Joseph Howard Decker (1920 - 1991)

Born 26 Mar 1920 in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States

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Died 27 Feb 1991 at age 70 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Joseph Howard Decker was born on March 26, 1920 in Parowan, Iron County, Utah, United States. He was the son of Joseph Victor Decker and Vera Wood.

He married Myrtle Parks on August 6, 1944 in Lincoln County, Nevada.^[1][2]

Joseph Howard Decker passed away on February 27, 1991 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. He is buried in the Lancaster Cemetery in Lancaster, Los Angeles County, California.^[3][4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Nevada County Marriages, 1862-1993," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4P-3FHH : 22 July 2021), Joseph H Decker and Myrtle Parks, 06 Aug 1944; citing Marriage, Lincoln, Nevada, United States, Nevada State Museum and Historical Society, Las Vegas; FHL microfilm 005242062.
2. ↑ "Nevada County Marriages, 1862-1993," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4L-ZSWP : 22 July 2021), Joseph H Decker and Myrtle Parks, 06 Aug 1944; citing Marriage, Lincoln, Nevada, United States, Nevada State Museum and Historical Society, Las Vegas; FHL microfilm 005242061.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153352118/joseph-howard-decker : accessed 23 March 2022), memorial page for Joseph Howard Decker (26 Mar 1920–27 Feb 1991), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #153352118, citing Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster, Los Angeles County, California, USA ; Maintained by Dayle DeBry (contributor 46583708) .
4. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLBG-PXS : 11 January 2021), Joseph H Decker, 27 Feb 1991; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
5. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPJ8-9C2 : 26 November 2014), Joseph Howard Decker, 27 Feb 1991; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

• "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z1J6-STT2 : 25 August 2021), Joseph Howard Decker in entry for Joseph Victor Decker, 1920.

• "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z1J6-SYZM : 25 August 2021), Joseph Howard Decker in entry for Joseph Victor Decker, 1925.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH6C-9VB : accessed 23 March 2022), Joseph H Decker in household of Joseph V Decker, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 1B, line 56, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2416; FHL microfilm 2,342,150.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT4S-F5S : 4 January 2021), Joseph Howard Decker in household of Joseph Victor Decker, Parowan Election Precinct, Iron, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11-18, sheet 2B, line 60, family 28, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4213.

• "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WP-NVV6 : 3 March 2020), Joseph Howard Decker, 01 Jul 1941; records extracted by FamilySearch, images digitized by Ancestry; citing Draft Registration, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States, NARA "Draft Registration Cards for Utah, 10/16/1940 – 3/31/1947," NAID 6002234. Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147. National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri, FHL microfilm 00711.

• "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DF8Y-S7MM : 25 August 2021), Joseph Howard Decker, 1950.

• "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DF8Y-SQMM : 25 August 2021), Joseph Howard Decker, 1955.

• "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DF8Y-S7PZ : 25 August 2021), Joseph Howard Decker, 1960.