Plot Listing
| Name of cemetery | Decker Methodist Church Cemetery |
| Caretaker | Decker United Methodist Church |
| Location of cemetery | 8304 Decker Lane |
| Driving instructions | Take Hwy 290 east to Decker Lane, turn right. Drive 2.1 mi. Cemetery is on the right between the elementary school and the church |
| Appearance | Fenced and well cared for |
| Date transcribed | October 9, 2008 |
| Transcribed by | Kay Dunlap Boyd 512.836.7484 |
| Notes | ( ) comments added Inventory divided into three sections, south, north and west. |
| Please note | This page is part of the Austin Genealogical Society’s Cemetery Transcription Project. This information was compiled by volunteers who either transcribed historical records or visited the cemetery to write down the names and dates. Unless noted, the volunteer is not an affiliate of the cemetery. |
Decker Alphabetical Listing
| PLOT | LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | BIRTH DATE | DEATH DATE | INSCRIPTIONS/NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | Swenson | A.G. | 9/19/1836 | 5/18/1926 | Father |
| S2 | Swenson | Maria | 10/12/1839 | 7/3/1914 | Mother |
| S3 | Swenson | C. John | 1/1/1877 | 1/11/1928 | |
| S4 | Swenson | Ellen | 4/4/1877 | 9/1/1931 | |
| S5 | Swenson | Maude | 4/8/1892 | 9/22/1947 | |
| S6 | Svenson | Esther Maria | 5/9/1889 | 7/27/1896 | |
| S7 | Svenson | Johanna | 9/12/1848 | 8/19/1921 | Moder |
| S8 | Svenson | Swen August | 2/15/1843 | 12/6/1895 | Fader |
| S9 | Svanson | Oskar | 11/26/1880 | 6/15/1889 | |
| S10 | Swenson | Leonard W. | 3/4/1920 | 6/30/1945 | Lt USNR Air Medal |
| S11 | Swenson | Titus E | 6/7/1884 | 12/13/1934 | Father |
| S12 | Swenson | Julia L. | 12/19/1893 | 9/3/1941 | Mother |
| S13 | Swenson | Titus Edward | 5/23/1918 | 1/29/2005 | |
| S14 | Swenson | Kathleen Olson | 2/25/1924 | 8/31/2005 | |
| S15 | Lundell | Sven August | 2/22/1840 | 9/9/1927 | Father, Lay Preacher 1902-1903 |
| S16 | Lundell | Emma | 3/23/1833 | 4/5/1912 | Mother |
| S17 | Johnson | Annie Emilia | 6/6/1869 | 4/23/1960 | |
| S18 | Johnson | John Alexius | 2/21/1866 | 1/14/1931 | |
| S19 | Johnson | Clarence | 12/13/1896 | 9/18/1907 | |
| S20 | Youngquist | Evelyn | 11/7/1905 | 8/9/1996 | |
| S21 | Youngquist | Alred | 9/4/1898 | 3/18/1972 | |
| S22 | Youngquist | Henry Alexius | 11/17/1938 | 1/22/1992 | |
| S23 | Peterson | Mabel Albertina Selea | 3/25/1884 | 2/8/1889 | |
| S24 | Anderson | May Jenette | 10/13/1907 | 1/27/1908 | daughter of G. E. and N. C. Anderson |
| S25 | Swenson | Alice | 7/11/1884 | 8/25/1906 | wife of Fred Swenson |
| S26 | Swenson | Fred | 1883 | 1955 | |
| S27 | Swenson | Laura | 1886 | 1961 | |
| S28 | Karling | A. Martina | 1901 | 1983 | |
| S29 | Karling | Joseph E. | 1894 | 1955 | United Methodist Minister |
