This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Decker, Tischendorf Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hgR.2ACIB/416.466.502.1 Message Board Post: The spelling of the name Deaker should not bother you to much. The name Decker in German is pronounced Day-ker(almost) and not Deck-er as it is in English. Sometimes it is difficult to write in one language when you are thinking in another language as may have been the case of the obit writer.