Harvey Allen Decker

November 6, 1930 ~ January 5, 2012
Harvey Allen Decker, 81, of Princeton died at 11:40 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, at his home. Born Nov. 6, 1930, in Walnut Ridge, Ark., to Grover and Josephine (Davenport) Decker, he married Lenita J. Conrey April 29, 1954, in Hayti, Mo. She survives. He had been employed by Industrial Catering. He served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army in Germany for two years during the Korean Conflict. He trained at Fort Bragg, N.C. He was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church in Princeton for the past 20 years and served as a deacon. He was a charter member of the First Baptist Church of Wood Dale, Ill. Also surviving are three daughters, Brenda (Bruce) Johnson of West Chicago, Deborah Woods of Itasca and Paula (Robert) Marshall of Ontario, Canada; two sons, Allen (Analisa) Decker of Newark, Texas, and Michael Decker of Princeton; seven grandchildren, Donald Woods, Zachary Johnson, Patrick Woods, Brent Decker, Grace Johnson, Nicholas Decker and Leonard Decker; one brother, Chester (Nealy) Decker of Arkansas; and five sisters, Wanda (William) Strange of Florida, Retha Sue Toole of Arizona, Oletta Bagwell of Illinois, Martha (Jack) Watkins of Oklahoma and Cathy (Wayne) Keller of Missouri. He was preceded in death by his parents; six brothers, Raymond, Gene, Floyd, Aubrey, Freddie and Grover Jr.; and one sister, Amy Ramsey. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Bethel Baptist Church, Princeton, with the Rev. Timothy Batchelor officiating. Burial will be in Elm Lawn Memorial Park, Princeton, with military rites conducted by American Legion Post 125, Princeton. Visitation will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Monday at the church. Memorials may be directed to Bethel Baptist Church in Princeton or the LaSalle Veterans Home.
I never met your dad Paula, but hearing Lynn and you talk about him I felt like I understood him to have exhibited the love of Jesus to both of you and those around him.
God Bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
what is about the passage of time? I don’t think so — how long, Lord?