Show HOWE OMAN GALLED CALLED SUDDENLY BY DEATH elizabeth decker summoned beyond after I 1 lill illness gillness ness of 24 hours salt lake dec 8 elizabeth decker wife of isaac P decker and mother of mayor C F decker of provo died atthe home of her laughter daughter mrs W I 1 E B brown rown seventh avenue in this city rafter after an illness of only 24 hours pleurisy being the cause assigned in her death closes the career of one of the stalwart figures among the women ottlie of the church for the past 15 years has been an untiring worker in the Salt lake temple and since her first first days within the church she har hac bogn firm in her faith and always a worker for her own uplift and that of those with whom she came in contact surviving mrs decker is a large jr finlly of children and grandchildren the oldest son eon charles F decker 13 mayor of provo city other sons are fera ray roy ira and joseph mrs IV E brown Is the only daughter in the family fera and ray are residents of provo ira and mrs brown are residents here joseph is with the firm of in ogden ile he Is at present in new york but will return for the funeral service elizabeth ogden decker was born in cothram Mo cheshire england september 26 1842 the daughter of edward and sarah ogden she came to utah at an early age crossing the plains in air ox team company with her parents and other members of her family she embraced the gospel in her native country in 1860 sho she was married to isaac P decker owing to the many enforced absences of the father from the family home the sons and daughter will long cherish the memory of their mother she was tho mainstay of the family when its members were young and her influence for good has been a strong one in roaring rearing he her sons to a stalwart manhood and her daughter to a motherhood as tender and steadfast as was her own arrangements for the funeral finneral service have not been made pending the arrival of word from joseph decker from now york |