Deckert, Alvin C. (1906-1988)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1988 Jul 21 p. 8

Birth date: 1907

NEWTON & VICINITY

Alvin C. Deckert, 81, of North Newton, died July 18 at his home. Funeral services are scheduled for July 21 at Bethel College Mennonite Church, North Newton, with Darrell Fast and Vernon Lohrentz officiating. Burial is in Restlawn Gardens of Memory. A native of Marion Junction, S. D., Deckert had farmed 52 years in Montana. He had lived in North Newton since 1982. Survivors include his wife, the former Annie L. Sawatzky; two sons, Kenneth of San Jose, Calif., and Marion of North Newton; one daughter, Alison Hiebert of Bluffton, Ohio; one brother, Edward Deckert of Glendive, Mont.; two sisters, Hulda Senner of Glendive, Mont., and Doris Goosen of Richey, Mont.; and four grandchildren.