She was the beloved wife of the late Lt. Col. Bert J. Decker, USAF, the devoted mother of Dwight Decker and his wife Ann Decker of Lynnfield, MA, and cherished grandmother of Katherine Decker and Andrew Decker.
She is survived by her dear sister Margaret Conant of Oneonta, and by several nieces and nephews.
Jean was predeceased by her parents, Katherine and Dwight Sanly of Franklin, NY.
She graduated from Franklin Central School and Hartwick College.
Jean taught school in Morris, New York in the early fifties and worked for the IRS in the sixties.
She received a Master’s Degree from SUNY at Buffalo and worked in their library into her eighties.
As an Air Force wife, she had the opportunity to live in France, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and New York. She was a life-long learner who loved to read and a lover of music who always found a church choir to sing in. A golfer who was always looking for that new key thought to perfect her swing.
For everyone, she was a good listener and a thoughtful problem solver.
A memorial service will be planned for the late spring or early summer.
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