| S30 | Ceder | Paul Stanford | 12/17/1903 | 10/26/1987 | Uncle |
| S31 | Ceder | David Oliver | 1/10/1907 | 10/14/1966 | Father |
| S32 | Johnson | Carl Alfred | 8/2/1880 | 10/19/1926 | |
| S33 | Ceder | Albertina C. | 2/25/1867 | 1/23/1961 | |
| S34 | Ceder | Swan August | 10/17/1862 | 5/6/1926 | |
| S35 | Ceder | H Cecilia | 11/23/1891 | 10/6/1948 | |
| S36 | Ceder | Esther V. | 12/2/1895 | 12/14/1979 | |
| S37 | Swahn | Walter | 10/16/1876 | 5/24/1976 | |
| S38 | Swahn | Cecelia | 5/2/1885 | (4/12/1980) | |
| S39 | Swahn | Nina | 1889 | ||
| S40 | Swahn | Tina | 1889 | ||
| S41 | Helge | Augusta Cedar | 1857 | 1889 | |
| S42 | Helge | Ruben | 1888 | 1888 | |
| S43 | Johnson | John | 2/24/1845 | 7/16/1915 | |
| S44 | Johnson | Malena | 12/17/1834 | 5/8/1925 | |
| S45 | Anderson | August G | 2/23/1877 | 12/22/1906 | |
| S46 | Carlson | Ida Anderson | 3/30/1882 | 9/22/1943 | |
| S47 | Anderson | Alice | 2/23/1877 | 12/22/1906 | |
| S48 | Sandstrom | Ruth | 8/23/1897 | 1/3/1898 | |
| S49 | Sandberg | Andrew John | 1848 | 1892 | Father-Family Monument |
| S50 | Sandberg | Helenna Sophia | 1852 | 1937 | Mother-Family Monument |
| S51 | Sandberg | Emil Rudolf | 1876 | 1899 | Son-Family Monument |
| S52 | Sandberg | Lula Emelia | 1886 | 1904 | Daughter-Family Monument |
| S53 | Foster | Lillie Belle infant | 7/16/1935 | ||
| S54 | Anderson | Laura infant | 1933 | ||
| S55 | Anderson | Laurel infant | 1932 | ||
| S56 | Carlson | infant daughter | no date | no date | of Albion and Annie Carlson |
| S57 | Peterson | Otto | 3/8/1878 | 8/26/1964 | |
| S58 | Hagberg | Fritz L. | 3/7/1889 | 10/17/1950 | United Methodist Minister |
| S59 | Hagberg | Hilda S. | 1/23/1889 | 10/1/1967 | |
| S60 | Skog | Christina G | 1/5/1859 | 85/18/1929 | |
| S61 | Skog | Carl A | 8/2/1859 | 3/13/1912 | |
| S62 | Lundell | Carl Gustaf | 10/19/1829 | 2/19/1818 | Father footsone |
| S63 | Lundell | Lina Stina | 10/12/1829 | 5/8/1987 | Mother footstone |
| S64 | Ekstrom | Gustaf Emil | 9/7/1882 | /30/1889 | |
| S65 | Faust | Carl G. | 1/16/1872 | 9/22/1890 | |
| S66 | Ceder | Peggy Marlyne | 9/10/1950 | ||
| S67 | Cedar | Carl Carroll | 5/29/1952 | ||
| S68 | Pannell | W. B. “Bubba” | |||
| S69 | Pannell | Rose Annette | 9/15/1924 | 1/13/2004 | |
| S70 | Abrahamson | Johanna | 1815 | 3/27/1890 | (shares stone with Gustaf) |
| S71 | Abrahamson | Gustaf | 1818 | 5/18/1898 | (shares stone with Johanna) |
| S72 | Anderson | John A. | 4/24/1841 | 3/10/1925 | Father |
| S73 | Anderson | Carolina S. | 5/28/1850 | 11/20/1932 | Mother |
| S74 | Anderson | Lam David | 1887 | 9/11/1897 | |
| S75 | Ekdahl | Edith Ruth | 12/15/1887 | 4/13/1920 | |
| S76 | Ekdahl | Christine | 9/18/1857 | 9/1/1923 | Mother footstone |
| S77 | Ekdahl | Carl August | 3/15/1849 | 4/10/1921 | Father footstone |
