Ruth I. Decker

Female 1916 - 1996  (79 years)


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  • Name Ruth I. Decker  [1, 2
    Born 17 Aug 1916  Bonneauville, Adams Co., Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 23 Apr 1996  Hanover Hall Nursing Center, Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Obituary 24 Apr 1996  Gettysburg, Adams Co., Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Ruth I. Heikes
      Ruth I. (Decker) Heikes, 79, of
      623 Boundary Ave., Hanover,
      died Tuesday, April 23 at
      Hanover Hall.
      Born Aug. 17, 1916, in
      Bonneauville,. she was the
      daughter of the late Luther H.
      and Naomi M (Shanebrook)
      Decker. She was predeceased by
      her first husband, Glenn N.
      Stock, who died in 1954, and her
      second husband, Andrew M.
      Heikes, who died in 1994.
      She is survived by one daughter,
      Glenda June Neiderer of
      Hanover; two granddaughters;
      one great-grandson; eight sisters,
      Blanche Bearner and Mary
      Hufnagel of Hanover, Jean
      Myers of York, Florence
      Lawrence, Betty Kline and Elsie
      Kepner, all of New Oxford, and
      Shirley Kulynych of
      Thomasville; and one brother,
      Charles Decker.
      Funeral services will be held
      10 a.m. Friday, April 26 at
      Feiser Funeral Home, New
      Oxford, with the Rev. Larry M.
      Neff, interium. pastor of St.
      Paul's "The Pines" Lutheran
      Church, New Chester, officiating.
      Burial will be in New Oxford
      Cemetery. A viewing will be held
      Thursday at the. funeral home
      from 7 to 9 p.m.
    Age 79 years 
    Buried 26 Apr 1996  New Oxford Cemetery, Adams Co., Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I10282  Reindollar
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2011 

    Father Luther Hayden Decker,   b. 1895, Straban Twp., Adams Co., Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1961, New Oxford, Adams Co., Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Naomi Maggie Shanebrook,   b. 9 Jan 1898, Adams Co., Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1964, New Oxford, Adams Co., Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Family ID F3815  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Glenn N. Stock,   d. 1954 
    Children 
     1. Living
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2011 
    Family ID F3816  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Andrew M. Heikes,   d. 1994 
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2011 
    Family ID F3817  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Gettysburg Times, Gettysburg, Adams Co. Pennsylvania, USA., "Deaths," 24 Apr 1996, online archives (Ruth Decker (subscription required) : accessed 28 Dec 2011), p. A3, col. 1. (Reliability: 3), 28 Dec 2011.

    2. [S3] Gettysburg Times, Gettysburg, Adams Co. Pennsylvania, USA., "MOTHER OF 11 EXPIRES TODAY," 5 Jun 1964, online archives (Naomi Shanebrook (subscription required) : accessed 28 Dec 2011), p. 2, col. 3. (Reliability: 3), 28 Dec 2011.