married Robert Jack Decker on Aug. 2, 1939, in Nevada, Mo. He preceded her in death. She worked for five years for Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott as a nurse's aide in the maternity ward. She then worked for Western Insurance Company in the claims department. Juanita and husband Jack loved to travel the western states, especially Arizona. She greatly enjoyed crocheting. She was baptized in 1965 in the Community of Christ Church in Fort Scott. She more recently attended services at the Hiattville United Methodist Church.

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