Claude Arthur Decker (1892 - 1985)

Born 22 Sep 1892 in Iowa, United States

Died 28 Nov 1985 at age 93 in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

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Biography

Claude Arthur Decker was born at Iowa, United States on 22 Sep 1892 to Arthur John Decker and Matilda Olson.

Claude married Sisily Marie LaForge in Westlock, Alberta, Canada in 1934. They divorced in 1969.

He passed away at the Kootenay Lake District Hospital in Nelson, British Columbia on 28 Nov 1985.

Burial took place at the Argenta Cemetery in Argenta, British Columbia on 30 Nov 1985.

Sources

• "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVCR-331 : 1 April 2020), Claude Arthur Decker, 22 Sep 1892; citing Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,026,656.

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M93Y-CN6 : Sun Sep 17 01:33:43 UTC 2023), Entry for Arthur Decker and Matilda Decker, 1900.

• "Canada, Northwest Provinces Census, 1906", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHVD-8YH : Sun Jun 04 22:58:11 UTC 2023), Entry for Arther Decker and Matilda Decker, 1906.

• "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9P-5NTZ : 16 March 2018), Claude Decker in entry for Arthur Decker, 1911; citing Census, Victoria Sub-Districts 1-51, Alberta, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,657.

• "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPRP-1C7R : Wed Aug 09 17:01:45 UTC 2023), Entry for A.j. Decker and Matilda Decker, 1926.

• "Alberta Marriage Indexes," database. Entries for Claude A Decker and Sisily M LaForge; Registration Number: 1143, Westlock, 1934. Provincial Archives of Alberta (provincialarchives.alberta.ca : accessed 22 Aug 2020). (bride) (groom)

• Divorce; Sisily Marie Decker and Claude Arthur Decker; Vancouver, BC: The Vancouver Sun, 17 Mar 1969, p2. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57857573/decker-laforge-divorce (newspapers.com : accessed 22 Aug 2020)

• "British Columbia Death Registrations," database with images. Entry for Claude Arthur Decker; Registration Number: Claude Arthur Decker; Registration Number: 1985-09-020284, Nelson, 28 Nov 1985. http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/46248110-239a-46cc-a15b-f5e29661d233 Royal British Columbia Museum: BC Archives (royalbcmuseum.bc.ca : accessed 22 Aug 2020).

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232505706/claude-arthur-decker: accessed 20 September 2023), memorial page for Claude Arthur Decker (26 Sep 1891–28 Nov 1985), Find A Grave: Memorial #232505706, citing Argenta Cemetery, Argenta, Central Kootenay Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; Maintained by Mary Defeo (contributor 47537707).