Summary of Willard A. DECKARD - 20 Apr 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Willard A. DECKARD Sex: Male Father: Amos DECKARD (7 Feb 1873 - ) Mother: Mary Jane SHARP (Feb 1876 - ) Individual Facts Birth 7 Jul 1895 Vinton, Huntington, Gallia, OH, USA1 Death 7 Dec 1935 (age 40) Acute alcholism, Murdered; Mifflinville, Franklin, OH, USA1,2 Occupation Whole produce sales3 Medical Info Alchoholism4 Marriages/Children 1. Laura Marie WELKER Marriage 4 Nov 1914 (age 19) [city], Gallia, OH, USA3,5 Children Margaret E. DECKARD (4 Aug 1915 - 26 May 1935) Lesta DECKARD (Mar 1918 - ) Notes (Individual) Death (7 Dec 1935): d. Important development in Deckard mystery. City and county police predicted "important" develpments in the investigation into the daath of William A. Deckard, 41 year old insurance salesman, whose body was found along side a ditch in along side Miflinville Rd. east of Cleveland Ave. Death of Mr. Deckard according to coroner E.E. Smith was due to exposure from the cold and rain after he was beaten and robbed and then thrown from an automobile. Murder charges will be filed against the assailent if and when found.. Mr. Deckard;s billfold was found on the CCC highway, a half mile from where his body was found. $30 was missing from the wallet. Police are seeking a man with whom Mr. Deckard was seen leaving a grill, in a coupe, late Saturday night. Funeral services, for Mr.Deckard, who lived at N. Medbrook Road, with his wife and 17 year old daughter, will be held 2 PM tomorrow at the Merrick Funeral Home and burial will be in Union Cem. Notes (Family #1) Marriage (4 Nov 1914): Willard Deckard, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Deckard of Vinton, and Miss Laura Welker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Welker of Chestnut Grove, accompanied by Miss Welker's brother Chad and his fiance Miss Grace Piper motored to Rio Grande Wednesday and were married at Fulton residence, Rev.Fulton officiating The bridal party midst a shower of rice and old shoes reached the home of the bride at about 4 o'clock this morning. Sources 1. Death Certificate, Ohio. 2. Newspaper article. 3. Email - Debbie Hodge DHodge8099@aol.com. 4. Mrs. Harold Ventling Ventling, Betty Jane (Deckard) 201 Deer Crossing Lane Powell, OH 43065 740 549 1107, Letter - 28 Oct 2004. 5. Virgil Huntley Email - Virgil,Huntley@snet.net. Summary of Laura Marie WELKER - 20 Apr 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Laura Marie WELKER Sex: Female Father: William Shephard WELKER (28 Apr 1851 - 1930) Mother: Rebecca J. HUNTLEY (7 Mar 1853 - 1928) Individual Facts Birth 4 Feb 18971,2 Death Dec 1979 (age 82)1 Marriages/Children 1. Willard A. DECKARD Marriage 4 Nov 1914 (age 17) [city], Gallia, OH, USA2,3 Children Margaret E. DECKARD (4 Aug 1915 - 26 May 1935) Lesta DECKARD (Mar 1918 - ) Notes (Family #1) Marriage (4 Nov 1914): Willard Deckard, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Deckard of Vinton, and Miss Laura Welker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Welker of Chestnut Grove, accompanied by Miss Welker's brother Chad and his fiance Miss Grace Piper motored to Rio Grande Wednesday and were married at Fulton residence, Rev.Fulton officiating The bridal party midst a shower of rice and old shoes reached the home of the bride at about 4 o'clock this morning. Sources 1. Huntley, Sert and Martha. 2. Virgil Huntley Email - Virgil,Huntley@snet.net. 3. Email - Debbie Hodge DHodge8099@aol.com.