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Surname: FLANSBURG, FOLLETT, DECKER, ANDERSON, EMERY, ROBERTS, LONG
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Decker--Lydia Louisa Flansburg Decker died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs.(Mary Anna) P .H. Anderson at Lovelock, Nevada, Saturday, February
8 at the age of 78 years, 10 months and 2 days. Lydia L. Flansburg, third
daughter of William and Mary Follett Flansburg was born at Dunkirk, Chautauqua
county, New York, April 6, 1851 and moved with her parents at the age of
four years to Knox, then Galva,Henry County, Illinois, where she grew to
womanhood.
On October 1, 1871 she was united in marriage to Charles H. Decker and
to this union nine children were born, three of whom died in infancy. Her
husband preceded her in death November 24, 1916. She leaves to mourn her
departure her children,Charles O. Decker & Alice L Roberts of Washington;
Frank J Decker of Valbrand, Saskatchewan, Canada, Eva M. Long of Springdale,
Arkansas, Mary A. Anderson and Oscar L. Decker of Lovelock, Nevada; twenty-four
grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. (Mary
Janette) W. H. Emery of Washington, Kansas. At the age of eighteen she
united with the Baptist church but later joined the Christian church and
has been a faithful member the past forty-one years. In 1885 she came to
Washington county with her husband and family, where for thirty-seven years
she resided on a farm near Hollenberg. In 1922 she moved to Plattsmouth,
Nebr., and for the past three years she has been with her daughter, Mrs.
P. H. Anderson at Lovelock, Nevada. She was a devoted wife, a loving mother
, always ready to help in sickness and trouble. She was loved and respected
by all who knew her. The funeral service was held Saturday afternoon, February
15 at two o'clock in the Christian church in this city with George M. Caughran
of Morrowville officiating. The burial was in Washington City Cemetery,
Kansas.