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Reverend Charles H. Decker Dies at 43 in Kansas Hospital
The Rev Charles H Decker pastor of St Paul Evangelical Church Eudora died of pneumonia Sunday evening at Memorial hospital Lawrence after confinement since January 27 following an emergency appendectomy He was 43 and survived by his wife two young daughters his mother and several brothers of St Louis He attended Elmhurst College and Eden Seminary graduating in 1912 and was ordained the same year He held pastorates in St Louis Marietta OH and Grand Junction CO before coming to Eudora in 1930 The body lay in state at St Paul church until funeral services conducted by Rev Herman Becker with local ministers assisting The deceased was interred in St Louis beside a daughter who died two years ago The Eudora basketball teams lost both games to Linwood on Tuesday evening