Dorothy L Decker our beloved mother died February 19th of complications of Alzheimer's at Clare Bridge memory care in Owatonna. She was 86 years old. Our mother has gone into the arms of the Lord Jesus Christ. God bless all her caregivers. Dottie was born in Tennessee on April 17th 1926 on a Farm. Her father died in 1933 when she was seven years old and it was a struggle to survive for her large family In the 1940's during WWII she followed her brother to St Louis Missouri to work in a munitions factory making cannon shells. There she met a Byron Minnesota farm boy named Paul Decker who was in the army. Paul was functioning as Military Police and as a high command driver. They married in January of 1945 before Paul shipped to combat in Europe. Less than one month later Paul was severely wounded during a fire fight in Germany near Trier. He was not expected to survive. He survived.

Post WWII they raised four children together. Dottie was a fantastic mother and grandmother providing for her children. She worked many jobs in retail and as a co-manager with Paul at Soldiers field golf course restaurant for 10 years. Dottie worked for Mayo Clinic for 17 years in the department of Radiology. She was a tireless worker in the service of others. She helped so many people. She was very crafty and enjoyed knitting, crocheting and pottery. Her greatest love was as a Texas snow bird. Dottie and Paul had a trailer in Texas and loved going south for the winter.

Dorothy is survived by her four children; Daughter Paula (Rochester), and three sons: Rog and Karen (Andover MN), Tom and Binxia (Rochester), Jim and Shelly of (Edina MN). Dorothy has eight grandchildren and 14 Great grandchildren. She has two remaining siblings; sister Jo Grimes (Altus Oklahoma), and brother Charles Wimberley (San Antonio Texas). She was proceeded in death by her husband Paul and her grandchild Chris Decker, her parents and 4 brothers.

The Memorial Service will be at 11:00am, Monday February 25, 2013 at River Park Chapel, Macken Funeral Home in Rochester with Rev. Paul Nelson officiating.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

She will be buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery with our father Paul. Joyfully she is at the Kingdoms throne. Eternal life praise Jesus.