Obituary of Jean B. Decker

JEAN BUCHANAN DECKER, 83, of BRICK, passed away on Thursday, January 22, 2009 at the Meridian Hospice at Ocean Medical Center, Brick. Born in Montclair, to the late Archibald and Jean Buchanan, she was raised in Bloomfield and has lived in the Point Pleasant/Brick area for twenty years. Jean worked as a legal secretary in Northern NJ. She retired from the Meridian Heath Care System, where she worked as an operator at Ocean Medical Center and as a receptionist at Meridian Home Care and Hospice, Wall. She was a former member of the Daughters of Scotia and the B.P.O. Elks, Point Pleasant. She was predeceased by her husband, Richard H. Decker. Surviving to cherish her memory are her daughter, Dale Gross and her husband Fred of Brick; two grandchildren, Heather Applegate and Rick Applegate and his wife Jennifer; and two great-grandchildren, Gavin Warren and Brayton Andrew Applegate. Visitation will be from 2 - 4 p.m. & 7 - 9 p.m., Saturday at the Pable - Evertz Funeral Home of Point Pleasant, 901 Beaver Dam Road, where a service will be held at 8 p.m. Cremation will be held privately. As an expression of sympathy, donations made to Meridian Hospice at Ocean Medical Center are suggested.