| S78 | Ekdahl | Hilma Mary | 3/23/1885 | 3/5/1903 | |
| S79 | Swenson | F.O. | 10/16/1872 | 11/19/1943 | |
| S80 | Engberg | Emma | 5/6/1855 | 6/2/1899 | (shares stone with C. W.) |
| S81 | Engberg | C. W. | 11/6/1856 | 6/2/1899 | (shares stone with Emma) |
| S82 | Gustafson | Carlyle Brown | 1933 | son of Hazel and George Brown, b Galveston | |
| S83 | Gustafson | Dayna Allyson | 9/26/1952 | ||
| S84 | Gustafson | Hazel Verna “Mutsie” | 8/24/1916 | 11/22/2000 | born in Galveston |
| S85 | Gustafson | Carroll Eugene | 10/30/1916 | born in Manor | |
| S86 | Gustafson | Gustaf | 4/28/1901 | 76 years | |
| S87 | Gustafson | Peter August Abrahamson | 10/11/1848 | 7/16/1913 | born Lekeryds, Jönköping, arr Galveston 1870 |
| S88 | Gustafson | Anna Marie Israelson | 10/10/1848 | 2/20/1932 | born in Malmback, Smäland, arr Indianola 1870 |
| S89 | Gustafson | Lillie | 4/28/1891 | 10/17/1905 | daughter of P. A. & A. |
| S90 | Johnson | Wilbur Oscar “Red” | 10/13/1922 | 4/12/2006 | married 3/18/1944 (with Ola) |
| S91 | Johnson | Ola Marie “Sis” | 4/27/1923 | married 3/18/1944 (with Wilbur) | |
| S92 | Forister | Douglas A. | 1/3/1916 | 9/19/1996 | (shares stone with Odessa) |
| S93 | Forister | Odessa | 7/8/1920 | 11/13/1985 | (shares stone with Douglas) |
| S94 | Carlson | Harold E. | 11/27/1917 | 5/11/2000 | (with Marjorie) |
| S95 | Carlson | Marjorie J. | 7/22/1925 | 8/7/2003 | (shares stone with Harold) |
| S96 | Carlson | Lambert | 3/10/1913 | 1/7/1991 | |
| S97 | Carlson | Ida | 2/8/1911 | 12/9/2005 | |
| S98 | Simons | James Howard | 6/11/1926 | 6/1/1996 | S1 USN WWII (shares stone with Joy) |
| S99 | Simons | Joy L. | 6/22/1924 | 6/17/2006 | (shares stone with J. Howard) |
| S100 | Simons | John P | 8/9/1948 | 9/7/2006 | |
| S101 | Ollison | Chester Eric | 5/28/1910 | 6/10/1999 | SSgt USA WWII (shares stone with Bernice) |
| S102 | Ollison | Bernice Lundell | 3/12/1912 | 5/31/2005 | (shares stone with Chester) |
| S103 | Allen | Edward | 5/22/1911 | 12/21/1990 | USA WWII |
| S104 | Allen | Frances Olga | 8/13/1914 | 12/19/1993 | |
| N105 | Lundell | Ahrendt | 8/16/1908 | 4/20/1913 | |
| N106 | Lundell | August E. | 8/31/1877 | 6/11/1954 | (shares stone with Nora) |
| N107 | Lundell | Nora A. | 3/16/1883 | 7/27/1963 | (shares stone with August) |
| N108 | Westbrook | Martin E | 7/23/1899 | 12/7/1973 | |
| N109 | Westbrook | Theo A. | 6/3/1890 | 12/24/1917 | (shares stone with Minnie) |
| N110 | Westbrook | Minnie | 8/20/1862 | 7/24/1942 | (shares stone with Orval) |
| N111 | Munson | Walter J | 10/27/1890 | 7/7/1921 | |
| N112 | Munson | Mabel J | 3/20/1889 | 1/25/1976 | |
| N113 | Munson | Orval | 1919 | 1978 | |
| N114 | Philquist | Minnie | 2/27/1878 | 1/31/1964 | Mother footstone |
| N115 | Philquist | Edward | 3/18/1874 | 9/21/1953 | Father footstone |
