Decker
Shirley A. (Palm) Decker, 98, a resident of the Danville area since 1996, passed peacefully from life to life eternal on Wednesday morning at the Emmanuel Center in Danville. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio, daughter of the late John C. and Edyth (Weidel) Palm. While she was an infant, her parents returned to the Altoona area where her mother had family. Shirley had fond memories of growing up in the Lakemont Park neighborhood where she had many friends. She graduated from Altoona High School in 1940 and attended Penn State University.
On Sept. 26, 1943, she married A. Monroe Decker Jr. of Red Bank, N.J. Two years later a son, John C. Decker, was born. In 1949, they moved to Clifton, N.J., where Shirley lived for close to 50 years. She was employed by Automatic Data Processing Inc. for 27 years, retiring in 1994. Her husband preceded her in death on Oct. 29, 1974.