George Eugene Decker
A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001, in Bateman Carroll Funeral Chapel for George Eugene Decker, who died Oct. 15 at age 85. Mr. Decker was born Aug. 21, 1916, in St. Joseph, Mo. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Air Forces in the South Pacific. He lived in Los Angeles before moving in 1948 to Portland and in 1969 to Gresham. He was a truck driver for Kendall Lumber Mill for eight years and a mechanic for the Portland Parks Bureau for 23 years, retiring in 1979. In 1945, he married Florence Bastian.
Survivors include his wife; son, George E.; daughters, Linda Guillinger and Carol O'Bill; four grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Interment in Willamette National Cemetery. Remembrances to the Elks Children's Eye Clinic.
Oct 17, 2001 Portland Oregonian