| N116 | Carlson | Leonard W. | 7/5/1934 | 8/28/2007 | Weed Corley FHM |
| N117 | Carlson | Leonard W Sr | 8/7/1895 | 10/21/1968 | (shares stone with Edith) |
| N118 | Carlson | Edith C. | 10/3/1905 | 1/12/2000 | (shares stone with Leonard) |
| N119 | Cedar | Arthur B. | 1/30/1901 | 1/24/1967 | (shares stone with Dora) |
| N120 | Cedar | Dora C. | 8/12/1903 | 3/16/1999 | (shares stone with Arthur) |
| N121 | Ceder | Wilford Sven | 12/2/1923 | 9/2/1947 | |
| N122 | Ceder | Rosie | 7/16/1901 | 2/13/2000 | (shares stone with Oscar) |
| N123 | Ceder | Oscar | 2/7/1898 | 6/1/1969 | (shares stone with Rosie) |
| N124 | Waggoner | Aubrey Mayo | 2/5/1918 | 3/2/1998 | SSgt USA WWII m 8/29/1943 (shares stone with Betty) |
| N125 | Waggoner | Betty A | 5/31/1925 | (shares stone with A. Mayo) | |
| N126 | Munson | Emma C | 11/14/1905 | 4/3/1981 | (shares stone with Clarence) |
| N127 | Munson | Clarence W | 8/4/1907 | 11/25/1977 | (shares stone with Emma) |
| N128 | Monson | Annie H. | 2/3/1882 | 7/6/1969 | |
| N129 | Monson | Alex H. | 4/11/1879 | 4/17/1944 | |
| N130 | Sjoberg | Walter E. Sr | 11/21/1895 | 4/18/1981 | |
| N131 | Sjoberg | Lillian A. | 2/18/1904 | 10/7/1991 | (nee Anderson) |
| N132 | Anderson | August F. | 09-01-1869 | 11/16/1917 | (shares stone with Annie) |
| N133 | Anderson | Annie H. | 4/6/1876 | 10/3/1935 | (shares stone with August) |
| N134 | Anderson | Filmore L. | 10/12/1909 | 1/14/1919 | |
| N135 | Bergstrom | Selma | 1871 | 1958 | |
| N136 | Bergstrom | Swan | 1860 | 1940 | |
| N137 | Anderson | Nell | 10/11/1917 | 11/11/2006 | m 1/16/1937 (shares stone with Laurel) |
| N138 | Anderson | Laurel | 6/16/1915 | m 1/16/1937 (shares stone with Nell) | |
| N139 | Anderson | Lillie | 8/28/1892 | 5/26/1980 | (shares stone with Richard) |
| N140 | Anderson | Richard | 8/30/1883 | 10/2/1915 | (shares stosne with Lillie) |
| N141 | Anderson | Lannelle Ann | 2/6/1947 | 12/5/2004 | |
| N142 | Plumb | Harry F | 12/18/1920 | 6/17/2001 | TEC5 USA WWII |
| N143 | Marcum | Elton C | 2/3/1918 | 11/1/1998 | MM2 USN WWII |
| N144 | Marcum | Millo N | 9/16/1919 | 6/7/2004 | |
| N145 | Snellings | J. Larry | Father (with Suzanne) | ||
| N146 | Snellings | Suzanne | Mother (with Larry) | ||
| N147 | Krause | Vergie M. | 8/5/1920 | 1/30/2003 | |
| N148 | Krause | Milton John | 12/30/1919 | 6/25/1979 | Y1 USN WWII |
| N149 | Smith | Blanch Hill | 3/24/1909 | 2/2/1978 | |
| N150 | Smith | William P | 9/27/1935 | 5/8/1981 | USN WWII |
| N151 | Ledell | Elizabeth | 6/30/1881 | 3/4/1922 | |
| N152 | Ledell | Theo. J. | 9/20/1868 | 12/25/1925 | |
| N153 | Lindell | S. M | 7/16/4847 | 6/2/1922 | |
| N154 | Lindell | Matilda | 8/30/1848 | 6/14/1917 | |
| N155 | Lindell | Sam | 11/3/1920 | 9/8/1978 | USN WWII |
| N156 | Campbell | Hazel A | 6/24/1909 | 2/11/1996 | |
