Recently obtained the obituary of Peter Wilbur Decker from the Crawfordsville District Public Library. Peter was the husband of Pansy Gilliland, sister of my great-grandmother, June. Peter died November 1, 1947 in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana.
Peter W. Decker Expires in City
Peter W. Decker, a resident of Montgomery county for the past 26 years and an employee of the Crawfordsville Seed Company for the last three years, died suddenly at 3:45 o'clock Saturday afternoon at his residence 702 Mill street. His death was attributed to a heart attack.
Son of William R., and Amanda Rollins Decker, the deceased was born March 13, 1889 at Beaver Dam, Ind. He married Pansy Gilliland at Bloomington, Ind., Dec. 11, 1912. Mr. Decker was a member of the Freedom Baptist church.
Surviving in addition to the widow and mother, the latter who resides at Browns Valley, are two sons, Wilbur R. and Robert Jean, both of Crawfordsville; one daughter, Mrs. Wandalee Purcell of Gulfport, Miss.; four brothers, Bert of Browns Valley; Alva and Bill of Louisville, Ky., and Delpherd of Fountain City, Ind. and four sisters, Mrs. James Burkett of Culver, Ind., Mrs. Leona Cowden, Mrs. Ernest Patton and Mrs. Fred Hurst, all of Bloomington.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Freedom Baptist church at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in charge of Rev. H.W. Steen. Friends may pay their respects at the Decker residence until 11o'clock Tuesday morning.
Source : "Peter W. Decker," obituary, Journal-Review, 3 November 1947, page 4, column 7.
