Elmer Decker
April 21, 1870-Feb. 10, 1962
Niles Daily Star, Saturday, February 10, 1962, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
Elmer Decker, 92, of Range Line Road, Berrien Springs, former Niles resident and businessman, died at 9:30 a.m. today in the Berrien County Hospital, Berrien Center, where he had been admitted on Feb. 3 for treatment of a concussion suffered in a fall.
Mr. Decker was born April 21, 1870, in Three Rivers, and had spent many years in Niles prior to moving to Berrien Springs about 10 years ago. He had owned and operated the first taxi service in Niles, and had also owned and operated his own barbershop here. He was a member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Berrien Springs.
Funeral services have been set tentatively for Monday afternoon in the McLauchlin Funeral Home, Berrien Springs, with burial in Silverbrook Cemetery here.