Background
Decker, Esther Lorraine was born on June 23, 1919 in Ellendale, North Dakota, United States. Daughter of Adolf and Katherine (Klein) Schmidt.
Decker, Esther Lorraine was born on June 23, 1919 in Ellendale, North Dakota, United States. Daughter of Adolf and Katherine (Klein) Schmidt.
Student, State Normal U., Ellendale Bachelor of Science, U. North Dakota, Ellendale.
Teacher, rural schools, Ashley and Verona, North Dakota, 1938-1940; teacher, public schools, Kansas, Illinois, 1941-1942; teacher, public schools, Oakes, North Dakota, 1942-1945; teacher, public schools, Frederick, South Dakot, 1946-1948; teacher, supervisor teachers, Mayville (North Dakota) College, 1945-1946; bookkeeper, John Morrell & Company, Aberdeen, South Dakot, 1948-1956; tax assessor, County of Brown, Aberdeen, 1956-1957; teacher, Aberdeen City Schools, 1957-1986; retired, 1986.
Active Aberdeen Area Arts Council, Aberdeen Community Theatre, North Plains Hospice. Member American Association of University Women, National Education Association (life), South Dakota Education Association (life), South Dakota Retired Teachers Association, American Association Retired Persons, Daughters of Nile (past queen), Eastern Star, Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Eugene Carlos Decker, June 12, 1945.