| N157 | Johnson | Marguerite | 6/24/1916 | (1/4/2007) | |
| N158 | Johnson | Arthur Eugene | 11/13/1912 | 2/3/1992 | Sgt USAAF WWII |
| N159 | Loveland | Elizabeth Johnson | 3/11/1967 | 2/27/1997 | |
| N160 | Johnson | Jeffrey Titus | 8/5/1975 | 10/17/2000 | 1Lt USA USMA Class of 1998 |
| N161 | Carlson | Carl Daniel | 11/24/1896 | 12/12/1987 | USA WWII |
| N162 | Carlson | Elsie V | 8/8/1901 | 2/28/1949 | |
| N163 | Casper | Delia Mae C. | 10/28/1927 | 11/9/1998 | |
| N164 | Newburg | Annie S. | 4/12/1876 | 2/17/1964 | (nee Sponberg) |
| N165 | Sponberg | August | 12/18/1847 | 7/30/1928 | Father |
| N166 | Sponberg | Ida | 3/15/1853 | 4/13/1930 | Mother (nee Ekdahl) |
| N167 | Sponberg | Arthur | 3/29/1887 | 1/1/1913 | |
| N168 | Kederis | Luerene Sponberg | 9/20/1907 | 2/3/1989 | |
| N169 | Sponberg | Ollie Z. | 9/26/1900 | 12/17/1975 | |
| N170 | Sponberg | Fred A. | 8/13/1893 | 11/12/1966 | |
| N171 | Wallin | William G. | 4/5/1843 | 8/30/1927 | (shares stone with Anna) |
| N172 | Wallin | Anna C. | 12/11/1847 | 8/10/1897 | (shares stone with William) |
| N173 | Wallin | Ruby E | 10/1894 | 4/1896 | |
| N174 | Wallin | Paul S | 6/1887 | Jul-17 | |
| N175 | Stromquist | Martin Luther | 5/27/1896 | (shares stone with Mildred) | |
| N176 | Stromquist | Mildred Cecelia | 7/27/1899 | 8/23/1987 | (shares stone with Martin) |
| N177 | Stromquist | Lillie M | 4/16/1989 | 11/8/1967 | |
| N178 | Kramer | Max A. | 12/23/1930 | 9/2/2004 | FN USN |
| N179 | Crofford | William Luther | 7/10/1908 | 2/14/1986 | (shares stone with Ava) |
| N180 | Crofford | Ava Monroe | 11/20/1915 | 5/30/2000 | (shares stone with William) |
| N181 | Froeschi | Judy Mondragon | 9/12/1963 | 12/5/1989 | |
| N182 | Hitchcock | Clara Lorenz | 6/21/1921 | ||
| N183 | Hitchcock | Harley Moran Sr | 12/21/1910 | 4/4/1998 | |
| N184 | Hitchcock | Harley Moran Jr | |||
| N185 | Hitchcock | Lynda Gayle Brothers | |||
| N186 | Hitchcock | Kirk Allen | 3/5/1958 | 12/16/1979 | SP4 USA |
| N187 | Hitchcock | Scott R | 5/2/1917 | 6/13/2002 | (shares stone with Mozelle) |
| N188 | Hitchcock | Mozelle | 7/30/1924 | 3/12/2001 | (shares stone with Scott) |
| N189 | Cole | Elizabeth Ren’ee “Lizzy” | 7/21/1984 | 6/15/1986 | |
| N190 | Wallace | Neva Nell | 8/31/1918 | 1/24/1975 | |
| N191 | Briscoe | Troy Dan | 3/3/1921 | 12/19/1982 | |
| N192 | Foster | Wanda Nell | 12/28/1940 | 3/10/2000 | |
| N193 | Brothers | Hazelle Marguerite Harman | 4/29/1908 | 3/30/1997 | |
| N194 | Jack | Robert M | 7/24/1917 | 2/16/1987 | MSgt USAF WWII Korea m 6/13/1949 (shares stone with Billey) |
| N195 | Jack | Billey Mc. | 9/9/1920 | 1/13/1989 | m 6/13/1949 (shares stone with Robert) |
| N196 | Johnson | A. Walter | 10/11/1873 | 6/10/1945 | (shares stone with Alma) |
| N197 | Johnson | Alma M. | 10/15/1875 | 2/20/1951 | (shares stone with Walter) |
