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Myron Decker

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

February 27, 1837

DATE OF DEATH:

December 30, 1903

GENDER:

M

OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

Myron Abbott Decker

ETHNICITY:

KNOWN ADDRESS:

3237 Groveland Ave.

Chicago

IL

RELATED TO:

Mamie Decker
Catherine Knox Decker
Blanche Decker Kinsey

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:

65

MARITAL STATUS:

Married

ROLE:

Audience Member

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

Real Estate dealer

other information

CEMETERY:

Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago IL

MORGUE:

Buffum

IDENTIFIED BY:

OTHER NOTES:

Mr. Decker with his wife and daughter perished in the fire was a prosperous real estate dealer, 65 years of age. He had a particular horror of fire and seldom attended the theater. One member of the family survives, a daughter and a bride of a few months, Mrs. Blanche D. Kinsey, wife of Carl D. Kinsey, of the Chicago Beach Hotel.

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 1 Jan 1904, Fri · Page 2
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87984474/myron-abbott-decker

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Karl Sup, Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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