December 20, 2024

Bonnie Decker

Lorimor

Bonnie Decker, 56, of Lorimor, died Thursday, March 14, 2024, at her home after a recent illness.

Bonnie (Foland) Decker, 56, of Lorimor, died Thursday, March 14, 2024, at her home after a recent illness. Celebration of Life Memorial Services will be 2 p.m., Sunday, April 14 at the Lorimor Community Center in Lorimor. Pastor Sheila Sutton will officiate. Burial will be private at a later date. Visitation, with family receiving friends, will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday at the Lorimor Community Center. A potluck meal will follow the service.

Memorials can be directed to the family. The family is in charge of the April 14 service. Online condolences may be given at www.powersfh.com

Bonnie Ranee (Foland) Decker, daughter of Robert B. Foland and Baunadine N. (Perry) Foland, was born March 8, 1968, in Des Moines. She graduated from East Union High School in 1986. She was later trained as a certified nursing assistant.

On Jan. 28, 1991, Bonnie married Larry Savage at the Pleasant Valley Church of rural Thayer. They divorced in 1993. On Oct. 3, 1998, Bonnie married Mike Decker in Lorimor. They lived and worked out of Lorimor. Bonnie worked as an aide, first for Afton Care Center. Later, she worked as an office manager for the Westbridge Nursing Home in Winterset. Mike and Bonnie separated in 2009.

Bonnie’s most recent employment was at Greenfield Care Initiatives Care Center as the office manager. Bonnie was a great painter and good at making craft projects. She also enjoyed crocheting, sewing and making afghans.

Bonnie is survived by a son, Dillon Decker (fiance, Dawn Baddley) of Lorimor; granddaughter, Maya Decker; spouse, Mike Decker of Lorimor; two brothers, Craig (Julie) Foland of Bedford and Brian (Carmen) Foland of Murray; a sister-in-law, Teresa Foland of Bedford; a nephew, Bruce Foland; a niece, Dawn Foland-Petrik; several great-nieces and -nephews and other cousins and extended family.

Bonnie was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter-in-law, Peyten Spencer in 2018; two brothers: Myron (Darlene) Foland and Rodney Foland; two nephews: Robert and Eric Foland and a niece, Nicki Foland.