| N198 | Johnson | Esther | 11/17/1903 | 9/1/1911 | dau of Walter and Alma |
| N199 | Houser | Mary | 6/12/1822 | 1/8/1892 | |
| N200 | Houser | Christian | 1/21/1822 | 7/10/1907 | |
| N201 | Carlson | John | no date | no date | |
| N202 | Malm | Vernell | 12/19/1924 | 7/14/1926 | |
| N203 | Dahlin | Arthur Cleveland | 1/11/1885 | 1/18/1885 | son of A M and Louisa |
| N204 | Palm | Arthur Edward | no date | no date | |
| W205 | Monson | Emory L K | 8/29/1916 | 10/28/1994 | |
| W206 | Johnson | Theodore M. | 3/29/1914 | 11/14/2002 | CPL USA WWII |
| W207 | Foster | John D. | 8/21/1894 | 1/26/1994 | PVT USA WWI (shares stone with Lillie) |
| W208 | Foster | Lillie C. | 9/30/1899 | 2/12/1984 | (shares stone with John D.) |
| W209 | Walenta | Melvin Ernest | (shares stone with Joann) | ||
| W210 | Walenta | Joann Foster | (shares stone with Melvin) | ||
| W211 | Mayes | James Harold | 7/14/1921 | 2/1/1994 | PFC USA WWII (shares stone with Doris) |
| W212 | Mayes | Doris Foster | 11/2/1923 | 10/24/1995 | (shares stone with J Howard) |
| W213 | Neal | Mary Ann Karling | 5/6/1936 | 8/4/2006 | (shares stone with Charles) |
| W214 | Neal | Charles Aldridge Jr | (shares stone with Mary Ann) | ||
| W215 | Carlson | Mary Nell Fredrickson | (shares stone with Gordon) | ||
| W216 | Carlson | Gordon | 1/22/1911 | 2/7/1996 | (shares stone with Many Nell) |
| W217 | Weiss | LeRoy | 5/11/1912 | 2/21/2000 | (shares stone with Doris) |
| W218 | Weiss | Doris Fredrickson | 8/24/1917 | 1/22/1986 | (shares stone with LeRoy) |
| W219 | Powell | Oneta Faye Morgan McMillen | 6/27/1940 | 10/13/2006 | m 8/25/1955 and 7/20/1973 (shares stone with Alvin) |
| W220 | Powell | Alvin Earl | m 8/25/1955 and 7/20/1973 (shares stone with Oneta) | ||
| W221 | Burkland | Elvin Oscar “Shorty” | 12/24/1928 | 2/29/1996 | PFC USA Korea m 7/16/1953 (shares stone with Nancy) |
| W222 | Burkland | Nancy Irene | m 7/16/1953 (shares stone with Elvin) | ||
| W223 | Lundell | Joe Swan | 4/9/1914 | 4/20/2006 | (shares stone with Maidel) |
| W224 | Lundell | Maidel Munson | 12/1/1916 | 5/20/1992 | (shares stone with Joe) |
| W225 | Lundell | Joe August | 1914 | 2006 | |
| W226 | Tomlinson | Charlotte A. | (shares stone with Kenneth) | ||
| W227 | Tomlinson | Kenneth | 1/24/1934 | 9/4/1985 | m 8/7/1953 (shares stone with Charlotte) |
| W228 | Townsend | John S | 12/23/1943 | 3/11/2007 | (shares stone with LeAnna) |
| W229 | Salyer | Fannie R | (shares stone with John) | ||
| W230 | Johnson | Winfred Jr | 7/9/1941 | 2/15/2004 | (shares stone with LeAnna) |
| W231 | Johnson | LeAnna H | (shares stone with Winfred) | ||
| W232 | Johnson | Oscar Winfred Sr | 5/27/1914 | (8/21/2007) | |
| Wallin | A | 10/11/1873 | 6/10/1945 | (recorded in 1954, not found in 2008) |